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The first thing I did when I started to get serious life limiting co-morbidities - diabetes complications - was to blame myself; like all the times I had seizures accompanying hypoglycaemia. That was a mistake and made things worse. Once I realized that, I slowly - 30 years after diagnosis -...

How are you struggling with that, @Julia is a type 1diabetic ? What is your usual day like? I'm sure you'll get loads of people supporting you and reflecting on what you're doing, how it's going, your feelings about it will help direct their comments and likely give you additional insights. ATB Mat

Great to have somewhere to 'vent', Nicola, and hope you are feeling more human now it's been a few hours ATB Mat

Hello @sjb2610 , About 10 years ago I had an influx of disabling co-morbidities - diabetes complications - as a consequence of unbalanced glucose levels for 30years living with T1D. I decided enough was truly enough and went on a journey to change my downward trajectory. I didn't end up doing...

I forgot to mention that eradicating ultra-processed products appears to be key to all successful nutrition paradigms and, while I'd love to eat paleo because it combines fats and carbs I don't, because it combines fats and carbs. Also on statins I liked Malcolm Kendrick's working through to...

Hello Really interesting convo, albeit so sad about arthritic inflammation and pain. I appear to react to ketogenic lifestyle in the way that Dave Feldman describes as a lean mass hyper responder - my LDL elevated. My total lipid measurement was 8.5 and was referred to ab endo with a...

Paul, it's so sad to hear stories like yours. I've lost about 70% (my estimate) eyesight myself because retinal scarring from retinopathy and laser pulled at them and they detached. Thus I'm fortunate to have some sight Are your glucose levels ok. Before the sight loss (and other...

While the above are really great answers to your question I find that we humans want more than we need; it's understandable of course but would love to hear your thoughts on another view What if we dose for carb filled meals that are not high fat or, when eating fat do not indulge in carbs at...

Answering another of your posts I didn't realise you were on top of 'clean' eating and, previous to PDR, accomplished at keeping lean! When on keto I found using Libre to monitor glucose every minute (previously every 5) when necessary and using its ketone testing strips was ideal. The...

This is likely to do with glucose sparing insulin resistance on a non carb diet; how was the bolus on carnivore vs omnivore? EDIT: your question on injection volumes. I inject 8.5units Tresiba and bolus of FiAsp at 1i.u. to 25g carbs (occasionally I have to top up 0.5/1 after a while).

Sad to hear you've recently been diagnosed with T1D. PIP forms ask you to describe your difficulties in daily life in various ways and so, echoing others, a medical condition is not an entitlement. If you're not successful then I believe you may appeal and if you get an assessment you may talk...

Have you tried 100% Absolute Black; now that is chocolate - nothing else![emoji38]

Do you also find that including fat increases the ratio of insulin needed per carb?

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I hear you in the scary crashes. When I'm on keto with no carbs I have almost flat line graphs so no probs at all. When not in keto I only eat essential fats and sparingly and end up with c.200g carbs a meal as the dosing is more accurate and the ratio improves meaning less insulin than...

I regularly get the phone app advising that the scan failed, not unusually more than twice.ice never had the white screen of death though!

Hello @JTym I think I'd agree with @becca59 and suggest asking for a C-Peptide test - molecules attached to insulin produced in the body but not included in insulin we inject. If you have none I believe that indicates Type 1 more conclusively, by whatever mechanism it is contracted. Nite: I've...

I believe it is a matter of degree; hundreds a day may be fine if it is 3.9mmol/l - in fact that is the low end of my target range (3.9-6.0) - but any at 3.0 - for me at least -is too many. I have a lot of sympathy with the NHS rule of thumb that "4 is the floor' even though many without type 1...

It is a generalisation of course. However I think primarily there is variability on the extent to which we're insulin resistant/sensitive but given that, then one can make a food choice based on the dietary paradigm adopted and one criterion may be the glycaemic load. Assuming someone chooses...

Do you have a continuous glucose monitor or a flash glucose monitor? If not, as someone diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus you should be offered one in England at least.