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Hi everyone, I was diagnosed with Type 1 in April this year while I was at uni, which meant that all of my care was initially based in that area. Pretty much as soon as I left hospital I met with a DSN who I was able to contact when I needed advice and I saw a consultant twice between April...

Hiya, I don't really have anything to add in terms of an answer to your question, just an "I know how you feel". I've never been completely off insulin but I was managing for a few weeks on just a small dose of basal which, combined with very few carbs and lots of exercise, kept everything under...

Hiya, I was diagnosed T1 in April after having symptoms for at least two months before that. My hair started coming out a few weeks before I was diagnosed and carried on for about two months afterwards. It really freaked me out, I would say that I have lost over half of my hair. When I asked the...

Thanks folks, and yes I am feeling so much better now, I hadn't realised just how bad I had been feeling until I started to get better! I'm trying to learn as much as I can but there's just so much out there, to me it can be a bit overwhelming. Diagnosis didn't come at the best time as I'm...

Hi everyone, I'm a relatively new type 1, diagnosed in April after ending up in DKA having successfully ignored my symptoms for a couple of months...I'm trying to get on top of everything and hopefully I can learn a lot from all of the experience here!

Hi Becky, I'm new here so hope it doesn't seem like I'm "butting in", but I can very much relate to what you're saying. I was diagnosed in April and on relatively stable doses for a couple of months once everything settled down. Then in June I started having more and more lows so cut back on...