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  1. cillabrown909

    Slimming world vs Hypos!

    I've been on slimming world for about a month now, it's been a life savour for my blood sugars, brought them down from mid teens to about 6-8 on a frequent basis, in week 2 however I had quite a few hypos, I drank fresh orange juice and ate a banana to pick them back up, I did try count the syns...
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    Readings at diagnosis

    On the day of diagnosis my mum tested my blood (she is type 1 also) as she noticed symptoms when I returned from uni, they were 27, however later on in a&e they had gone up to 46 as far as I remember, I lost about 3 stone in 4 months, slept about 16 hours a day as was exhausted, suffered with...
  3. cillabrown909

    Late night sugars

    Hi, I've nearly always struggled with high blood sugars in the morning (been diagnosed 3 years now) when I get up, therefore went to see the consultant at the hospital, he told me to split my lantus (slow acting) as he thought by morning it will start to run out (I took 20 units at about 9am...
  4. cillabrown909

    Forbidden treats..what are yours

    I can't resist chocolate fudge cake with pouring cream, I treat myself every now and then and still can't get the dosage correct for it even tho I've done a lot of trial and error with it, I just have to pick the pieces up later with a correction dose, I'm trying to cut it out of my diet now as...
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    Constant Dull ache in Calf Muscles

    Hi, earlier on in the year my levels were uncontrollable and just couldn't get them down whatever I did, one of my symptoms of high bloods for a long period was pain in my right calf (especially in bed) and often led to cramp. in the past couple of months I have managed to bring my levels down...
  6. cillabrown909

    Type one and fruit

    I find that strawberries don't affect my blood sugars enough to inject after eating, therefore i just don't inject and then usually test my blood a couple of hours after just incase but it only ever really goes up a couple of mmol, so from about 6 to 8, on the rare occasion that it does go...