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Hi Ellie, I can definitely relate! I'm 25, and started attending the meetups organised on here a couple of years ago... it's incredible to just be surrounded by people that get it. We're pretty quiet on the forum now, but have moved to fb (T1D London Meetups group) and we get together every few...

Great article; well worth the read!

Yeah I'd agree with izzy, when I started uni a couple of years ago never had any issues with flatmates stealing my food, everyone just ate their own stuff. I always had emergency dextrose or something similar in my room but more for convenience at night rather than worry people might take it...

Hi @keep_going Firstly, wow! Operation and becoming more physical and improving your results?! Congrats, love seeing when people are trying to improve and by the sound of it, it's (at least mostly) working. In terms of what to change I'd definitely second the CGM recommendation...I got one...

A very approximate starting point seems to be to bolus 50% of your carb ratio for protein, and 10% for fat (i.e. if you'd normally bolus 1 unit for 10g carbs, then you'd bolus 0.5 units per 10g protein and 0.1 units per 10g fat). However, this will vary from person to person and depending how...

Hi Willow, I know exactly what you mean, I'm 22 and have been T1 since I was 2, and from time to time it does seem overwhelming to put it lightly! Is your control pretty good? I tend to find my worst 'why do I have to do this' moments tend to be when my control is slipping and I'm tired...

@Horsewithoutaname, I would agree with TorqPenderloin about considering splitting your basal so you could take less in the day and more overnight to combat the morning highs. Alternatively I'd suggest lowering your basal and injecting a (very small) amount of fast acting in the morning on...

Yeah everything changed for me in terms of basal rates when I went to uni as well...I know how frustrating it can be! I've not been on injections for a few years now, but I know when I was younger I always had to eat something small before bed so my basal could be high enough to combat DP...

Quite often people take less basal to eliminate the lows overnight and then take a small amount of fast acting upon waking to combat dawn phenomenon...Might be something to discuss with your dsn?? Good luck basal testing, your libre will definitely help!

My consultant's never asked about my deviation because 'your hba1c is great so you're doing really well' but I've been looking at it a lot because although my hba1c is fine I know I'm low a lot then end up spiking after. For my last few weeks on CGM: Average 6.2 Median 5.9 SD 2.0 But in...

Hey @Tickley93, I'm sorry to hear things are so difficult! I definitely see where you're coming from; not too long ago I was made aware (by a fellow T1) of how poor my control had actually become after collapsing at work without even having my testing kit or any hypo treatment on me. I then...

I'm finally on my way, should be about an hour :)

Positives of diabetes...interesting one! For me it's made me more diet/exercise/health conscious, and I'm probably taking care of myself better because I'm more aware of the effects of not doing so. Having to deal with lows/highs and pretend that I wasn't scared and felt fine has made me more...

I'll be there at some point

I went, was really interesting to meet so many of us and was quite surprised that I learned so much. And we're going to end up taking over whole pubs if our group size keeps increasing ;)

I decided I'm coming...why not, it's something a bit different. Everything booked, looking forward to it! (PS if it's awful I blame you guys :P )

Well I vote yes cause I can do the 30th :)

Ah no, don't think I can make this one either :( gutted!

Are you on set amounts of novomix or varying your dose depending on the carbs? I'd watch out with things like pasta if you're on set doses; yes carbs will help break down ketones, provided you have sufficient insulin. If you don't compensate for the pasta as well as the correction you may end up...

Hey guys, sorry for delayed reply, had a crazy-busy few weeks! To try and respond to everyone in one post: - my hypo awareness/symptoms are improving massively with the Dexcom, and I reckon within the next month or so they should be almost perfect. I know I might be lower than the reading...