Search Results

Hi all, Had a real scare Sunday morning after a party Saturday night. Went to a garden party on Sat and drunk lots of cocktails and are a big bowl of rice without injecting. Not sure why I did this but assume I was just getting too drunk too quick. After a fair amount of memory loss my wife...

Hi all, I was recently moved onto a Jazz glucose monitor as part of the cost-cutting exercise in Wales. Apparently we will all have them at some point as the strips are so much cheaper for the NHS, which makes sense and I applaud the sentiment. If I can cost the tax-payer less in my effort to...

Hi, I am going on my first overseas holiday since being a T1 in May. Going to Lanzarote with the family. A few questions if anyone can help please. 1) Do I take my insulin, needles and other diabetes stuff with me as hand luggage or does it go in my case 2) Do I need to ‘declare’ this to...

Hi all, I've been in decent shape for all of my adult life but lately I've been going to the gym every weekday and doing a combination of cardio and weights...I've put on about a stone of muscle and lost all of my bodyfat. I sort of look like a young Peter Andre (only far more handsome)...

Hi all, I may have asked this before but if I did, I didn’t get an answer. Sometimes, maybe like once a month, when I inject something weird happens. I use Novorapid and Levemir flexpens. When I inject, there feels like some sort of resistance and it doesn’t just click in nicely. Anyway...

Hi all, I received a letter from my GP yesterday saying they are changing my meter and strips to a Jazz meter as they are cheaper. I'm not too bothered about this as I guess one meter is pretty much the same as the other, BUT I am concerned they are going to try to reduce my test strip...

http://www.livestrong.com/article/35900 ... -training/ Just stumbled upon the above link that is supposed to help T1's understand how diabetes and exercise work. Contains this little nugget of wisdom...."If you have type 1 diabetes, your doctor may place you on insulin therapy or alternative...

Hi all, I run my own blog and my latest post is on being a T1, not all serious and gloomy, it's more a bit of a laugh. Thought I would share with you as the T1's I know that read it and really enjoyed it, JC http://claytonmeyer.webnode.com/the-actual-blogs/

Hi all, I have been a T1 for nearly 3 years now and I seem to be getting more handsome by the day. Just wondered if this was linked to the diabetes? I'm wondering if it could just be that my eyes are getting worse though. :D JC

Hi all, I went for my annual results yesterday, which were ok. I was a little concerned at a warning my nurse gave me though. She advised that due to the costs of test-strips I may be told I have to change onto a new meter, where the test-strips are cheaper. She said it was something that...

Hi all, I'm not a big beardy bloke but I noticed a bald patch the size of a 5p piece in my regrowth recently. I've done some research and found out you can get alopecia in your beard! Just wondered if any T1's have had anything similar? Although this post is really aimed at the men, if you...

Hi all, Hope someone can offer som help with this one. 2 evenings ago, after my shower I was sat in my bedroom, the house was silent and I could hear a low buzzing in my head. It sounded like the gentle hum of a fridge-freezer. Anyway, I thought nothing of it but then last night it was there...

Hi all, Feel a bit embarrassed posting this but my head is in the shed about it. Had a silly argument with the wife yesterday and smacked her on the hand really hard. This isn't me at all and was gutted instantly. I checked by blood and I was at 2.6. I had not other hypo symptoms so had no...

Hi, Think I posted the same thing last year when I was terrified, this year I'm just confused. Got my annual eye screening letter to say one eye has mild diabetic retinopathy and the other has moderate diabetic retinopathy. My Hba1C, blood pressure etc is always really good. I excercise 5...

Hi, Is it possible for your vision to appear blurred for a while then go back normal again due to T1? I had my annual retinopathy checks 2 weeks ago and noticed that my long distance vision was blurred for days afterwoods. This did not get any better by the time I had a 'normal' eye test 2...

Hi all, Can anyone please help with this one? I just ate lunch without injecting. This was because I was 4.0 and my lunch was 4 boiled egg whites, soem grated cheese and a piece of wholemeal bread. I know this will take my levels up to about 6.5 in 2 hours. No problem so far, however if...

Hi all, Just a quick question about your experience of low-carb diets. I am currently weight-training and having very little carbs apart from pre-training. Typically my day will be like this:- Breakfast - 5 egg-white omelette with 1 piece of wholemeal bread Mid - morning - whey protein shake...

Hi all, Need some ideas for breakfast! Whatever I eat in the AM - I end up slightly high 2 hours later and then hypo about an hour after that. I have tried toast, weetabix, shredded wheat etc and it still happens...I have tried adding a bit of fruit etc too. I don't like porridge. Was...

Hi, Something weird is happening with my readings and I don't get it. I am checking my levels 2 hours after breakfast and I am higher than I want to be (8 or 9mmol usually). Then an hour or so later I am having a hypo and I'm between 3 and 3.5mmol. I am thinking it may be that my Levemir...

Hi, I've been type 1 for over 2 years now. My control has generally been really good - worst hBa1C I had was 6.5%. Other have been below 6%. I didn't even need to check my levels too often as I was in a really good routine of training and eating correctly. Over the last 5-6 months my...