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Hi there I am type 1 and when my blood sugars go very low below 3.5 mmol the right side of my face usually goes pretty numb and this may last about 30 min or so. However low blood sugar impacts everybody differently. Anyways best speak to your endo or diabetes nurse about it when you can...

Hi there . I am 27 and was diagnosed with type 1 when I was 24. Massive shock but with little adjustments overtime I have got the hang of managing it I think ! Last Hba1c 6.4, was very happy that day !!!

Hi there Sorry to hear of your recent symptoms. In my case I am pretty sure it runs in the family. My Dad was diagnosed at age 43 with type 1 diabetes and 20 years later at the age of 24 I was the second person in the family to be diagnosed as type 1 after dad. I have heard from my doctor that...

Another thing is misconceptions being a young man of 27 and looking fit people tend to look confused when I check my sugar bloods in public. It can get a little tiring having to explain that no it wasnt because I ate too much sugar !! Or people saying your diabetic right so you can't eat that...

I used to love swimming 3 times per week. It was my exercise of choice, after being diagnosed a little over 2 years ago I found it to fiddely to swim. You cant really check your blood sugars whilst swimming. You have to get out of the pool and wait for the blood to dry and swimming drops my...

Hey Diagnosis 6/16 I had a HbA1c of 8.0 % 9/16 it was 7.8 % 1/17 had dropped to 7.5 % Every HbA1c since then has been 6.7 % . This is pretty good for me I feel any lower than this and I would be running my levels way too low for how active I am.