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I found my diet was missing things which in my case was healthy foods :) Carbs are what you take insulin for, I try to take my insulin as early as possible before eating this can be dangerous though because hypos are so easy to onset the earlier you take it. High carbs will give you more energy...

I feel your pain I ran at those levels for so long, let them sort out your doses and you will be right as rein in no time

Sometimes you have to check with the airline policy before flying to ensure they allow sharps on the plane sometimes they keep them at the front of the plane if you advertise you have them, this has never happened to me but tbh I never made a big deal out of it, airport's see insulin all the...

I get this sometimes not sure if it coincides with being t1 but I think sometimes I forget to breath for a bit that's what it feels like anyways

After having a hyper my mouth being dry takes a while to get back to normal, the heat honestly I think it's just the time of year for me at least , I found my diet to be a bit of an issue with how I felt once I ate and took the correct insulin dose how I would feel after each meal would vary...

I took sick leave from work for a few weeks mostly with depression and I found that my diabetes was better in the short term but the long term it was worse controlled I found that work offered structure with meal times etc which meant I ate better.

I got the same letter from my last screening its pretty anxious waiting weeks for an appointment for them to tell me that it's slight changes, the letter said significant changes which really does make you panic a bit. But my vision was 5/6 6/6 so it's unaffected yet the advice given was control...

Currently they are 21 but have been pretty much above 10 since Friday

Sometimes my stomach is a bruise haha

On Friday I was the victim of an unprovoked assault since then I've been pretty stressed and I also have a cold but this weekend no matter how many correctional doses I take my sugar levels seem to still peak very high also producing ketones could My sickness or stress be impacting these? And...

I test 4 times a day and was refferred to weekly appointments the hospital gave me about 200 ish and had a few top ups her and there I've still got 15 ish left, I test 4 times but I've just been introduced carb counting so I'm testing more

Welcome dude :) honestly I wish I found this forum sooner the people here are so nice friendly and inviting it's good to hear advice from diabetics so make sure you ask away :)

Funnily enough the receptionist argued a little and was informed that they have no way of prescribing them but is having a word with the practice manager Monday

Coors light is just like normal lager it tricks you into thinking it is better for you when it just means that it is easier to drink not as gassy If I have a drink I just make sure that I've ate before and after because I've had a hypo in the night after drinking lager all night because I had...

So a few months ago I woke up in the middle of the night feeling sick, thirsty, had stomach pain, and ketones 4.5 mmol as I felt really bad I naturally went to hospital to get myself checked out after reporting my sugars to be of a normal level (for me) 12mmol to them they told me no your sugars...

It's when viewing the forums through these links I can post but I have to go through different links

Just wondering if anyone else has any issues making a thread using their phone I'm using my galaxy note 3 and I can't seem to make new posts in certain areas I can make one here but not in the type 1 forum or the ask a question forum any ideas?

I had issues with the glucomen meter it was giving me ridiculous false readings which resulted in the hospital giving me a new meter I would compare it with the hospitals meter the next time you go for a diabetes checkup just in case they are supposed to be accurate but I've had a bad experience...

I've tried not too but naturally people tend to stare I know almost everyone is just intrigued but it's always in the back of my mind I have a friend who is also the same way because of the same reason.

I'd love to see the nhs pay for that :P it would be nice for an easy way out though. I've heard talks also of real time blood glucose monitors in development I'd settle for one of those