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    Tested positive for CV-19

    Hello all! Just got my test result back for covid and it is positive.. i have no symptoms really apart from a cough. Contact was probably around 8 days ago now. My sugars are fairly normal too, actually keep dropping weirdly... Has anyone else had covid and what have their experience been...
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    How long does it take for a T1D to recover from an infection compared to those w/o T1D?

    Hello all, So last Thursday i was prescribed antibiotics due to an infection in my nose. I have completed the dose but am still getting blood sugars all over the place, fatigue, and a mild fever. I assume that even if the dose is finished that I haven’t actually recovered? And if so, should I...
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    Constant hypo’s

    Hello all, Today I had rice, potatoes and aubergines for dinner. Took my usual insulin and around 5.5 hours later my BG was 12.5. I tested half an hour from that time and it had gone down to 7.2. I have been experiencing this for the last couple of days where I eat and inject normal insulin...
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    Type 1 High BG

    Hey everyone, I had dinner yesterday around 8:30pm and 2 hours later my bg was 6.6. I then woke up at 4am to a bg of 20. How is this possible? I didn’t eat anything afterwards [emoji853]
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    Itchy feeling in toes and joints

    Hello All, T1D for 5.5 years now. Recently, I have been getting an itchy feeling in my toes - like on the inside - nothing I do makes it go away. This happens during the day and then I feel itchy at my toe joints (to the base of my feet, if that makes sense). Could this be a nerve issue...
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    Glucose levels have gone crazy!

    Hello all, I have been diabetic for 5.4 years now and am having some very high glucose readings. 2 nights ago I had a hypo and treated it as normal, BG was 20 at around 4am. Again this morning I had pancakes, took my normal dose of insulin and BG was 20 again. I subsequently had dinner and...
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    Type 1 Freestyle Optium Neo will not test

    Hello everyone, Hope all is well. I have a Freestyle optium neo meter and when I put the strip in it it does not respond or show the drop icon to test. When I press the butterfly button it does open and show my previous readings but I cannot test. Any ideas? Thank you in advance!