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Hi all, I'm a bit freaked out at the moment as I'm really struggling to control my blood glucose. I'm a type 1 diabetic and I had a positive lateral flow test on March 14th as I noticed that my throat was sore. Since then my throat has become a lot worse and it feels like I'm swallowing glass...

Thanks yes I've seen my basal BG rise from 5.6 to 8.1 mmol/l and I'm having to increase my bolus by 100% for meals. I'm drinking plenty of water. Hopefully it won't last much longer!

Hi all, I am a Type 1 Diabetic and I have been diagnosed with COVID today. Just for the purpose of sharing I thought I would attach my blood glucose profiles from pre-COVID and during COVID for those interested in seeing the data. The first four images (labelled 10th March 2022-13th March...

Hi, have you considered lowering your basal dose of insulin? Lowering your basal dose would accommodate the prolonged exercise you are doing during the day and would likely mean you don't need to keep eating snacks to keep your BG up. I'd discuss this with your diabetes team first though. It...

Thought you may be interested to see the profile of a non-diabetic. I asked my brother to wear a freestyle libre for comparison of profiles. As you can see even non-diabetics have large spikes in blood glucose, the large spike here (image with black background) was after he had a jacket potato...

Hi Jon, Your autonomic nervous system is responsible for many passive processes such as digestion and heart rate. High blood sugars over time can cause the neuropathy of these nerves that control these processes and lead to all kinds of unpleasant symptoms. I haven't been diagnosed but I feel...

Hi all, I follow a guy called Partha Kar on twitter, he is the National Specialty Advisor in Diabetes for NHS England. He has confirmed on twitter today that some diabetics are now in the shielding group and will be contacted about shielding. As you can imagine there are already...

Hey, I just thought I'd add to this thread. I've had the Oxford vaccine today at 09:30AM. I've been feeling ok all day until now 10:50PM. Feeling a bit nauseous and my blood sugars have decided to shoot up to 12.2 mmol/l for no reason right before bed. Thinking it may be vaccine related.

Hi everyone, I was just wondering if anyone felt the same as me. I remember reading a study out of China back in February which assessed who were most vulnerable to COVID, it showed that approx 7.3% of all diabetic patients with covid died. So I knew prior to first wave in the UK that...

Hi all, I have been having some trouble recently when it comes to my health. Today (approx. 15:00) I was sitting at my desk working when I all of sudden started to feel weak, slightly lightheaded, shaky and I was burping alot. My pulse felt very weak and I felt as if I was on the cusp of...

Hi Nicole22, I have had similar experiences to you. You seem to have very tight control of your blood sugars based on the readings you gave. I was in a very similar situation when I was first diagnosed. I was taking 25 units of background insulin once per night and all was well until I...

Do you have any gastro problems such as gastritis or a hiatal hernia or both? If you get these symptoms after eating it may be caused by gastro issues. Which can have symptoms similar to heart issues. If you look at gastritis and hiatal hernia forums people have similar reactions. Do you burp a...

If you visit the website of Viacyte. For some reason it won't let me post the link, it might offer some hope, they have developed a credit card sized pouch that contains precursor cells to insulin producing beta cells. It is implanted into the patient and is given time to vascularise, clinical...

Hi Mark, thanks for the reply. It's interesting to hear other people's accounts. Perhaps I am still producing endogenous insulin. I did mention to the diabetic nurse recently about having another c-peptide test to see how my levels have reduced (or not) since diagnosis. I am waiting to hear back...

Hi Ellie, Thanks for the response, I think when it comes to the genetics, MODY is passed down in an autosomal dominant way, neither my mother or father (nor their respective parents) have diabetes so I don't think it can be MODY, at least I think that's the way it works. I have elevated GAD...

I used to play 5 a side football with workmates every Thursday pre-covid. To be honest I found most games were fine, I made sure I reduced my basal insulin on the day and following few days if necessary to avoid hypos. But there were a few times were I did feel a bit off when playing, I would...

TL;DR I am coming up to 3 years since diagnosis of T1D, every couple of months I have a bad hypo and need to reduce my basal insulin from about 4 units per night to 0.5 units. Why do I become sensitive to insulin all the time? Hi all, I just wanted to share my curious story to see if anyone...