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Hi there, I was diagnosed with type 1 Diabetes in 2019. I had a GAD test recently which showed that it is over 2000 IU. I have also been getting excruciating CRAMP with stiff legs in bed in the early morning often, which includes a different sort of pain to simple cramp, I think, and...

I am not feeling well with a heavy cold etc etc, and yet feel I can drink a protein drink. I have some Fortisip, Compact Protein drink. (125 ml) Does anyone know if it is particularly highly glycaemic? And any suggestions as to now many units of Novorapid might work for me? I know it is...

I found it really difficult to eat my lunch today because I've felt so unwell with this cold. Would it be okay regarding blood glucose... if I just skipped the evening meal tonight ...because I really don't feel like eating anything?

Suddenly my BG is very high overnight in particular, in the morning, and rises quite high before I go to bed, too. My last clinic A1C was 40, 5.8%, yet suddenly I am getting 9s, 10s and even 12s. During the best part of the day, my levels generally seem okay, but on these other times and...

I'm grateful for the advice given several weeks ago, regarding my high morning Libre readings, and as suggested, I adjusted my Levemir by splitting it into 2 units at night, 4 in the morning. At first this worked very well, but this morning I found my BG went up to 9.8 without having eaten or...

I was diagnosed with type 1 in May 2019. Recently, my waking up BG according to Libre has been very high. This morning, breaking all records it was 10.5. It seems from finger pricking that this high reading from LIBRE is probably about 1 mmol higher than the finger prick results. Since I...

Does anyone have any idea as to what might be causing these problems. The following are Novo pens? My blue Levemir insulin pen seems to have lost its mojo. First of all I was changing the cartridge and the pen would not click shut as it usually does. Also, it took many losses of 2 units before...

I have Type 1 Diabetes and have been wondering when I would be called up for the 2nd Booster jab, but had heard nothing. so I rang my doctors surgery who say they are not organising jabs anymore not contacting people with information etc about the second Booster. I have been, like the rest of...

My Diastolic BP has recently gone up quite dramatically, and my Systolic has come down quite a bit, (but still often in the 130s). I know BP is very important and as you get older it tends to go up, but this is a bit concerning.... For example, yesterday I had several readings with a diastolic...

I picked up a book yesterday to do some reading and couldn't make sense of what I was trying to read, and my vision was bit blurry trying to read the print as well. I had to read and re-read what I read. I felt fine, and no other parts of my body that I was aware of, were affected. When I...

Sensor fell off yesterday for no reason that I can identify. It stayed on for one week and two days. This is the third time it has happened. I have to say, it is SO nice not to have something attached to my arm, and for a day or two, I don't mind finger pricking. On a low carb diet, I can...

Has anyone else completed this algorithm calculator? Its clear from this that if you are Type 1, your CVD risk goes up massively - something like 20-30%. If you also struggle with serious mental health issues, it ups again..... In the next 10 years, the older you are, the higher the risk--- you...

Has anyone noticed with the Libre (both 1 & 2), that the graph depiction of blood glucose level is always set higher on the libre meter than the phone app? It can make a difference when a hypo is indicated on my phone reading and graph, but does not show on the actual Libre meter. Often this...

Has anyone else heard that Milk Thistle (silymarin phytosome) is good for those with diabetes? In particular it is supposed to be good for the liver and for decreasing amyloid plaquing?

Static192 speaks of involuntary movement of legs etc. Well that is not quite my experience. What is happening to me is that my legs get LOCKED, and painful. It seems to happen mostly when I put my feet up, or at night in the early hours. I also noticed a couple of times it happened to my...

I must have been woken up by Libre 2 alarm 4 or 5 times last night! I set the alarms for low glucose 4.0, and high glucose 9.5. Again today, I had a snooze, early afternoon, and the alarm went off at 3.9 (apparently), but within about 7 minutes, it read at 7.2! I don't believe it! Some here...

The new Libre 2 seems to be more variable. At first I thought it was simply showing readings higher than finger pricks, unlike Libre 1 which mostly seemed to underestimate the BG levels which left me after every 3 months with an A1C that tended to be around 7 mmoles higher than the level...

I have just transitioned from Libre 1 to Libre 2 sensors, and am finding the blood glucose readings have shot up! Whereas before, on the Libre 1 sensors, the readings generally tended to read lower than finger pricks, about 1.5 mmoles usually, now I find the opposite is happening. Yesterday...

hi I am of course, a Type 1 I have just discovered another measurement to assess how well I am doing, or not, with regarding to blood glucose levels. It is the e AG, or Estimated Average Glucose. I have just found out that mine is 9.78 mmol/L which is a bit shocking. This apparently is the...

Just received my A1c result and it is considerably higher than my Libre indicates. Libre says 5.8 (40 mmol/mol), and A1c shockingly says 47. I thought I was doing so well. Also, despite all my efforts with food and exercise my cholesterol is still 5.8 which it was a year ago. I can't believe...