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Last year I ended up in hospital with ketoacidosis in a terrible state, my diabetes care was taken over by the team at the hospital. Since then I have been told to avoid injecting in previous injection sites. What an absolute game changer, long lasting insulin has reduced from 24 to 18 units and...

Home from hospital 5 days after a 5 day stay in hospital for ketoacidosis , panicking a bit as have got an appointment for a scan on kidneys next week.. my legs and ankles are extremely swollen.. and don't want to stop swelling. Also not been able to pooh properly its just a few drips of water...

Type 1 diabetic badly controlled but getting there. My issue is no matter what you tell the diabetic nurses etc ...is they do absolutely nothing to help..its gone that far now I refuse to see them anymore...I am trying to control my glucose readings the best I can with any info I find online...

What are peoples thoughts on working shifts with Type 1 ? I work 12 hour shifts 2 days 2 nights and 6 days off and find it easier to control when I am working. Just interested in others experiences.

About two years ago I had an appointment booked to see the diabetic nurse, on the day of the appointment I got called into work urgently for a meeting, which ended up with getting made redundant. Yes I missed my appointment, the surgery sent me a letter stating that I must send a letter stating...

Hi not been on here for ages ..type 1 for about 10 years and still learning..recently started experiencing extremely painful joints I.e.ankles, knees, wrists etc..so painful it wakes me up at night ..taking paracetamol helps for a short while but would prefer not to take them ..has anybody...

hi all been high all week and cant get down, ended up in a vicious circle of eating going high taking insulin then feeling hungry so eating and going high etc.. etc.. am taking enough insulin to cover the foods i am eating..this week have been between 11 and 38. ...any ideas on how to press the...

i have been a type 1 diabetic for about 3 years, and admittedly not very well controlled but have gone back to basics and have started to regain control. My problem is i weigh just 54kg which is underweight for my height 5ft 5 ..all the discussions on here tend to be about how to lose weight...

hi i am a type 1 diabetic (dafne graduate) and am getting really stuck in a viscious circle. I eat, take a test and take insulin to suit what i have just eaten, as soon as the insulin starts to work i have an overwhelming urge to eat again, so i eat take insulin etc...etc.. now would'nt you...

Hi i have a problem with being absolutely terrified of going hypo, i was diabetic for a long time before being diagnosed and the feeling of going hypo scares me to death, therefore i tend to run my diabetes at a high level..9 -10 and upwards....this has probably caused the weight to drop off...