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Greetings! Yesterday night, I was about to go to bed without checking as I had checked it relatively recently. My sister brought my monitor and said I should check it anyway. I was feeling completely fine but the reading showed 3.2.. and then I tried again... 3.5... then again.. 2.8.. I kept...

My doctor at central middlesex hospital wanted to give me the Libre as my sugars are sometimes erratic and I go low very often. She was shocked when she checked the criteria for our region.. she said it would exclude most diabetics and that she could only think of 5 people who would be eligible...

So a lot of you may think this system is completely crazy and dangerous, and admittedly it is, but I don't know what else to do. Up until around a year ago, I had been doing the normal thing of keeping the lantus dose roughly the same each day, this had worked very well for me for many years...

I’ve had a really tough day today. I couldn’t go into work as I felt like I was in a trance all day, as if I was completely lifeless. I woke up very low and then went back to sleep after treating it with juice. I slept for hours during the day. My sugars kept going low throughout the day and I...

Hi everyone, Over the last couple of months my GP changed my usual insulin pen needles to PenFine needles ( this one: https://www.mylife-diabetescare.co.uk/mylife-penfine-classic-overview.html) but on the rare occasion, I've noticed that a needle was faulty. Disappointingly, I would usually...

Hi everyone, I'm new to this forum! I've been reading the threads and it's nice to have a place where people understand the struggles that come with type 1 diabetes. I've been a type 1 diabetic since the age of 12 (I'm now 22), and my friends have always been supportive in general. However, I...