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Thanks everyone. That's made me feel a lot better about the appointment. I could see his reasoning but just felt it was a bit steep. I'll try injecting at 7 and 7 as I don't tend to go to bed until 10/11. Or even at 7 and 6 if needs be. The last few days of 42 at night and 36 in the morning has...

I'm (sort of) a newly diagnosed diabetic still waiting for my results to see if I'm T1.5 or T2 as it's been a very complicated journey ranging over a much longer time period than originally thought >.< Anyway, I saw a consultant for the first time last week who, like most, was utterly confused...

Hi :) I'm nearly in the same boat as you - I don't have a type diagnosis yet though. I've been treated as a T2 diabetic since July last year but am going for testing next week to find out what type I actually have. I'm also 27 and had no real symptoms as such. I fell asleep a lot as a child and...

@Daibell - thanks so much for the reply. I've honestly only started low carb over the last 5 weeks because my original diabetes nurse told me that I needed to eat the normal amount of carbs to ensure I didn't suffer any hypos, and my new nurse never asked about my diet. It's only from searching...

@Rokaab - I agree, if I'd been diabetic forever I certainly wouldn't be around, I think the nurse was thinking more late onset or slow burning which I think is LADA? However research into that suggests that (if we assume it's been since 2013) 21 is too young to be diagnosed as LADA. I know...

Hi guys, I'm Suzii and 27. I was officially diagnosed in July last year but I've been probably been diabetic much longer. Pregnancy 2013 - GD with blood glucose of 18.2. metformin. No difference in BG, diagnosed late at 30+ weeks. Pregnancy 2014/2015 - blood glucose of 9.9 at 16 weeks, nobody...