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Hello everyone, Hope you all had a good Christmas! ☺ I have now had t1 diabetes for nearly a year and thought I would share some thoughts here where people may understand or relate! The initial flurry of appointments have now died down so I have very little contact with my diabetes nurse or...

Hello, No I do not have a half unit pen but have been informed I can request one at the next appointment with my consultant. Injecting prior to meals sounds like a good thing to try, how long before eating do you suggest injecting? :) Plus on a slightly random note - do you find different...

Hi :) thank you for your reply! I always inject either just before or straight after eating - literally a minute or so either way. My blood sugars usually go high then sort of plummet and are always back in the normal range 4 hours later. If I try a correctional dose, even just 1 unit, I have a...

Good afternoon everyone, I would really appreciate some advice from 'experienced' type 1s who have had the same problem as me! I was diagnosed with Type 1 in February, since then my blood glucose control has generally been very good. Just recently I have been experiencing random post-meal...

Thank you so much for your reply. I never realised how I may need to vary my injections by site/carb ratio - I was pretty much told to do 1:15 and just rotate the sites, so you have been very helpful.

Hello everybody, I was diagnosed as type 1 only 4 months ago, until this week everything has been going really well but these last few days I've been getting blood sugar readings of 14 or 15, always after lunch, although I haven't eaten anything out of the ordinary and I've injected my insulin...