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Hi all. Woke at 8 am with sugars at 8.8. I had porridge for breakfast and injected my Fiasp just 3 units instead of 4 as I knew I was going to the gym later. Arrived gym 12 noon. Sugars high 15 and usually they down rapidly with cardio. One hour later and a lot more exercise than usual they...

Hi all. I’m type 1.5 and find it difficult to sleep also anxiety as a passenger in a car. Due to go away next weekend. I’ve tried the cbd drinks called Trip and really like them[emoji846] gives a calming feeling but wanted to try the oil. It’s not cheap and so many oils out there I wondered if...

Hi my score is 17% so will be starting on statins low dose soon as this has raised since last yearly review. I’m type 1.5 on Novorapid and Tresiba and diagnosed just before lockdown. Good or bad reviews of statins?

Type 1.5 I don’t understand why and am ok now but the alarm sounded on my Libre 2 app at 3.2 arrow down so had glucose etc but when it went down to 2.9 it scared me! I was sweaty as per usual and a little spaced out but worried as never had it this low! Anyone else? My husband was worried and...

Hi I’m type 1.5 and recently experienced a feeling of electric shocks in my arms like all my veins were electric threads. It’s an awful and painful feeling. I’m not sure if it’s neuropathy but being sent for ultrasound scan on my shoulders as dr felt it may be my rotator cuffs on shoulders. X...

Started antibiotics Thursday for a chest infection. I had struggled to keep my sugars to one digit a few days before being prescribed these - now it’s more of a struggle. No sleep whatsoever as post nasal drip even though I’m propped up on 3 pillows! Coughing so hard nearly sick. Currently have...

Hi I’m away from home and I dropped a wooden shelf on my shin at 8.30 am and the bruise has gone around my leg now! My sugars have raised to 18 and worried. I’ve injected twice - no food yet. I’m on Novorapid and Tresiba at night.

Hi I’ve been poorly all week with a coeliac flare up and this weekend starting to feel better. However my usual insulin 1-10 novorapid is lowering my sugars far too quickly- I’m also on Tresiba 7 units at night.! So last night I physically had to eat an extra 50g carbs to stop me hypoing and...

Hi I tested 17 mmol when I awoke 9 am and ketones 0.2. Injected 4 units. Then at 10.44 it was 16.2 so injected another 1 unit. At 11.20 am I was hungry and it was 14.2 so injected 2 units for 12g carbs. It went down to 13.3 at 11.40 am then by 12.45 pm it was 10.9 mmol. At 2 pm I was 11.4 mmol...

Hi I’m type 1.5 since 2020. Today my sugars won’t go down and I’m not doing anything different. I put a fresh insulin in my novorapid pen yesterday and it’s coming out fine. My sugars on rising were 9 then it went to 15 after my gym session when it usually goes down? I go regularly to the gym. I...

Hi I’m type 1.5 only 2 years in. Just watched bbc programme The One Show where a little girl was the first to be NHS prescribed an Artificial Pancreas. Does anyone know if this amazing kit will be available to others? It seemed to consist of a pump, sensor but no injecting as the artificial...

Anyone else using this? It came up on my Facebook so decided to try today. It looks ok as once you input your data it tells you how much insulin is still in your system after your last dose and if you know the food carb content (their foods look swedish so I inputted manually) you put the carb...

Hi all I’m Type 1.5 on Novorapid and Tresiba 1 mmol per 10g carb and 1.5 mmol for porridge I’m only 2 years in, aged 60 with diabetes Possibility of underactive thyroid - being retested Woke up morning before last with a high of 17 yet id had my Tresiba 5 mmol at night. Felt headachey and...

Firstly a little excited as our local chippy not only does gf cod and other bits but also gf chicken kebab meat, no pitta ..tempted but I’m on carb counting and wonder if anyone knows approx carb count?

After humulin mix gave me hypos my diabetic nurse specialist is trying me on basal bolus. Felt all ok but waiting to hear as she put me on 3 units Novorapid and 4 Tresiba at night. However she just said meal times so only inject breakfast lunch and dinner and I’ve been having carbs just before...

Hi there, NEWLY DIAGNOSED LADA T1 on Humulin M3 (4 weeks after diagnosis) My specialist nurse said today it would be recommended to start with low dose statin. I said I’d been worried about going on them as I’d heard so many people saying side effects. She replied saying the old meds used to...

Hi, I’m newly diagnosed T1 lada on humulin m3. Had a couple bad hypos as I have to be consistent with carb intake each day. Week 3 I’m finding it hard going and nurse has reduced my pre dinner dosage from 12 to 8, pre breakfast is 12. Question. If I changed to the other type of insulin most of...

Hi there and Happy Easter! I had a real bad hypo last night, it woke me up around midnight. Luckily hubby got me jelly babies and then a mini sandwich after but it scared me so much! I couldn’t move, sweated profusely and felt shakey inside. I’m struggling to know what I did wrong? I use as...

Hi two weeks into insulin dependency LADA diagnosed. Always been overweight but was thrilled to lose 3 stone. However nurse says I have basically been weeing calories! One week of insulin I put on half stone! On low carb and recording everything. However my question is bizarre. I have Fitbit...

One week in to my new insulin regime. Nurse rang with weekly catch up and GAD results saying normal is 0-5 and I am 2000!! I’m like jeez! So I’m definitely T1 at age of 58 and insulin dependent. However she didn’t explain what that high GAD means?