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I know exactly what you mean and I get the high sugar thing, people seem to think they know about diabetes and will always offer in a comment - oh you can't eat that can you or so do you cant do this or that and it's frustrating. I used to either avoid checking my Blood sugar in public, cheeky...

Fantastic! Very inspiring!

Thanks guys I really appreciate it!

Oh ok I think in my head when everyone talks about meal spikes I thought that I should be avoiding them! I only spike by 2-3 units depending on what I've eaten - haha sorry that was a silly question then wasn't it. So a little spike is normal - phew! When you say align peak of insulin with peak...

Hi guys Can anyone recommend how to avoid spikes after meals? I inject about 15-20 mins before I eat, I carb count and I eat a very low carb diet? They don't spike by much but I just wondered if there is any way/ recommendations so I can avoid these all together? Thanks!

Hey! I have had T1 for 7 years now and I am only just getting to grips with it! There is a great app called carbs and cals, there is a book too, but I find the app much better on the go! It is fantastic for helping calculate your carb intake - I'm sure it's been mentioned already. Often people...

Thanks this looks really interesting!

Morning! What is the animas sports weekend? I'm very interested in sports and type 1 as I also work on trial and error when it comes to this!

thanks guys you do not realise how much your input is helping me. i have tested my sugars a few times in the night and they are quite high, but i always thought nothing of them as my levels are ner normal in the morn but obvioulsy that is something i need to work on. I inject 10 units of levimir...

i would say that generally i eat a wheat cereal in the morn with skimmed milk and i weigh my food so depending on the weight i work out carb content and inject one unit to every 10g carb, lunch is generally a salad, lentil soup or brown bread sandwich and dinner is usually wild rice, basmati...

Unfortunatley it is 14%. i'm on a 1:10g carb in the morning and 1.5:10g carb in the afternoon of my novarapid. On average my morning sugars are between 6-9 and lunch i'm nearer 12 before and similar with dinner then usually about 8-9 at bed. My after dinner measurements are a bit higher...

Hi guys, i am very new to this but i need a bit of advice. I am the only one in my family with type 1 diabetes so i can't really talk to them about it as they don't really understand what is going on. Today i got my HbA1c level back and it is over 14, which was absolutley devastaing to me as i...