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Thank you all for your comments. They are very helpful. When I first diagnosed about 7 or 8 years ago I had twice yearly appointments with consultants plus twice yearly appointments with GP plus annual GP nurse appointment.... I somehow thought type 1 get regular consultant appointments (read...

Hello I live in London. I wonder what % of type 1s are referred to consultants. I moved GP a few times and my current GP think not all type 1 need to be referred to consultants. At moment all my GP do is to provide my repeat prescription. I would like at least to get my blood test done for...

I also take levemir and novorapid. My twice daily levemir injunctions are at 6am right after i wake up and 6pm. I wonder if you experiment and move your levemir injection time earlier you might know if the problem you are having is due to levemir dose or something else. Personally i feel safer...

For me too, I used to be drenched in sweat at night having hypo not knowing what’s going on before being diagnosed

I change it maybe once a year ….

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Hello, i can relate to you frustration. I have recently moved. At my old GP, it was impossible to get hold of blood test results as they thought the patients should't see the test results and interpreted themselves. I have recently moved and my new Gp seems to let all patients have an option to...

Hello, I can understand your worries but it's not that bad at all to be diagnosed as type 1. Are you based in uk? If you get type 1 diagnosis, you will likely get free libre prescription in uk. I am adult onset type 1. Personally i feel the distinction between type 1 and type 2 can sometimes...

Hi Jon I am low carbing type 1. I don't eat starchy carbs. I had some stressful time when I was diagnosed with NHS doctors and nurses after being too upfront about wanting to follow low carb diet. Their reaction was very negative. My strategy nowadays is not mention low carb diet to them...

After 27 years of you being ok, your experience really worries me too. I live alone. Could this happen with Levemir ..? Is it not only Lantus... ? I would like more info ..

Hello and welcome to the forum:-) i wonder if this was caused by the so called lantus low mentioned on the forum many times ... sounds very scary ...

Military operation ..

I am from Hiroshima, Japan originally :-)

Hello. I am adult onset type 1 or Lada. I went strict low carb at diagnosis. Now its been about 5+ years I'm now more relaxed with what I eat. But I do find eating low carb is the easiest way to maintain good bs level. Unfortunately i also notice its more difficult to maintain good bs level...

For me - no family history of T1 or T2- i feel it was triggered by a psychological trauma plus lack of vitamin D, moving from Hawaii to London and told vitamin D deficiency at diagnosis ..

I just want to add that I’m very fit and I don’t get sick often. If you are not so fit and get sick easily then of course you would feel more worried about ketone level and need to be more careful. Everyone is different.

To answer your question above, I’ve done lots of research on the subject of type one doing low carb diet. I’ve tried to read all information available on internet. I am comfortable with my type 1 diabetes and what insulin does. I feel quite certain that for the subject of diabetics on low carb...

your BS level of 2.8 to 4.5 mmol/l is too low? and not having hypo awareness is a problem. Can you adjust your insulin to be not go below 4? Is this 2.8 to 4.5 range based on actual finger pricked readings ? Libre always gives me lower reading than actual finger pricked readings quite often...

I also low carb and I’ve seen my ketone level range from anything up to 3.5. I no longer test for ketones as I don’t have the test strips on my repeat proscription list and I’m not worried. I just try to keep close monitoring of my bs level and keep fit in general. Ketosis and ketoacidosis are...

For me it’s nothing to do with feeling ashamed or embarrassed or not but it’s about feeling uncomfortable or not. If I’m with friends I trust and already know I’m diabetic I inject at the table discreetly and that works fine. If I’m with people who are new to me or not so close, I would eat low...