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    Type 1 Insulin resistance

    After some advice please. I was diagnosed T1 app 2 yrs ago. First few months were hell and then things settled down, using 9 units of tresiba background insulin and 1 unit per 10g of carbs novarapid with meals. This seemed to work fab however recently my fasting sugars have been between 7 and 10...
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    Illness and spikes

    My ketones are all fine. They aren’t sky high just mid to late teens but aren’t going down. My fasting sugars have been in the teens too. I will ring my team tomorrow morning. Thanks guys
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    Illness and spikes

    I am only a recently diagnosed type 1. Last 18 months. Last couple of days I have felt shocking, confirmed tonight that I have tonsillitis. No matter how little carbs I eat my usual ratio of insulin isn’t touching me and I am high teens constantly. I thought this could have had something to do...
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    Am I being irresponsible?!?

    Hi. I usually have 4 meals a day. Breakfast either. Cereal or brown toast and or fruit. Lunch can be a sandwich or salad and chicken. Evening meal something home cooked. Pasta, roast dinner, meat and veg, jacket potato. It’s later on I can eat bag of choc and crisps. I inject 1 unit for every...
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    Am I being irresponsible?!?

    Thank u all for replying. I just enjoy eating what I want when I want. Today I’ve taken 25 units of quick insulin for various meals and snacks. I just don’t know if that’s too much. Will I just be making my body more resistant to insulin? Or will the insulin stop working? I wish I didn’t have...
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    Am I being irresponsible?!?

    Diagnosed almost 6 months type 1. No underlying conditions. No family history. When I first found out I was careful with what I ate, however I have soon fallen back into my old habits. What can I say I have an extremely sweet tooth and love my carbs. My sugars are usually in range, between 5 and...
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    New type 2 - help please

    I’m prob not the best qualified as my type is controlled with insulin and my understanding is newly diagnosed t2’s would be on medication. I think the key is low carb, so all the good stuff is out. Plenty of meat and veggies and healthy high fat foods. Hope your doing ok though x
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    Hba1c results

    I am a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic. On diagnosis my hba1c result was 84, this was 3 months ago. I have just got my most recent result back and it’s now 42. My nurse rang me concerned that I have been over doing the rapid insulin or that my back ground insulin is incorrect. I have changed my...
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    Type 1 Ultrasound

    When I was diagnosed T1 almost 3 months ago my DN requested a scan on my pancreas. I also had the antibody test and c-peptide which confirmed the T1 however after my diagnosis I didn’t ask what this scan was for? Does anyone have any ideas? After waiting weeks I have the scan booked in for...
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    Sugar and more sugar

    I don’t really know if they’re in range or not. Being so new to all this I aim to be between 5 and 8. I have stopped checking my bloods constantly however for the past 3-4 days they have been within that range. I think I am still in the honeymoon period because at lunch I tend to eat less carbs...
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    Sugar and more sugar

    Evening. Am I being really irresponsible injecting just so I can have an unhealthy snack...... few biscuits, packets of crisps in an evening, usually on a Saturday night. I’m not talking a share size bag just a couple of treats. I currently inject app 1/2 unit per 10g of carbs. Have only been...
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    Ideal numbers

    Hi. I’m taking 10 units of tresiba once a day and insulin depends on meals. I have the same breakfast and usually carb count 1/2 for 10g of carbs. Although if lunch is less than 20 carbs I don’t have anything. I’m more active in an afternoon and find myself going to low before I’m sure to eat...
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    Ideal numbers

    Just a quick one. What would people say are ideal numbers for the BG. As a recently diagnosed type 1 I’m still new to all this but had a really good week. Only testing now when I wake up, before meals and before bed. Fasting bloods between 4.3 and 5 and throughout the rest of the day between 4...
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    Constant headaches

    I’m waiting to see if I’m eligible for the libre monitor so hopefully I will be. In the meantime I might set an alarm tonight and see what’s going on overnight. It’s all very new to me so know it’s trial and error in relation to the highs and lows
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    Constant headaches

    Hi does anyone suffer from constant headaches. I woke up this morning feeling like I had been run over a bus expecting my sugars to be sky high and they were fine at 5.2. I drink water all day everyday but as I’m new to insulin I’ve been advised to introduce slowly with only breakfast and...
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    Newly diagnosed

    That’s why the nurse said to eat a normal diet. She said if I cut everything it will confuse my body and won’t give a true reading of what insulin I will need long term. I’m taking tresiba too and the nurse mentioned nora rapid I think it was called for the insulin before meals, she wants to...
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    Newly diagnosed

    Soooooo after waiting 2 weeks for my antibody results I have confirmation that I am type 1. I haven’t even asked what my numbers were and they prob wouldn’t mean anything to me however within an hr of getting my results I have been seen by my diabetes team. Background info: Female, 33yrs old, 8...
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    Can’t eat anything with carbs

    If u could that would be great. I try to click on my pic and nothing happens x
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    Can’t eat anything with carbs

    Sorry how do I do that??? Can’t seem to find where it is?
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    Can’t eat anything with carbs

    So my nurse has rang this morning and it’s type 1 which is prob why I haven’t had any luck with the medication I have been prescribed. I’ve seen a specialist diabetes nurse this morning and prescribed a basal insulin treatment plan......... wish me luck for my first injection later today. Thanks...
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