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Always change your needle at every use, as at each use the needle blunts, making it harder to go into the skin, always change up your sites, use your arms, bum and love handle bits, try to avoid your tummy for a bit, overuse of one area means that eventually you'll get a build up of insulin at...

Awww well done to your wee girl, she did so well, as soon as my son was able to talk, we taught him daily on what to do in an emergency, he is 9 now and knows all that i know about diabetes, he knows to call for an ambulance and what to say to the person on the other end of the phone, he also...

low blood sugars do cause damage especially over a sustained period, as the brain also needs sugar to function properly. Also sustained periods of highs and lows can cause hypo unawarness, it happened to me, i dont feel a hypo till im under 3, sometimes im under 2 before i feel it

Mh2010, type 1 cannot be reversed, most type 2 can though

Does metformin help to control blood sugars in a type 1 that cant get blood sugars under control at all, ive been type 1 for 9 years and no matter what i do i cant seem to regulate my bs, either high or low and very rarely within normal range, and what exactly is insulin resistance? Sorry for...

Sausage bap, will boost your sugars, toast will boost your sugars, and with a high of 26.6 avoid all fruits till you get your blood sugars under control, with all these highs, you need to learn what foods you can eat and what foods you cant eat, sounds like you're eating all the wrong things...

That is an extremely high reading, speak to your diabetic specialist and tell them your reading, what did you eat before that reading?

Use upper arms, upper thighs, love handle bits and bum(slightly more awkard to reach) aswell as you abdomen, always change your sites, keeping atleast an inch between each site, this should avoid the lumps, i can no longer inject into my love handle bits :(

First and foremost, never be ashamed to inject in public, its not asif your getting a smack fix, took me a long time to get over how simple and small minded people can be :( secondly let people stare, if they wanna be ignornant, let them :) its completely up to you if u wanna say something to...

Meaty, higher fat meals will require less insulin as it contains less sugar, you should take less insulin to cover that particular meal, when you eat, write down what you've eaten and check/record your sugar levels, this will give you a better understanding on what foods make you high/low/level...

I wish i had been told that hypo's can cause damage to the brain :( been type 1 for 9 years and only just found that out less than a year ago :( and also of the links between diabetes and alzheimers, i had a stroke back in 2004, my family and myself has noticed a degeneration in my memory since...

You will also get extremely grumpy :( when i say that i mean all hell will break loose if you're looked at the wrong, to other people it can give the impression that you're drunk(thats if you can walk about) you may even slur your words, i know i do

The lowest my blood sugars have been is 1.2, i was almost to the point of passing out, my niece, no diabetes atall as she has been checked, her blood sugars have dropped 3-4 times now, her blood sugars are non-existent when she passes out, always check your sugars, i suffer hypo unawareness...

First and foremost, dont ever be ashamed to be scared, and secondly thank you for coming here, but please go and get yourself seen to, you know the complications that can arise, so please get to your gp asap, ive had type 1 diabetes for 9 years and i was in denial for 8 of those, though i did...

It sounds like you are suffering from hypo unawareness, call your diabetic specialist asap as this is extremely dangerous, i dont feel any symptoms of my hypos until its too late(i.e below 1) hypo unawareness is just as dangerous as having constant hypers, so please call your specialist asap and...

Im type 1 and to me diabetic chocolate tastes the way cardboard smells, its very expensive esp if you go to thorntons, a wee bit of normal chocolate every now and then will not hurt, just do it in moderation :) i have also found that one or two sugar free boiled sweets are sufficient enough to...

Ohhh and ne ohhh and never use alcohol topped with full sugar juice to correct a hypo as that will not work, please always use food to do that xx

The night time hypo is because you drank alcohol, all alcohol will spike the blood sugars and then drop them fast, if you are gonna drink alcohol always have a sandwich or something more than digestives before bed to keep your blood sugars from falling during the night

Hi :) i'd just like to say that hypo's also cause anxiety, irritability, tiredness and confusion as i get these symptoms when i get a hypo :(

hi Katie, thanks for coming to this forum for help, you need to speak to your gp, ask for a fasting bloodglucose test to determine whether you are diabetic or not, if needed, ask for a second opinion or even a third, please do this asap!!