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  1. RhiRhi

    What's your Diabetes story? (How did you find out you were diabetic?)

    Thanks for the replies! It's been good to read your stories :D Merry Christmas to you all ☺
  2. RhiRhi

    What's your Diabetes story? (How did you find out you were diabetic?)

    Sorry if there is already a thread on this, I couldn't find it. ☺ I'll start with mine... A few days before the 27th August last year at the age of 23- I was feeling groggy, had heartburn (nothing new) which turned to chest pains. Me being me, tried to ignore them in the hope of them going...
  3. RhiRhi

    talking about diabetes at work

    Only my managers at work know about my diabetes. I haven't told anybody else because it's none of their business. Everybody's different though, ☺
  4. RhiRhi

    What does Metformin actually do?

    Hi, as mentioned on another post; I have been a Type 1 for a little over a year and along with my Insulin, (Novorapid & Levemir) I was also prescribed Metformin... A lot of people told me I shouldn't be taking because for 1) it's for Type 2's and 2) at the time of my GP prescribing it to me he...
  5. RhiRhi

    Type 1 and Trying To Conceive..

    That's what i'm starting to think- I Googled life expectancy for a T1D at one point and got myself all worked up but that's all stopped now :) I have started logging my sugars 4 times a day now to see if there's a pattern etc :) I've never heard of that book, i've got a Kindle so i'll see if...
  6. RhiRhi

    Type 1 and Trying To Conceive..

    Hi Azure :) Thankyou for your reply.. My numbers are averaging 15 at the moment but my insulin has now been upped. To be honest i've been struggling to come to terms with my diabetes. I was diagnosed last year and it hit me hard- i'm rarely ill and being rushed in to hospital in an ambulance and...
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    Type 1 and Trying To Conceive..

    Hi Sarah, thankyou for replying :) Congratulations on your twins :D My numbers are very high at the moment, i'm averaging 15. But my DSN has told me to up my insulin so hopefully that will improve. I was taking 5mg Folic Acid prescribed by my doctor but that ran out & I never got any more...
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    Type 1 and Trying To Conceive..

    Hi, I am 24 years old & been a Type 1 a little over a year. Me and my partner of 4 years have been trying for a baby for over 2 years & so far had no luck :( My sugars are high & have been for a while but thankfully that's being treated now. I was supposed to be referred to a consultant months...
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