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Looking for some help/advice/encouragement. I’m a 33 year old T1 mother of 4 young boys. Not massively overweight but would love to lose 1-1.5 stone. New year I started exercising (which I wasn’t previously) and have been doing so 5-7 nights a week since. Combination of walking 3 miles in the...

Hi, I'm very keen to get into a proper lowcarb diet for diabetes control and also weight loss. However, I was wondering if someone could give me a sort of meal plan on what sort of things I should be eating?! I've been diabetic for 18 years (since age 6) and my lowest HbA1c to date has been...

Hi, My BM went down to 1.4 last night while I was sleeping and my other half woke and treated me but had a very difficult time getting my BM to rise. He gave me one of the big 1litre bottles of lucozade, a tube of GlucoGel, 1 chocolate biscuits and eventually had to resort to the Gucagen...

Hi there, I'm just looking for some advice/similar experiences/sharing with any T1 diabetics out there who have had problems with contraception? We're limited to what we can try and I've tried everything I know that is available to me but everything is causing problems :cry: . Can anyone...

Hey, I've not been on this in a few months. Hope you're all getting on well? Been having quite a month of it and I'm having one of 'those' days :cry: so just thought I'd see how you're all getting on? :P M xxx

Hi, I was at the doctor today and was told that I either have IBS or Autonomic Neuropathy. Just wondered if any of you had Autonomic Neuropathy? I'd never heard of it but having read up on it, it could well be that. The most interesting part of it for me was that it mentioned hypo...

Hi, After a meeting with my podiatrist yesterday, I need to invest in some New Shoes!! Yippee!! Nothing better than an excuse to buy new shoes! Anyway, she felt I may be getting a fallen arch and so need shoes with a moulded sole... I was just wondering if any of you have any recommendations...

Hi, I've just started this low-carb business about 10-14 days ago. I just wanted to check what your opinions'advice is on my new diet. I'm a wee bit concerned about the ketosis (I don't really understand it!!) so any advice you can offer would be great. I'm looking to lose a minimum of 3...

Hi, I've been a T1 for coming on 17 years now. My HbA1c at worst was 14.1%, at best was 8.0%. Needless to say, my Diabetic Team are a nightmare and I go to clinics every 6 months. I get myself in such a state about them for over a week before my clinic date. Anyway, my next clinic is on...

Hi, I just discovered this site today and would really, really, REALLY, like to get involved in taling with other T1 diabetics?? I'm 22, was diagnosed 17 years ago and have always struggled a lot with control, very bad fits etc. I'm now on an insulin pump as this was suggesteed by my team to...