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Hi all I have been diagnosed 7 years ago in December. I had my ups and downs with managing blood glucose levels. Generally I would say they were quite ok. I never ended up in hospital in coma because of mismanagement. But today I have received a result of latest eye screening and I am shocked...

Hey After successfully becoming more physically active, I decided to try swimming pool. As with running, I noticed that best way to run and avoid hypos is wait at least 4h30min since last insulin injection. Otherwise, the insulin in my body will gain boost and result in hypo, even if I start...

Hey, I been using freestyle libre 1 for a year now and I haven't been doing glucose blood test, I was solely relying on libre so I wasn't double checking with glucose blood test. However, last 3 sensors were inaccurate as hell. This happened 5 min ago. I am just lying in bed browsing internet...

Hey Recently I found myself spiking quite often, even after probolusing A LOT. The food I eat causes me to spike a lot and very quickly. I eat on breakfast, for example one crumpet 16g carbs, 250g yoghurt 12g carbs, and one medium apple 20g carbs, so in total it is 50g carbs so it is 5units of...

Hey. Even since I was diagnosed with diabetes I started carrying a backpack with me. I started carrying my insulin and my blood glucose meter with me everywhere. Even to the local shop which is 5 minutes away. And since I started carrying a backpack, I also filled it with unnecessary items like...

Hey. Recently I started jogging. Online I read they advise a little snack before or during a run. And I did it, and it actually helped me to balance my sugar so it doesn't go down while running. (I also carry with me glucotabs for safety just in case). And I started tracking my route through an...

Hey Did anyone else find themselves more hungry than usual? For last few weeks I found myself ordering Deliveroo on a daily basis. Just because staying home made me too lazy to go out to the fridge and make some food or going out to the groceries because it's too cold. How do you manage your...

Hey My target for sugar was somewhere between 6 and 7. But I recently wanted to try to aim for 4.7-5.5mmol and noticed that this is much closer to the hypo border and anything below 5 is close to hypo too. So on daily basis, once a day, sometimes once in 2 days I got a mild hypo 3.8mmol for like...

Hey. Due to lack of exercise my blood glucose are not able to stay stable for long. They are either going up or going down. I used to take a long walks along the riverside or just hiking in some parks and random places. I used to walk for hours around the city but recently I have been shielding...

It may sound funny but it is true. I had my little citrus plant, it was a mandarin, orange or lemon, I am not sure. And I planted it from the seed. It took long time to sprout, I even thought it was some random weed that came with the wind. But after it grew a bit more I could see it was my...

Hey I got diabetes type 1. And recently I ate some sushi and noticed that hours after eating it, I got extremely high sugar level after getting enough and even more insulin than needed. First I count carbs (it's hard to weight white rice on sushi but I still do it and read labels on packages...

Hey I have been using freestyle Libre from April. And from April till now I had problems with 3 of my sensors. So basically, I open one as usual, another one I turn to open. Then I put one into another and press hard under flat surface and then lift and apply on my skin. But 3 times I had...

Hey I sometimes go to restaurants or small diners. Unfortunately some of them don't have a toilets. And here's my question. How do you go about taking insulin in places where bathroom is not available. Is it okay to take inslin while at the table? Obviously making it discreete and quick but is...

22 years old. Diabetic for 3 years. Type 1. Recently I was talking with mate who's also diabetic and she caught a bug. I recommended her to drink juices cuz they have loads of vitamin c and it could help her. She said she can't cuz she's diabetic. I am diabetic too but I try to drink one litre...

Hey I am planning to travel abroad soon. I learned I need doctor's letter to get my insulin with me. I asked the nurse and she said it costs £15 and I have to wait on week for that. She also said that people usually have prescription instead of the letter but she wasn't sure. So I'm asking you...

Hey. I caught a cold some days ago. I'm feeling terrible. What's more. I have noticed that I go to take a **** very often and my sugar levels are very often high even after taking insuling. Can this be caused be the fact I have a cold, and infection and my organism tries to fight that. Can this...

Hello. I have always been using Contour Plus One, This name applies only in Poland. In here, in England the same device is called Contour Next. I get one free sample of this machine. I just got back from my GP and I was told they cannot prescribe test strips for this one because they are too...