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Hi thank you for your response! That is really helpful to know thank you :) My levels have been between 10.5-13 so high enough to need to bring it down - yes that is what I was correcting for (I was eating as well). They seem to have now come down to Lo so fingers crossed it stays that way...

Hi everyone, I definitely have a mild Urinary tract infection (UTI) so have been following sick day rules whilst I try to flush it out my system. I have just checked my ketones and it is 0.8 which I know is just over that threshold. I have injected more insulin than the food I need in th...

Hi Ellie, I'm also 23 and living in Surrey with T1! I've only been diagnosed for just under two years and struggle a lot! It's so hard when you look fine but inside feel like a zombie and no one gets it!!! I would be keen to get a group going too :)

Hello all! I just did my lantus injection and when I was wiping away the drop of blood afterwards I felt a small lump. Now it wasn't there before the injection and I always feel my thighs to check for lumps and bruises as I regularly use them for injections. I had just taken my new pen out...

Thank you all for your responses! I am not so worried about the weight itself more just fat loss than numbers - this is as I'm building muscle so that will add weight number wise!! I agree that it's defo to do with calories too so I'll probably just try and stick to a 700 calorie deficit...

Hello everyone, Apologies if this has already been covered on another thread - I couldn't find anything related to type 1 on type 2. Since diagnosis last year I have put on a LOT of weight and fat and I 100% put it down to having insulin as my food and lifestyle has not changed at all. I...

It's very odd, when I was diagnosed I had no obvious (at the time) symptoms, only a uti, waking up in the night to go to the toilet and that was it - physically felt fine. Even when I was sent to hospital with ketones and high bgls I felt and was presenting as physically well. I'm not really...

That's awful I'm so sorry it's being taken away from you! I hope they manage to sort it out soon :(

Hello everyone, I am type 1 and only just over a year into my diagnosis. Since July last year I have been self funding a Dexcom and it's been fantastic! The alarms have saved me so many times as I'm hypo and hyper unaware!! Unfortunately at £160 a month it's far too expensive to continue...

Hi all, I'm a type 1 (newly diagnosed) and Got my 6 month check up (it's actually about 9 months now.. earliest they could get me in!) tomorrow. I have had more or less NO education apart from one dietician appointment a week after diagnosis so have been pretty much in the dark this whole...

Hello I am a (fairly) new type 1, I've got a split between my little toe and the one next to it. This is not something new since getting type 1 - I have had it in the past before diagnosis. It's not athletes foot as I don't have any other symptoms and take care of my feet. My main question is...

All good I took it a bit late (forgot to set my alarm) and had it at half 10 tonight - landed at 7am this morning!!! Thank you for the help - took extra novorapid on the plane and seemed to work better! :)

Helllooo it's travel day! When I was travelling out my sugar went really high on board - do I adjust my basal before the flight or shall I just bolus more? I'll be landing at 7am tomorrow morning and will be taking my basal today at 5pm US (10pm UK) what time will I need my next basal - 10pm...

Ahhh thank you so much that would be awesome!! First time travelling since diagnosed so all going to be a bit new to me! Thanks everyone for your help so far!

Okay cool so I have a watch with both the UK and Florida time on it, if I just keep my dose to my UK time - 6pm Florida time and then inject at 6pm each day will that be ok? Does that work coming home to then just take it around 11pm UK time again? My flights are tomorrow morning so I'll have...

Hi everyone - apologies if this has been asked before I couldn't find a post on it! I am travelling to Florida tomorrow morning and am unsure on how to adjust my basal timings for the new timezone! I did receive a leaflet from my diabetes team but have misplaced it so now in the dark!! I am...

Thank you all for your replies! That's great to know that I'm doing well and let's hope I can keep it up [emoji23] thank you @Draco16 for the links will definitely look into them!

Hello everyone, It's been exactly 3 months since I had my hbA1c that diagnosed me with type 1, when I was diagnosed it was 11.3%/100. I had another a1c exactly three months after and the results have come back today at 7.3%/56. Please could someone explain what this shows in regards to my...

Great thank you, I think I'll try the back of my arm and stomach and then compare the two! Will write a post about my experience with it - first time CGM and how it helps as a still newly diagnosed type 1!

Thank you Helen! I will probably try placing it on my stomach but a bit further to the side towards the love handles [emoji23] unfortunately the G6 has a hard stop function meaning it cannot be restarted at all, it does last for 10 days though and is cheaper than previous sensors so not too...