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Well done on the weight loss & hope you passed the exams. As for your control changing - thats normal for brittles, welcome to the club... Keep complaining & pushing for the pump as it has given me a new life & allowed me to safely have my baby. How is your hypo awareness? If you loose that...

Hi Hannah I have had brittle diabetes since i was 2 (30 years now) & have just had a son. I have been on the pump for 4 years and i had to fight for it! 1. Your 16 so your body is going through a lot of changes & that will cause problems. 2. Was your weight loss recent? Or is it fluctuating...

Hi To All Repliers All I have been given is an Induction leaflet that didn't discuss Diabetes. I have the feeling that my pregnancy has really been mishandled because I am registered to have my baby in one hospital with a Diabetic midwife specialist team. Which I have never met and I have been...

Hi I am going into hospital Thursday 7 July to have my first baby induced. What I can't seem to find out on the Internet is how your Diabetes acts during labor; I asume you treat it like exercise but I am just not sure. And being on a pump will they (midwives) take me off the pump and put me...

Hi I have almost the same story as you, except that my baby is being induced on 7th July 2011 :D It took me nearly ten years to control mine four on a pump before I finally got the green light, I believe that the NICE guideline is 7 and I hit 7.4. Having always struggled to control it due to...

Hi I haven't been on that course or any courses but I am on a pump and am hoping to do a DAFNE course. Anyway, just wanted to say good luck.

Hi Jopur Thanks for the advice on that. I will get that book. The last set of fasting I did was two weeks ago and during the time I didn't have much movement. The doctor I saw, once I had persuaded her to look at them said they were fine and I should carry on. Had another around at 18:30...

Hi Nigel You didn't see the bits I deleted :lol: Had to stop the basals being reduced as I climbed up to 13 and started snapping at everyone here in the office. Now unsure about the meal bolus because of the reduction to the basals. Back to 7.1 now and feel much better except for the...

Hi Nigel I know all about the loss of hypo awareness as I've had none for the last six months. I don't want to loose what little awareness I have only just gained back again, which is why I asked for help. I only just have some back and I don't want the threshold to drop back down to 1.8 or...

Hi Ihs Thanks for your reply. My doctor said it would take about four weeks for hypo awareness to return not weeks but in retrospect it has taken them nearly 6 months before they suggested running higher. My a1c was 7.7 in March. I have set a temprary 24 hour basal which has reduced my...

Hi Nigel You are correct about the absorption; usually I can control it for a while then everything goes abit awol then it settles down again. It's been a difficult 6 months so far this year but seems to be getting worse at the moment. My Diabetic Nurse has put me forward for DAFNE training...

Type 1 Brittle 28 years 3 half on pump Novarapid hypo awareness starts 1.8 Advice from Doctor 4 June - lower basals stabalise at higher bgs then awareness will come back and then begin to stabalise at lower bgs. This has kinda worked as hypo awareness has risen to 2.4 getting my bgs up has been...

Hi Shazy Oh dear, work troubles are not easy and often make things worse :( Hope you feel better soon.

Hi Shazy The headaches are awful, got one at the moment as I am now around 18.1 No ketones at the moment though but I do feel really sick and weepy :cry: I don't go snappy until I hit 20's + so I'm stuck trying to stop myself from crying at the moment. Lots of water and an anadin with...

Hey Shaz72 Had a night hypo last night 1am and I felt it :P I can't believe it but the crazy advice actually works!!! Took 20 days but my threshhold for hypo awareness has gone from 1.8 to 2.4 and I love it. Woke up feeling like someone had dumped a bucket of lukewarm water all over me...

Re: CrAzY AdViCe 2 Crongrats Crazy Hope you don't have to wait long 8)

Hi Chloe I've been Diabetic for 28 years and I'm now 30. I've been using an insulin pump for 3 years now and believe me when I say it will change your life it will! :D I do remember saying to the Medtronic tech ten minutes after inserting my first set and having done a blood test "Hey it's...

Hi Jo I do a brisk 20 minute walk to the train station every morning and often suffer the opposite lower blood sugar after. I do however make sure that I eat breakfast before leaving the house. Tends to be cereal. I don't think your sugars should rise after excersise; this suggests your...

Hi Ebony Thank you. That's similar to what my husband keeps saying; he tells me I should just refuse to see that particular Consultant and ask to see another there. Being the un-confident person I am I don't have the courage to do it. :( Afraid of what they will say. It's stupid of me...

I am sooooo frustratrated at the level of care given to us Diabetics :x I've been a Type 1 for 28 years out of 30 and on a pump for 3 years now. Most of my life I have struggled to control it and it has been described as Brittle/non-text book Diabetic. Two name a few problems; I've been in...