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Hey fellow diabetics. Many of you may have read about my struggle when diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, good news is I've gotten used to it and have it under very good control. Don't get me wrong I still get the odd occasion when I hate myself for having it and hate my life but this is just...

Hey all, I play 5 a side football twice/three times a week and before I begin I test my sugar levels are always been 5-8mmol which is fine. After the football I'm always between 10-14mmol, which is high obviously. Just wondering if this high sugar level will cause any complications etc? My...

We, us parents are concerned for our son's diabetes.. he is at the end of his tether.. is there any advice that anybody can give because his bloods keep going up and down, he has been told not to inject insulin before meals? Can you tell us where we're going wrong? Thankyou.

Right me again, just a question that I think I may know the answer to haha! I had egg sandwiches in wholemeal bread x 2 for lunch and 2 rich tea biscuits. I injected 2units of humalog insulin for this meal. 2 hours after lunch I scored 5.8 which is goood. 1 hour and half after the last check...

Evening all. Before my evening meal today I scored 9.1mmol pretty high yes but think it was because the wholemeal sandwiches I had at dinner took time to enter my bloodstream etc. 1 hour and 50 mins after food (scrambled egg and beans on wholemeal toast) before leaving for football I scored...

Hey everyone. I know i've posted alot lately and your probably thinking oh no not him again. I do apologise. Being honest and truthful, I am finding being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes is hard to digest. I got diagnosed in december and since being diagnosed its hit me hard. Before diagnosed I...

I had dinner earler (wholemeal egg sandwiches x 2 and a ready salted light packet of crisps) and after 2 hours I scored 7.9 and when checking now 3 hours and 45 minutes later I score 9.2? Is this because it is taking longer for the food to go into my blood stream explain the increase from 7.8...

At the moment the diabetic nurse has been telling me to inject 2mmol of humalog before meals. I scored 2.8mmol earlier (hypo) injected 2 mmol of humalog then had burger in a roll, sausage in a roll, a scone and beans. 2 hours after this meal I scored 13 odd and just now 4 hours after meal I...

When diagnosed with diabetes beginning of december, I am feeling like an outsider to the world, like i'm different! No one treating my differently but I feel not part of the world properly anymore, just feel useless and i get occasions where I still struggle to take in being diabetic and worry...

Right since being diagnosed with diabetes, i've been concerned with my feet, I bought myself diabetic socks. I keep them clean everyday and nice and day and do numerous checks throughout the day. Couple of my toes, the nail has completely gone, will it grow back? Any suggestions? I bought...

Turning into a big struggle at the moment, I'm always scoring high after meals and this is a big concern, I just dont feel I can enjoy myself anymore. All i ask is to live a happy healthy long life thats all. No complications. I just want my diabetes to be under good control. It has practically...

Spoke to my diabetic nurse today and as I've been scoring low level alot she's said not to take insulin (humulog) before breakfast, midday meal and evening meal to see how i score before and after, I had my midday meal and when taking blood sugar level now I scored 9.5mmol which scores I scored...

Right got diagnosed early December and slowly I am adapting to having type 1 diabetes. The way I am starting to view it is life live normally, and beat the diabetes, I mean by beating it as in looking after it and keeping it under control, the more i stress about the long term complications etc...

Just a question I am hoping you'll be able to help me on. When going to the gym/football I've been told to take my sugar level before gym/football, straight after the gym/football and then an hour after it. I've been told that straight away after the activity my sugar level should be high and...

Since I got diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in early december, it's been a struggle and still is, I ask myself why me, why was it me who had to have it. I have very very very little family history with diabetes so this has also asked me why I had to have it. Surely with no family history it can't...

Between meals I feel the urge to eat as before I was diagnosed with diabetes I was always eating snacks such as crisps etc. What do you suggest I can eat as a snack that won't affect my sugar level and keep it within the normal ranges? Snack o Jack crisps? Scones? Nuts? Any type of sweets...

After a chat with my diabetic nurse today, I got told not to have a insulin injection of 3mmol with my evening meal (around 5pm) because I have football at 7.30pm. She said before you leave for football take your sugar level and I did and scored 17.4mmol which is high and ketones came up aswell...

Hey everyone, I was diagnosed beginning of December and being a Type 1 Diabetic is one big struggle at the moment. Struggling to keep it under control, everything is seeming to become one big struggle and I am struggling to view life in a happy way. The diabetic nurse has been fantastic but...