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  1. Petra4.4

    Eating out - what do guys take with them?

    Hi there :) This is kind of a downside but you just need to get used to the idea of diabetrs in your life :) I strongly don't recommend going to to toilets... It's rly unsanitary. If possible I used to take my insulin in a car or in the table. I understand that the idea of it is uncomfortable...
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    Your fasting blood sugar when first diagnosed?

    27,4 mmol but somehow I wasn't in DKA. Also had rly short honeymoon period... About a month. :)
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    Budesonide Steroids for Autoimmune Hepatitis

    No for me it doesn't matter when I take it. The common pattern should be that around lunch and afternoon it supposed to be the worst because that's when are the steroids most active. Then around 5-6ish pm is should starting to get down but for example my body go trough so much sock that it can't...
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    Diabetics and relationships

    Wow that some proper skills... Yeah "low brain" is always fun to experience. Also about the cats I already have one so you never know :D but i will definetly try to find thay kind of friend :D You made my day thanks :)
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    Diabetics and relationships

    You could made movie from this story :D It it really cute ( my mind was was like Awwwwww xD) Beautiful love story truly. But i can relate to the james bond maneuvers in hiding my meter or pump... Sometimes I even surprise myself with my abilities.
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    Diabetics and relationships

    :D I am always joking that I will end ul with five cats. But I will atleast try to think more positive and be open minded.
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    High A1C levels can be lowered f you put in work to lower it

    Wow so jealous ... In a good way of course. I haven't had BG that stable since maybe February - that' when started quarantine and everytging shut down for months. Also is the protocol available online? Since I don't live UK and rly want to learn more
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    Diabetics and relationships

    Yeah... Still got issues with acknowledging of that my health problems aren't everything... Since I was like 12 till my late teens I always has feeling that i didn't belong in class, team or any group. Just for being little bit different. And yeah it would be so much easier to find other...
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    High A1C levels can be lowered f you put in work to lower it

    Thanks for explanation. I'll be sure to check it out because I tought it was impossible for type 1 to practice ketosis.
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    Diabetics and relationships

    Hi, thanks [emoji4] But i often feel like I don't deserve a relationship because of it... Don't know why I am so afraid to put myself out there. Also so happy for you and your wife [emoji4].
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    Anyone to chat?

    I am 21 years old diagnosed with type 1 about 18 years ago... Currently in a hospital bed cause of spur of a autoimmune hepatatis and newly diagnosed hypothyroidism. Feeling kind of lonely and my "healthy" friends don't get my feelings. So anyone interested in a chat?
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    Diabetics and relationships

    Hello I am pretty new here but already seeking advice. How do diabetics find healthy relationships? Cause I am diabetic since the age of 3 and I don't kboe how to connect I am always worried what will they think if I told them that I have diabetes and 3 other autoimmune diseases. I can't brinf...
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    Budesonide Steroids for Autoimmune Hepatitis

    Hi I have type 1. and autoimune hepatatis for 18 years and when i was on steroids especially prednisoline my BG would be trough the roof... Actually I am on steroids right now cause my immune system is acting up again but for almost 10 years in wich i was on immunosuppressants i had no problem...
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    High A1C levels can be lowered f you put in work to lower it

    Hi just want to ask isn't being in acidosis while being type one kind of risky? I wanted to try cut on carbs and replace them with proteins but many people warned me that i could end up in a coma is there some website or book in wich i could find more information?
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    Other autoimmune diseases linked to T1D?

    Hi there :) I have type 1 for about 18 years and one autoimmune disorder developed simultaneously with diabetes at age 3 (autoimune hepatatis), the second one developed when i was around 17 ( polycystic ovaries) and the third one developes now at age 21 ( hypothyroidism)