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I got back from Vegas on Monday and since I've been back my BS has gone mental! Finding it very hard to get it under control? Is it common for you BS to go crazy with jet lag, due to time different, tiredness and change in eating times? My BS was fine over in Vegas, considering it was very...

I'm heading to Vegas in September for 10 days. And im thinking do i need to buy one of the frio cases as it very hot over there. I have no problem storaging the insulin in the fridge in/minibar in my room. But when i'm sitting by the pool/walking around outside should I really keep my novarapid...

Hi, I saw the new contour USB and it looked very small and stylish and wanted one, but when I checked the dimensions of it, it turns out its massive!! Can someone tell me what is the smallest meter on the market is? As I am 27 years old male and have good eye sight and good control of my BS...

Hi everyone, I have a quick question, I checked my mam's BS yesterday and it was 10 after food. I know from being a type 1 myself, that 10 is higher than normal. She is just back from holidays in america. Its there any other reason, other than being a type 2, for having a BS of 10. She isnt...

I'm starting to think I am experiencing the same problems which others have when on lantus...works some days, then doesnt work, joint pains etc. I'm going to ask my nurse/doctor to change over to levemir? Is it just a straight swap? Is there any side effects of Levemir?

I was wondering is it possibble to get a device that will continuously monitor my BS, but dont want the pump to go with it. Like most T1 I check my blood sugar a minimum of 5 times a day and a max of 10 to get good control! Its the one thing that I hate doing the most! Dont mind injecting at...

Hi guys/girls, I was wondering if anyone else has this problem. I love pasta it is one of favourites meals. But i find it very hard to manage my bs with it. Example of a typical pasta meal that i have: 100g pasta = 70g carbs, 1g fat 200ml of light pasta sauce = 19g carbs, 2g fat Oven Baked...

The past couple of days I have noticed that my upper right bicep and my right thigh mucsle seem to twitch. You can actually see the twitching when you look at the skin. Its not sore, just bloody annoying twitching every once ina while! Doe anyone have any ideas what this might be. I havent done...

I think I'm having the dawn phenomenon between 9-11am. When I go to bed my bs is usally between 5-7. Last nigth for example my bs was 7.7 and I had no food before i went to sleep. I woke up 8:30 and my bs was 8.6, which isnt a major rise. But if i dont eat breakfast it rises to about 9 or 11...

Hi I was away on holidays in spain there 2 weeks ago and the 1st week back my b/s returned to normal after running alittle high on holidays. But this week my b/s has been metal. 1) I played football twice this week, my b/s was about 6.8 before I started and then after it was 13.9 and then...

Hi, I went away on holiday two weeks ago and my b/s ran a little high some times 10's, 11's 12's and the odd 15. But corrected when I could. I was pretty constipation over there even though I drink loads of water. Now I know of holiday constipation, so I just thought it was that, I returned...

Type 1 for about 9 months...getting on good...b/s undercontrolled alot better now that Im carb counting and my pancreas has finally kicked the bucket :) I'm heading away to malaga (who are having a massive heat wave 35degs +) this weekend and I was wondering is there anything I need to watch...

Hi Everyone, For the past few fews now my morning readings after my breakfast have gone mental. When I wake my bs doesnt really change much from before I went to sleep, like yday morn i was 7 before i went to sleep and 7 when I woke up. Then at 9.30am I have my breakfast usually some 2...

Went to see the dietitian to ask about gaining alittle weight as im 6ft and 12stone and would like to put back on a half stone or even 1 stone...i look to skinny for my height. She said eat more calories and fatty foods. I know any fatty foods make the digestion of the food alot slower and...

Hi guys/girls, Type 1 for about 8 months (26year old male) and for the past few months or so my hands have been like blocks of ice! Sometimes i'd check my b/s and I would be low and after a bit of lucazade my hands would warm up. But then sometimes Id get cold hands and Id check my b/s and it...

Hi, I've been a type 1 diabetic for about 8 months now. I was told by my diabetic team that i would gain weight being a type. But the opposite has happened, before I got diabetes I was 13.5 stone and 6ft tall. For the past few months I have lost 1.5 stone, so I am now 12 stone. My b/s is...

He guys/girls, Im a type since Nov 08. When I was dianosed with type 1 in Nov. I was 13.5st and I'm 6ft tall. Now I'm 12st my my hba1c for the past 3 months was 6.4. I was told by my diabetic team that I'd put on weight, but to be honest I cant put on weight and I havent really been doing...

Hi guys, I'm a type 1 since Nov. I have a quick question that came to light today. I was out on the road with work and had to get lunch. But i stupidly forgot my needle or it fell out somewhere before lunch! So i couldnt inject for my lunch. So i just aint a small bit of lunch so my b/s...

Hi Guys, Ive been a type 1 since November. And My B/s have been good nearly always to till now. The past three days or so my b/s after a meal has been coming in around 10 - 12's. I havent changed my food intake. This morning like every morning I have ate 2 weetabix an apple and a Benecol drink...

I was wondering what is a normal 1 hour blood sugar reading after meal, even with people without type 1. Say my b/s is 6 before a meal and i take my novapaid insulin injection. How high should my b/s go 1 hour after meal. My 2 hr readings normally come in around the same as before my meal...