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Hi all Hope everyone is well and in range. I've posted on keto diets before so forgive me if this seems repetitive. So, my DSN is adamant that I should not go on a ketogenic diet and that I must eat (a small amount) of carbs with at least two meals a day. Should we be worried that the...

What time do you finish eating your evening meal and what sort of stuff are you meeting? I'm sure you've already thought all this through, but just in case :-)

I totally agree. I am planning to have the occasional treat - i.e. I have a friends wedding next month and will probably drink beer. But I know it will need careful management and there will be consequences. To start with it will mean an alarm set for six hours after I finish eating /...

I totally agree with this although it took me a while to accept. I love the theory of 'we type 1s can eat what we want when we want' but - for me at least - the reality is different. I'm a few weeks into a low carb diet and am pretty much in range all the time. As a result I have much more...

This is really helpful - thank you all very much. I feel much more reassured now. The information online is quite confusing (I'm not the brightest) but you guys have explained it really clearly. @Dillinger- thanks for the advice on basal testing. I have tried it a couple of times and it does...

Thanks very much!

Hi all Happy New Year! Hope everyone's well. I was diagnosed in Feb 2016 and - as is so often the case - have put on a bit of weight since diagnosis. I'm still just about a healthy weight but decided to try and bring it down during 2017. As such, I've started low carbing (I did this for...

I have one and I love it. It helps me feel human again

I am not on Lantus (Levimir) but it could be that you need less basal in the evenings and overnight (although I think that would be unusual - but we're all different). Worth a chat with your care team?

I am quite hypo prone. If I have a high carb meal (over 70g) I do half my bolus before eating and half after and it REALLY helps. So if you're worried about going low that might be a thought - but check with your nurse first :-)

Really grateful for everyone's advice - thank you!

Hi all Quick question for those on (or previously) on MDI. I've seen some very helpful comments about splitting bolus dose when eating a fairly fatty meal. I can totally see the need to do this as I've had a few occasions where I hypo-ed and then went very high a few hours later. However...

Thank you all so much for your helpful feedback. Luckily I do have a free style libre so I'm sure that will be a big help. I am not keen on the LCHF diet and deliberately want to go high protein as would like to build a bit of muscle on my arms - so will be hitting the weights a bit as well...

Hi all Hope everyone is well and in range! I am thinking about switching to a high protein / low carb diet - not because of anything to do with my blood sugars - I'm just keen to shed a few pounds and tone up a bit. I understand that some people have to bolus for protein if they have a carb...

Hello. I was diagnosed just a couple of months before you. My insulin sensitivity still changes quite a lot and apparently this is fairly common in the first year or so after diagnosis. Gareth x

I'm really grateful to everyone for their advice, which was very helpful. Both my nurse and GP seem to think I'm a very clear type 1, so I'll let my type 2 worries go for now. However, I will conduct some basal tests and gather more data and if I still have concerns, push for a GAD test...

Hello everyone! Would appreciate some advice. Recently I have been REALLY struggling to stay in range. A few weeks back I was hypo-ing too much so started to lower my doses, realising that I have become more insulin sensitive since my diagnosis in February (I'm not 5'8 and 9 stone so not the...

Hi @mc9 I was lucky enough not to get type 1 until I was a bit older so don't have any first hand experience to share. However my sister and many of my friends are teachers and they tend to all be quite used to it and have seen it all before. Therefore I hope you find a great deal of...

Hi everyone Hope you're all well and in range (I'm having one of those weeks -can't seem to get under the magic 7). As must of you will know there's a petition doing the rounds (I think being pushed by the JDRF) asking the NHS to make CGM available for type 1s on the NHS. I'm torn over...

Interestingly the current PM was diagnosed type 2 first before being changed to type 1. I was diagnosed at 33. In once sense I am lucky that this was in the context of DKA (I had no idea I was diabetic until I got to the hospital and remember doctors kept shouting 'how long have you known you...