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Hi everyone and thank you for your advice! My next appointment is in December at a new hospital as I am transferring from a children's hospital to a adults one. In response to @azure - I don't drive once I know that my hypo awareness is failing [emoji4]

Hi! I'd advise that if you're a particularly active person, to lower the amount of insulin that you have when you inject as it will decrease the likelihood of you having a hypo when being active. However you could also have a sugary drink before to do activity, to act as a buffer from your...

Hi all, I'm a 19 yo type 1 diabetic (diagnosed august 2007) When I go through a period of hypos where I get them for quite a few days, some days I can have as many as 5-7 hypos, I stop recognising the symptoms - such as shakiness, loss of concentration and slurred speech. I wondered if anyone...

Hi Gemma I am also a type 1 diabetic and have been for 9 years now. You will find out through this journey that your diabetes will always fluctuate, what works for you one week will not necessarily work for controlling your diabetes in 2 months time, thinks is due to your diabetes being...

Hi Garry Most practices will want your blood glucose levels to be between 4.0 - 7.0 mmol/l. However, levels of 8 and 9's aren't bad, and are still reasonable. With being a diabetic, and particularly recently diagnosed, it is difficult to maintain your blood sugars in such a narrow limit of 4.0...