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Looking to connect with people who are type ones and coeliac. I'm waiting for the stomach biopsy test at the moment.

My sugars have been under control all day. In fact, they've sometimes gone a little low (in the 4s). I was really proud of myself, thinking I might actually have a near perfect day. I haven't had a reading higher than 7.4, nor a reading lower than 3.9. I felt a bit ill at dinner ( the 3.9...

Hi. I've sorted my morning sugars. Wake up with nice 5s and 6s. But my mid morning sugars are always so high. I am normally on carb to insulin ratio 9:1, and in the mornings I tried 7:1, but I'm obviously still not having enough insulin in the morning. I just wondered if you have a different...

As if things couldn't get harder checking my sugars this holiday, now my sugar tester is playing up. I test and it says my sugars are 15, I test again immediately after and it's 13, then immediately after and it's 11, then immediately after and it's 15. What?!?

Not sure what was wrong with my last batch of novorapid, but it stopped working when I changed the cartridge. I'm staying with my mum and my doctor wouldn't send a prescription to the pharmacy and hers wouldn't sign me on as a temporary patient. So yesterday morning I went to a drop in centre...

So, met a diabetes nurse who told me I was overdosing on insulin. My care has been shocking. I was told by my doctor to keep increasing my insulin so it caused hypos. Anyway, I got to see a really good diabetic nurse. Now I'm having problems seeing her. I've waited 3 months for an...

My dad is type 2, not on insulin. He's been very ill, and has an infection. Just tested his sugars and its 17. He said earlier they went up to 24. Is this normal for a type 2? I know I can go that high as a type one, but that's because I don't produce any insulin. Should we be very worried? It...

So my sugars have been pretty okay last week or so. Today I had a proper meltdown. Like, pulling my hair, hitting my head, crying uncontrollably. It really was bad. Then when I tested an hour later my sugars had jumped up to 27. That's the highest I've been in ages. And the only thing I could...

Hi. It's my anniversary today, and hubby and I are going out to a posh carvery. I've worked out carbs for everything, including vegetables and even mint source, but struggling to find the carbs in beef gravy. As far as we know its normal gravy. I rang up and asked. I haven't been to this place...

Seriously, what the hell. How come all of you seem to have control. I'm reading about people who are considering a reading of 12 high, or getting their Hba1c right down. And I'm able to advise other people, but I can't get it right myself. I'm so frustrated. Sorry, I just need to rant. What is...

I've been monitoring a lot and I've noticed I'm doing a lot of correction doses. But it's not after meals. My morning sugars are the same as when I go to bed so I know my nighttime insulin (levimer) is okay. But I wondered if I just don't have the background insulin isn't there for the day...

So, since being on this new system I've tested 15 to 16 times a day. I accept I will probably do less tests when I start to use the system, but not by much. Some of you may remember I had trouble increasing my test strips, and if I test this much I will need another 4 boxes a month. Anyway...

I've been type one for years, but have just got myself a new nurse. Now things seem to be moving forward. Anyway, lots of people keep mentioning their ketone levels in posts. Firstly, how do you test this? And when? Are you given a way of testing this on prescription or do you have to buy your...

Is anyone else having problems with the app? It keeps double posting my work. And that spam post about kitchens keeps coming up in my new topics section, no matter how often I mark it as read. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Wondered if anyone uses this sugar tester. It is so cool. It tells you how much insulin to give based on what carbs you've eaten, and how much correction you might need. But also, and this is important for me, if you need more insulin in the mornings to what you need in the afternoons (your carb...

Finally I have someone who knows what they are doing, rather than doctors who just look at my Hb1ac and nothing else. So I have a new diabetic nurse. And I went to a little course today. It was on using the new accu-chek expert sugar tester. (At the moment I inject, but I want the pump). I've...

Just met my new diabetes nurse. She was nice. And got a lot of things sorted (test strips etc). An interesting thing though. I talked about how I've never had my sugars under great control, and how everyone goes on about high sugars all the time. She asked why I haven't reduced my background...

Hi. My husband and I want to have a baby. We have a lot of barriers to get through first (not all diabetes relates) but I'm already 30 so I don't want to delay too long. Problems are; I'm over weight. I have type one diabetes. The slightest hormonal change in my body messes my sugars up...

Hi. I've had a rough few days with the warm weather. On Sunday I collapsed in marks and Spencer's, as I didn't even feel my sugars plummet. They were fine when I left the house. All Sunday evening I had a huge migraine. This morning I woke up with such a severe headache I though I would be...

Please help me My sugars have been completely haywire. I think I have an infection in my mouth, and I am super stressed with deadlines looming and feel myself burning out, but like as an example I went to bed with a sugar level of 5.7 last night (after having them run high all day and finally...