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Hi, I’ve had this struggle for a while now and I’m still unsure on why it’s happening Please ignore the awful blood sugars I’m working on trying to fix it. But for whatever reason my blood sugar seems to go down massively during the night and it never stays steady. I don’t know why this...

Hi all, I’m currently still in the children’s outpatients as I’m only 16. I just wanted to ask a question on whether or not you change your carb ratios or basal rates at home by yourself, without the help of a doctor. Or does your doctor do it? I have noticed while being on this site, if I am...

Hi everyone, So my name is Lucy, 16 years old and I’ve had diabetes for a little over 3 years and recently I’ve been finding it hard to find motivation to test my blood sugar, change my pump, check keytones and basically anything to do with diabetes. I don’t really know what to do as when I...

Hi! So I’m 15 years old and I’ve been diabetic for over two years now I’m about to do my mocks for GCSES and I’m doing the DofE I’ve been able to control my diabetes (as much as I can) (I know most of the tricks in the book) and I haven’t been on this site for a while because I didn’t need the...

Hi, I'm getting a pump in January I'm 14 and I'm nervous that I won't like it and it'll be very uncomfortable at school ( as I wear skirts ) or how I sleep as I sleep in my side but I don't want to get it and say no I don't want it as it costs a lot of money and the hosital has said that they...

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/151064 The link is here ^^^^^^^^^ make sure to sign please [emoji4] Hi I was hopeful you could help me please read it it's important there's a petition on for type 1 diabetics where you can get the cgm (continuous glucose monitoring) through the NHS so...

Looking for friends 12 - 13 in England I was diagnosed last November hope there are some people out there. Also is there anyone who lives in Leicester, England

Hi I don't know why but for some reason in Leicester England they say that we have a longer training process so all the eleven people on the list is going to take nearly a whole year to come to me I was diagnosed in November and offered a pump in December and all the consultants are saying...

I went to my doctors appointment last week and my consultant was horrible nit as in mean but as she did a bad job I was there with my dad and we told her what we had been doing and my dad had messed around with my carb metre a lot he had changed things on there one of the things was an exercise...

Hi I was just wondering that what I do when I'm on holiday because right now I use pens and I really want to get a pump but they said I might not get it until after my holiday is quite a while away but I just wanted some tips on what to do on holiday for food and my blood sugars and if there's a...

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Been diagnose for two months I'm so glad I got this opportunity

Does anyone have any good fundraising ideas I'm only 13 so something appropriate something that I could do outside of school I would like to raise money for diabetes to help us all

When I do my sugars at school because the machine beeps everyone stares and looks at me and I don't like it and all the time get the words does it hurt are you okay I mean they don't mean to be annoying there just trying to be helpful but it gets really annoying and I'm not the most loud person...

Does anybody know where t get cheap carry cases from for pretty much everything as I'm still in high school so trips holidays around school and I have everything in my school bag now as it's the holidays I emptied it out up my stuff and it's full! And I'd rather not come home with a backache...

I'm 13 years and i was diagnosed with type 1 about the start of November I've seen my consultant twice first time just a check up second one carb counting metre I was there for an hour and a half learning a four hour course and they said the pump would be next which is in about two weeks but I...