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  1. M

    What a three weeks!

    Hello and welcome, I think considering that you were only diagnosed 3 weeks ago you've got a really positive attitude! I can't even imagine what you must of felt like with a ketone of 7 but hopefully you're staring to feel more like yourself again now. My main advice would be to listen to what...
  2. M

    8 months in and struggling

    Hi, When I got diagnosed I never thought that changes to my diet would be necessary but I probably would benefit from a lower carb diet (especially around breakfast), I have a healthy diet but quite carby also. I'm on Novorapid and Levemir, and yes I do carb count using food labels, an app I...
  3. M

    8 months in and struggling

    Hiya, I think I need to start accepting that I'm not going to get perfect blood sugars cause I'm just setting myself up to fail. Yes I have a team of diabetic nurses back at home and also a nurse at Uni that I contact if I need to, I'm currently on Levemir and Novorapid and I use the Libre yes...
  4. M

    8 months in and struggling

    Generally I have porridge, Weetabix or sometimes toast - so quite carby I know!
  5. M

    8 months in and struggling

    Hello, Thanks so much for your advice I didn't know that stress released glucose which is probably a big factor effecting my blood sugars right now. I'll definitely check out a few more of those forums cause its nice having someone to talk moan to!
  6. M

    8 months in and struggling

    One of the hardest things right now is that there's not really a pattern to my blood sugars, one day I'll spike up to 16mmol/L and stay high for the rest of the day and other days I'll be on a roller-coaster have multiple hypos a day. The only pattern is that I almost always spike ridiculously...
  7. M

    8 months in and struggling

    Thank you so much, I'll post some general numbers below :)
  8. M

    8 months in and struggling

    I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in March 2019, since then I have completed my A-levels and moved 100miles away from home to university. As soon as I was diagnosed I really wanted someone else to talk to who knew what having T1 diabetes was like, it seems that even though people around me...