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Just wondering if anyone else has experienced this - sometimes, when I inject insulin, the whole dose seems to act immediately. This has happened 4 times in the last year, 3 of which have been in the last 3 months. The first time it happened was with a 3 unit dose of Levemir (injected into...

Hi all, I wonder if I could get your thoughts. I'm T1, and had a bad hypo last year - following this I decided to go on a low carb diet, to limit the amount of insulin in my system at any one time. I'm much happier doing this, and can't now imagine going back to a high carb diet. I made the...

Bit of a rant really - I've been low-carb for some while (following a bad hypo last year) - much safer way to do things in my opinion; but I have to admit, I'm missing pizza - in particular, the Pizza Express Veneziana (perhaps with a nice dry white!). I haven't given in, and won't - just don't...

Hi all, I just wanted to get the views of other T1s on this issue - I've always carb-counted, and prior to a hypo last year, I'd routinely inject 6-8 units of insulin for meals (1 unit to 10g carb), and would eat anything I wanted. Since the hypo, I've changed to a low carb diet, so don't ever...

Hi all, I'd be really interested to hear any thoughts from people who used to take insulin injections, who have moved to using a pump. It's something I'm considering, after having taken injections for 15 years - I've spoken with my diabetes team, who are excellent, and have learned much about...

Hi all, I've been T1 about 15 years, and had always managed it quite well - I actually managed to lead an almost "diabetes free" life for most of that time, and many of my friends didn't even know I was diabetic at all. Everything changed in June last year, when I had a very bad hypo...