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Much much more likely those are the reasons though. I had the same experience when first diagnosed and it just made the appointment a joke. It's a bit like an endocrinologist having an A1c of 12 while still trying to tell you how to lower yours.

And I'm not saying you should. But a blanket statement saying carbs are bad is not correct. They may make you feel bad but for me they do not.

I current have a freestyle libre and can see my trends. I spike no more than a non diabetic when eating carbs. Being as healthy as a normal person is good for me. And it's fine for you to have a different opinion but my view is that not eating carbs because you have type 1 diabetes is letting...

The major difference being your dad sounds like he was a type 2 diabetic with major insulin resistance. Like I said, that's one of the things that will actually affect weight loss. That is not the case for the majority of type 1s. Unless you develop severe insulin resistance your body should...

The fact is people suck at keeping to diets. The only problem calorie counting has is human error. It's literally impossible not to lose weight unless like I said you're a perpetual motion human being. The only reason eating less carbs results in weight loss is if you're insulin resistant or you...

What you get is the same as you get in non diabetics. Unless you're insulin resistant. Adding more carbs results in more insulin requirements. The insulin is a side effect rather than a cause of weight gain in this circumstance. Metabolism is mostly a myth, the science says it differs by very...

Unless I'm a genetic anomaly it's not a fact. I'm a lifter and go through bulk and cut cycles and have done for 5+ years. I don't particularly enjoy eating so I eat lots of carbs as they're high in calories. Every single time I cut I find it incredibly easy to lose weight and if anything as...

The law of thermodynamics still applies to diabetics. And funnily enough when losing weight with a high carb diet it applied to me. Unless you have severe insulin reistance or are in ketosis you can simply eat less calories than your body burns and unless you're in some parallel universe wth...

Firstly, insulin requirements differ from person to person and 20 isn't that much. When first diagnosed in my teens I was injecting 40 for much less carbs. 200g is an example of me, perhaps extreme yet I still lose weight incredibly easy while doing it. And no I don't spike into the high teens...

They're wrong. Could it help? perhaps. Is it required? no. It requires large amounts of insulin likely due to insulin resistance to affect the whole body rather than a localised area of lipohypertrophy. Although losing weight requires eating less calories which usually requires less insulin so...

Not sure why no one's mentioned calories. You need to count calories if you want to lose weight. For example if you eat 1800 calories a day and weigh yourself every day and you aren't losing weight, move it down to 1700 calories a day for a week and see if it changes. Keep going until you start...

https://www.myprotein.com/our-range/protein.list They're a pretty cheap and reliable source of protein for most diets. Their standard whey protein never had much of an affect on my sugar levels, just had to take note of how much milk I had with it. I'd recommend going for 1.4g protein for...

It almost has. I'm incredibly angry. The only thing making me slightly happy is writing an essay of a complaint about all this. I'll try to move to Brighton with my girlfriend asap so at the very least I'll change GP and perhaps I'll even get given a freestyle libre as it's available there.

Thanks for the support but I just met with my GP and it was an utter failure. I'm limited to 8 strips a day and she hadn't even heard of a flash glucose monitor. The meeting was incredibly frustrating. Not only did she claim that my control was too tight and a tight control leads to...

After having troubles from my GP due to testing too much I went to my endo and he came out with "4 tests a day should be enough for you, no?". Literally the minimum testing they can give. They already know I'm active in strength sports and I quite like to know my level before doing 'dangerous'...

Without sounding too pessimistic, I hardly tested and injected whatever I felt like during my first few years of diabetes and still had very good control. I also didn't have a low sugar level for months after diagnosis. That all changed a few years in.

Thanks everyone for all the advice. I left a voicemail with my endo's receptionist a few days ago but they still haven't got back to me and I wasn't able to get through to them today. However, I didn't try much as I was busy. I still haven't even managed to talk to my GP. The receptionist has...

Most common are e3 and e7, however e3 occurs before I even starting putting blood onto it. I would say it's this specific metre but I requested another because of it and have the same issue. I was using an old optium xceed because of it but that's finally died.

It's the metre prescribed in my area. If I asked for a new one they'd give me the same model. My auntie has the same one and has said the same thing and even mentioned it to her doctors. I'm not going to pay for something that's not my fault.

I've already replied to this and said I used more than they liked before lifting. Not only that but I completely disagree. Anyone with an illness not caused by themselves shouldn't have to live their lives in a certain way to justify having a prescription. And furthermore, my endocrinologist...