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I have had diabetes for around 12 years now and have recently changed my diet to gluten-free and cut out most carbs, I am trying to eat more keto and get more fruit and veg in but my blood sugars seem to still sit around 7-8mmols throughout the day which is frustrating I can never get them to...

Even when my blood sugar is 7.5 i feel so off balance and most events I am exhausted and feel chilly and achy I check my sugar at this time and it is normally 6.5 however my blood sugars do swing about all day sometimes going into the 11-12 range and at one or two times going to 14.5 I have...

I get so angry at myself when I see that stupid reading of 14.5 or 12.3 it just sends me into a angry rage, Iv smashed pens and thrown dishes at times when I see it. I guess its all that cortisol flowing through my blood. Anyone experienced this ? How damaging are these types of highs if...

I have a HBA1C of 6 type one diabetic I am 29 and I have for about a year now been feeling in the afternoons like I am coming down with something but it never comes on. The symptoms I experience are Extreme tiredness Constant yawning with muscle cramps headaches with eye pains Feelings of...

ANyone get severe tiredness with a slight increase in blood sugar I feel like. I will fall over with how tired I feel iv had blood tests and no problems with my bloods in way of anemia or thyroid problems so I’m convinced it must be diabetes

I have seen on there website that it says most likely not suitable for the role of police officer but needs to be assessed individually. Just confused as to why this discrimination still exists today really, because that is what it is discrimination. Just wondering if anyone has had any luck...

I have pains and burning in my palms and aching in my wrists and shoulders as well as pains in my arms and fingers it’s more kind of a stiff ache in my hand which is odd . I’m 28 and feel a little young for these types of pains. My diabetes control hasn’t been the best I admit but I saw the...

I have pains and burning in my palms and aching in my wrists and shoulders as well as pains in my arms. I’m 28 and feel a little young for these types of pains. My diabetes control hasn’t been the best I admit but I saw the diabetic nurse two days before the pain began and she said my feet were...

I mean no one stays at 7.5 or 5.6 all day do they ? I am just thinking in terms of post meal spikes these are normal aren’t they as long as the sugar goes down after two hours to a normal level. Sometimes my blood will spike even when I haven’t eaten which is weird

Does it feel like a deep aching with a kind of stiff sensation ? Just had this come on in both my hands in the last two days I thought it could be bilateral carpel tunnel but who knows I have had upper back and arm pains recently with aching and stiffness. Does hand neuropathy come before foot...

I test and take a correction dose at 12.5 and two minutes later it reads 15.4 it literally jumps up like this quite often can’t figure it out. I wash my hands and check again and still it reads 15.4 seems that the insulin just makes it spike almost like it puts the body under more stress

I currently take humolog in the day and Tougeo in the evening My recent HBA1C was 6.4 my levels are for some reason spiking to massive highs in the evening the average sugar is 16.4 to 10.5 which is annoying. Iv tried eating less taking less insulin taking more insulin but cant seem to get a...

does the diabetes make it worse ?

Feel a bit weird just getting out my testing kit as I like to check my blood sugars regularly.

I get chills and fatigue around the afternoon and iv noticed my blood sugars are always high when this happens the reading is always 12.5 or 14.0 so not sure if that means anything to anyone but I have had a lot of other problems this year which are still under investigation such as Lymphoma and...

Hello basically my diabetic control isn't the best although i have a hba1c of 5.4 my numbers always seem to be reading high i do correct with insulin which hence why i might be getting the low hba1c my main problem is that i am due to start work as a Therapist and im worried about all the...

I'm 23 years old diabetic type 1 6 years and worried about motor neuropathy two years ago I started getting pains in my lower back and then my thighs and then my knees and feet and ankles the pain is always there now and I am becoming progressively stiffer my right leg is causing me concern now...

Can neuropathy cause stiffness really worried about my hip lower back and knee stiffness please help me I'm 23 year old and had diabetes 5 years now

I'm 23 years old diabetic 5 years and suffer with severe body cramps after eating and before eating my whole body goes stiff I can't breathe and hAve severe joint pains as well as cramps what could this be ?

I am a young diabetic 23 years old been diabetic for 6 years now and I am suffering bad my recent a1c was 5.6 I have severe aches in knees hips and lower back I also have body cramps with jaw cramps and shortness of breathe I have been having extensive tests done to find the cause to my problems...