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Hey :) I'm not new to diabetes or even this forum (T1 myself on a pump) but on Tuesday night we were in A&E with my little girl in DKA. I've reconnected with the forum as although I have personal experience, it is more scary that my 7yr old now has it!!! Long story short, my baby was poorly and...

Hey guys... I'm back... I usually come back to this forum when something goes wrong... and there's been a few occasions from problematic pregnancies, unpredictable 12-15hour hypo's (still on going), issues with my work place and needing to take sick days (now sorted)... Now its a new 1 for...

well i never thought id want to post in this forum for the reasons I am doing but here I am... I've been overweight for a number of years, it's never really bothered me as I have not been massively overweight (BMI 26) but have been able to manage to keep it stable... never worrying what i eat...

Hey :) i seem to be going through a bad patch regarding my diabetes (talking a long term bad patch) and now its effecting the way im being treated at work and I have no idea where to start fighting... Long story short, according to my doc (in a very nice letter to my employer) my diabetes...

Hello everyone, Its been a LONG time since I last logged on. I have posted before about my severe nighttime hypo's (no warning and them lasting 12hrs+ - on average i usually have my insulin pump suspended from 10 to 15hours when I have these). Well after having my baby that caused so many...

Hey guys :) I was wondering had heard of the following and if you think theres any merit to it... I saw my DSN yesterday and we had a discussion on why my daughter (almost 5 weeks old now!!!) is still not putting on much weight, still 5% below her birth weight and 1 of the thoughts we...

I really hate nights like this :( for the last 5 hours i've been hypo, 1lt lucozade, my last 3 dextrogel, 1lt milk and chocolate... we are officially have nothing left with sugar :( im just hoping that i dont drop again as im on my own with my almost 4 week old angel and my 2 yr old monkey and i...

I've lost count of how many hypo's ive had in last month lol my pump is being changed on a daily basis and im still hypoing!!! oh the joys of diabetes and having a newish baby :lol: i'm on less insulin now than ive ever been (30-35units approx per day) stupid question but ill ask anyway...

hey guys :) i know many of you are aware that last week i was in hospital with serious dka and normal/low blood sugars... The hospital still unsure what caused this... since being released ive been making sure i drink plenty and eat supper and my sugars have remained almost perfect however i...

Hey guys!!! :D Just figured id not been on here in a while I'd come back lol I am now 31 weeks pregnant with my 3rd child :crazy: My 1st pregnancy was EASY compared to this 1 lol I had all the usual crazy sugars for the first trimester then had huge number of weeks of massively high...

Hey guys :) Been a while since I've been on :) been a very stressful couple of weeks :| Today, Finally my DSN has put me on the CGM for the Veo (OK only for the duration of my pregnancy but its still for 21 weeks... :lol: ) due to my horrendous nighttime hypos. waking up with 3 paramedics...

Well this morning has been eventful!!!! Woke up to 3 paramedics at my bedside, apparently my hypo warranted an ambulance AND rapid responder this morning!!!! Went into hospital and it wasnt only my sugars that was low... it was my temperature too :( This is how good my hospital is... I went...

Hey all!!! I was wondering if anyone could help me? I have recently found out I am pregnant again (unplanned but happy) and wont be seeing my DSN for another week. I can now explain what has been happening to my sugars over the last couple of months but I have now idea with where to start...

Hey all... I put a post up a few weeks ago because I was having a huge amount of hypos... This evening I've had the confirmation to why... I suspected it at the time due to past experience but tests said no (plus we were well protected :oops: ) it turns out I look to be expecting my 3rd...

Hi, I've been havings problems recently and I have very little idea of whats going wrongs. I am hypo 4+ times a day and 2 or 3 nghts a week I will have a severe nighttime hypo (hubby would get an A* in giving glucogon injections) I am using insulin pump so am testing very regular and to my...

I swear I do not have a clue whats going on atm :( I've had high blood sugars since august (hba1c went from 6.7 to 8.0) but generally was feeling OK... then in november/december I decided to get a bad kidney infection (3 lots of antibioticsover a period of 4 weeks and a lot of time off work in...

Hey! Everytime I have had an infection my sugars have gone up... 1 month ago I had quite a bad Kidney infection (and my sugars predictably went up) ever since I finished the antibiotics I haven't felt "right" but my sugars have settled down... Over the last few days ive started getting...

Bah I'm due to see my DSN in a couple of hours and will have the results of my first HBA1c since going on the insulin pump!!! I was 6.7 before going on the pump and I know with the horrendous high blood sugars I have had in the last couple of month that its going to have gone up a lot :( I hope...

The nurse has put me on the sensor to try and figure out what on earth is going on with my sugars for a week and I left hospital at 2:15, and since, every 15minutes I have been getting "Lost Sensor" :( I have no idea what i need to do to sort it out :( has anyone else who has been "loaned" the...

Well this last week has been an interesting week for me... about 7pm last Sunday evening I was starting to feel a little sicky, so tested to make sure I wasnt high and was 3.4... anyway struggled to have some lucozade as you do... by end of night I was being physically sick and continued to be...