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I just came out of a hypoglicemia that lasted for over an hour that I just couldn't get out of. I ate and ate and my blood sugars only rose slightly. What's your longest lasting hypoglicemia?

I have a question for all of you type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Have you ever had problems with low testosterone and how prevalent are those problems in diabetes? I am a type 1 diabetic and it seems I have very high levels of testosterone(I am very very easy able to build muscle mass, have very...

Have any of you experienced lower testosterone levels as a result of diabetes type 1?

I just recently noticed that my fingers(on which I test my blood sugar) are sort of "rugged", damaged by all the blood glucose monitoring with needles. I have been doing that for about 16 years every day, 10 times a day. Have you, who use similar methods of BG monitoring ever noticed any effect...

I have a question. I am very worried about the amount of my sugar intake as I must in order to lift my BG eat 8 teaspoons of sugar for 4 mmol/L, 9 teaspoons of sugar for 3 mmol/L and 10 teaspoons for 2 mmol/L. Now things are that sometimes I even have 2,3 or 4 hypos in a day. The amount of...

I didn't mean high carb as in eating alot of carbs per day. What I meant was eating a moderate amount of carbs and low fat with it. Why? Well it was being said to me that fat and carbs compete to enter the cell as fuel, fat wins every time so carbs aka glucose stays in the blood. That's why its...

I had a diary but I'm now looking for an app so I can make things even easier. Do you know any great apps or programs, possibly for a computer, on which I could keep track of the things said above? I have regular checkups every 3 months or so and at the last checkup(which was about 6 months ago...

Yeah I do live in Slovenia, but there aren't really any great diabetes forums in Slovene(we're very small) so I just went with a British one( I like the English language and I believe I'm quite good at it ). The problem is probably my sleeping regime, I just can't resist being up all night and...

Have you ever heard that diabetes affects your intelligence? I have had diabetes for 17 years and I just recently read that diabetes causes a decrease in some areas of intelligence. I'm not sure if I have ever felt any change, but I do fear that this may change, consequently affecting my...

So I'm new at the forums and I suppose I have to say something about myself. Well, I'm an 18 year old type 1 diabetic who also happens to have celiac disease(**** it genetics), but is fortunately very good looking(thank you genetics). Nah I'm just kidding. Or not. Anyways, I have had diabetes...