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While largely true on the surface this is potentially dangerous to say. T1's need to take more care since

Had (well technically still have) Graves Disease though they nuked my Thyroid with Radioactive Iodine Therapy so now under active thyroid. T1 is my second longer term Autoimmune issue, specialist did look at my history once and thought she saw a couple other things in my past that may have been...

Oh pizza my nemesis! I didn't like that cauliflower pizza much it just tasted strange and the consistency was all off. I may have done something wrong or used a less than ideal recipe. My wife made a different one using almond flower and that one was actually not too bad at all, though again...

Cant really comment on the children's side at Addenbrookes but the DSN's are excellent and the clinic as a whole I have found to be pretty good and quite supportive. Only contact I had with paediatric team was when I was involved with the DGAP study and had to see the diabetes team on the...

Awesome work @daisymj14, I'm sure you also put a lot of work in there so make sure to give yourself plenty of credit. The Libre is a great tool and a great help for finding some of those patterns. Looking forward to what you can do in the next 6 months now :) /A

I'm sure that @tim2000s has posted a link to NICE guidelines in the past about GP's NOT being allowed to restrict access to insulin for T1's though can't find it right now. https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng17 covers diagnosis and management of T1 adults. While I cannot find it they CANNOT...

I had the same sort of thing and was unilaterally put on the those by my surgery. I did complain and eventually got my DSN involved and the GP eventually changed back to the BD which I never had issue with. The thing is that they shouldn't really go changing you over like that unless they have...

Wait, why are you doing small doses and trying to mimic a pump when you are on basal/bolus? I wonder if what you are seeing when you hypo is insulin stacking, then you are bouncing back and going high. With all sorts of odd amounts of the different insulins in your system it really is not...

Probably about the time my Dr told me. She then rammed that home by handing me a letter and telling me to go direct to A&E. Not exactly eased into it gently but I'm a practical sort so just got on with it as best I could. A

Every time I have flown I have just kicked my pens and refills through the xray machine with no ill effects. Never noticed any drop in efficacy of the insulin so I guess it shouldn't really be a concern. I believe that under no circumstances should you put a pump through an xray machine but I...

Fingers crossed it is just something you ate last night then. Hope you feel better soon. /A

Does sound a lot like something in what you ate really didn't agree with you. If it were me I would up my test frequency and if you still feel sick test for ketones since you can have elevated ketones with normal blood sugars. Are you okay keeping food down this morning? Last time I was having...

@noblehead already tagged Ewlina but there is a sticky link at the top of the T1 section. Here's a link though: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/dt1-meetup-28th-of-january-2-pm-https-www-thecarpentersarmsw1-co-uk-findus.114417/ /A

Yup know exactly what you mean. Outside of the forums and the regular T1 pub meetups down in London I don't know / see anyone else that has T1. Must say though that the pub gatherings that Ewelina and Brian sort out are always a great afternoon. /A

Yeah what was that quote, "It doesn't matter how many times you get knocked down as long as you get up just one more time" I'll come right, just stick at it and things will eventually settle down :) /A

Hey AC-, You mention only 44 units of Levemir in an evening. Are you only taking it once a day? I ask as typically Levemir is used as a split dose so it is entirely possible that your basal insulin is actually running out half way through the day. Are you keeping a log of what you eat, what...

I was in Australia and NZ in Sept/Oct last year and had no problems with carrying my Lucozade tablets. I think they are more concerned with fresh produce, but best to double check. In both places the customs forms pretty much needed me to tick yes to a couple of things but when questioned I...

Awesome. Worst I had was first visit I had to NYC with my wife. Half way up 5th Ave and full on hypo, had to sit down on a corner while she ran off to try and find something for me (I was an idiot and had nothing on me and we had been on country for only a couple hours) Funniest thing was when...

I wouldn't say it is necessarily an issue in the validity of the diagnosis but I think it is important to realise that T1's do have a unique additional set of pressures on us. This is both the additional mental load of dealing with the condition but also the physiological / biochemical aspect of...

Over / Under active thyroid is certainly a possibility since with T1 you obviously already have at least one Autoimmune condition. So you could be looking at Graves or Hashimotos, at the end of the day it doesn't matter which since both are treatable. As Gaz said for Hyperthyroidism (Over...