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Yes getting advice from his diabetes team would be far better then from me. Or you. But his team don't seem to be there for him. The man is losing his eyesight, describes himself as rotting away and remains with b/s in the 20s. Yes practice means "perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill)...

????? Deary me, please read what is written. He will be having the physical symptoms of a hypo now at much higher levels than a normal well controlled diabetic as his body feels the 20s is normal. It's utterly pointless telling someone running in the 20s, who's clearly scared of running low...

Hi, I think re your original post you over treated your 'hypo'. Overtreating hypos (panicking and taking too many carbs) is very common and we all do it. If your blood sugars do average in the 20s then you will be getting the horrible physical symptoms at 10 or 12 (though luckily not the...

Indeed! That would fall into the not taking enough insulin fact. Could well be that he has malabsorbtion sites, but that is going to be the same meal to meal rightnow. They will improve long term as lower BS levels allows his body to better repair itself. 100% his diabetic team should be...

??? He said he's got very high blood sugars! On another thread he has said that he does no activity. So his blood sugars are overwhelmingly a result of his food intake versus insulin intake (rather than the usual main 3 factors of food, activity, insulin... and then the smaller dozens of...

Hi, ok the definite 100% fact is that given what you eat you don't take enough insulin to cover it, resulting in these very high blood sugar readings. To get better at judging how much more insulin to take you must eat the same meals everyday for a couple of weeks so you can learn how to better...

Hi @DannyH Well done for keeping going and asking for support. I read a few of your posts and a few suggestions. Pre-bolus - do you inject a short time before eating? This allows the insulin to get a headstart and so better match up with the digestion of the food. It'll stop you going so...

Thanks all. What I find particularly egregious is that given she is in a privileged position and has a platform: 1. she never researched first was it a good comparision 2. after saying it on previous occasions she chooses to just dismiss those diabetics who tried to help her understand as the...

Hi, yes sorry to hear you've not had good support from the medics to date. I can understand why even if you had good control that given your job it probably would make sense to run your BS during working hours on slightly higher end of a safe range to give you more of a buffer from hypos. But...

No. Though even if it were, only a fraction of women would become suicidal if HRT was removed, and then only a tiny tiny fraction of people who are suicidal commit suicide. Versus 100% of insulin dependent diabetics who would be 100% dead. She's said it several times, I heard her on BBC Radio...

“For a menopausal woman this HRT is as important as insulin is to a diabetic.” - Carolyn Harris MP Reading about the current shortage of HRT for menopausal women in the UK, I was surprised to learn that before HRT was discovered that all women died within weeks of entering the menopause... Or...

Was just searching for Dexcom G7 news, but saw that Dexcom One will be available in the UK from May 2022. Dexcom One is the same hardware as the G6 (suspect in time it'll share same hardware as G7), they just seem to have restricted its functionality a little via the software to differentiate...

Hmmm, ok, maybe building on this point will make it easier to understand. But if you think the NHS has ALREADY budgeted for future years / decades the total cost of supporting T1 diabetics in a) treatments/montitoring (medicines, testing strips etc) and b) managing complications (surgeries...

While I agree there will be delays, beauracracy and most likely still a postcode lottery, your cost point won't be the obstacle. If the evidence behind the new guidelines now proves a long term cost benefit of CGM/FGM (fewer testing strips, less medical interventions, amputation surgeries, etc)...

Haven't noticed anything post vaccine myself. But my blood sugar (and thus insulin requirements) are often changing over time. A possibility for your situation could also be long covid as that seems to do all manner off odd / bad things for our organs and systems. But regardless, it doesn't...

Henry Slade (T1, professional Rugby Union player, plays for England) says that he 'tapes over' his Dexcom, and he also appears to have bandage type material on top of it as well. Maybe a DIY experiment of tape, bandage and perhaps even some foam type material to absorb any strikes / shocks? If...

This is a good question and tricky to get right / lots to consider. For me the following is true (and for reference my normal range is 4-8 that I achieve around 85-90% of the time). Less than 4: we don't have lift off 4 - 4.5: not ideal but ok 4.5 - 6.5: all systems go, in the 5s is perfect...

I signed it as anything that highlights to politicians the challenges faced by insulin dependent diabetics is good. Eating out and carb content I find a minefield. Plus timing! Is it coming in 5 minutes, 15 or 50?! (for pre-bolusing). But if passed it would certainly be amended to exclude...

I do like contrarian points of view, doing own research etc. But the statement in bold, even with a couple of seconds of reflection you must realise is incorrect? Herpes, HIV, Hepatitis... they're just the H's I can think of that can be transmitted aymptomatically. Numerous infectious...

I saw it by chance and thought it was a good piece to raise awareness of the challenges of T1 and encouraging to tie mental and physical health treatment together. Here's a link to the broadcast story for anyone who missed it: