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  1. wren5

    Fav hypo treat!

    I can't use anything like oj or lucozade it brings it up and then it falls so low I go into a coma. Jelly babies ( which I hate) followed by a banana which is great at home but a nightmare when out. And as a coeliac I can no longer have a digestive biscuit which was my stand by for 35 years.
  2. wren5

    Hypo "escape"

    I am a 47 year old woman who has had t1 diabetes for 42 years. Unfortunately I am also coeliac which went undiagnosed for many years which has left me with absorption issues. Sugary drinks put me in a coma so use jelly babies but retest every 15 mins and it can take 4 lots to stop hypo. And I...
  3. wren5

    Average number of hypo's per week

    Well I have 10 or more some weeks and 5 to 10 other weeks, but I am told I have an extremely complicated medical history and am in pain 90% of the time which makes your BG rise, which would be fine but as soon as I take some painkillers it plummets! We are trying to work this out but as I have...
  4. wren5

    Diabetes & a relationship.

    Hi Jodie It's hard on the pair of you as you have only been diagnosed for 18 months, but he should realise that you don't know how you are meant to feel. I have been type 1 since I was 5 so I have had to teach him about hypos. But I didn't realise how much it affected him until I had kids and...
  5. wren5

    diabetic for 42 years and now suffering extreme dizziness

    I have been diabetic most of my life and have a selection of auto-immune diseases which I have just adapted to, by I now have severe dizziness and I have been told it was neuropathy of the central nervous system and I have been given various drugs to try and ease it but I unfortunately have a...