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    Approved Online Research Study- The impact of working life on managing diabetes

    Why can't I take part - I was told I have type 1 but i was diagnosed at 34 does this mean I have LADA?
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    Unappeasable desire for sweets

    Hi Matteo - I had and are still having a similar experience to yours - Diagnosed 4 years ago, really bad keto's took a month before any doc would recognise me as sick then a month or so in hospital strapped to an insulin drip iv then fed carbs and back on the drip - I used to eat normal breaky...
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    Chronic Fatigue And T1 Diabetes

    Apologies for not reading every ones contribution, so if this has already been covered once again sorry, After 1st diagnose (un-diagnosed T1 DKA for 30 days straight) I was always tired and as mentioned it was, by the docs n nurses my high BG, now it's "under control" and I checked my B12, Vit D...
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    Type 1 And Smoking Cannibis

    Hi pj1996 - quitting weed can be hard specially with the strains that are about now, if you find it hard seek help if you can... I smoked both cigs and weed including hash in the 1990's and I did not quit till I was diagnosed however my case I was so messed up with DKA I couldn't walk let alone...
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    E Cigarettes

    Jen7NZ - good job - I quit 3 years ago this month and not because of "stoptober" but because I was to ill to pop to shops and buy some lol - best thing to come of my illness i say!:joyful:
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    E Cigarettes

    Me to francis1971 making my own works perfect for me 88%VG and I get my VG from boots the rest is flavour concentrate and a tiny drop of nicotine and no BG anomalies. If you make your own juice you kind of know whats in em and can like you say avoid the nasty... not to mention if you wanted you...
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    Festivities - something to celebrate !

    Juliehunt - Hi and welcome from me "ketosis" is worth a google and search of this forum - You have, I am assuming not experienced ketosis as of yet and possible being type 1 you should ask your nurse, I hope you don't experience it unless you to choose to do so but you might if you are ever ill...
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    Addicted to sugar

    it sounds strange even as i type i dont know if its just me being me a bit waffy or its actually true, but I believe I can feel the endorphin release as eat a biscoffy caramelised biscuit dipped in tea, well most biscuits to be fare.
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    Cannabis use and diabetes

    I like badcat smoked till I was diagnosed 3 year ago, 1 month with DKA in hospital the only thing I could do was quit smoking. I started on hash back when I was 17 and became a hardcore pot head from then on only when people started growing and hash was faded out, well good hash, I moved to...
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    Bleeding when injecting insulin

    Took me a long time to get the art of injecting down to a "t" even after watching my mum inject for years. My doc or CCG or some pen pusher tried to save money and flob me off with a low cost needle, well I tried them for about a week and then went and moaned to the staff manager at the...
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    Type 1: Tiredness

    If you eat a high gluten diet then get checked out for a gluten allergy - I am in the same boat and will be getting checked soon I might also mention hypothyroidism I had that as a kid - good point sugarsweetDino - if I avoid all gluten I feel ten times better!
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    What test was used for your diagnosis?

    No tests at all and kicked out of hospital with anxiety, Then two weeks later after no food for at least 4 weeks several blood tests, testing for ketos and BG several more blood tests then a week later about 4 ABG (blood gas) because I don't think anyone could believe my ketos were that high -...
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    What Education should newly diagnosed Type 1s receive?

    I was dx oct 14 so i am fairly new to all this - the picture i get from my nurse and dietitian ( yes two HCP helping me ) is they are over worked and under staffed ( as expected ) I started out from oct 14 with 3 nurses all of whom left the hospital for one reason or another and got different...
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    How early before your meal do you inject?

    Thanks lucySW and tim2000s - I think you are both spot on with what you say - time is everything not just how long b4 you inject but for everything - so first things first i need to cut down on carbs!
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    How early before your meal do you inject?

    I didn't even think about timing - never been told any of this - just to have QA before every carby meal - my meter works out how many units i need from pre set time blocks issued by my nurse - I feel that there is too much info and knowledge out there to digest (let alone the carbs i eat lol)...
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    What to eat to stop a hypo in its tracks?

    Hi Kaz261 (my 1st DUK forum post BTW!) I am fairly new to type 1 only a year in and I am still breathing :) - I am the same in a way 6 or 7 I start feeling it but I have been advised that a hypo is actually 3.9mmol (I know OMG) and over the last month I have had to train myself into not reacting...