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After about a week of feeling really good about my blood sugar levels -- 90+% time in range, no huge spikes -- suddenly yesterday I kept spiking up to 16/17 and got down to 46% time in range. Measured on Libre 2 but also confirmed via blood pricks. I haven't seen numbers that high in months but...

Hi all, I was diagnosed in September 2021, taking Tresiba (basal) and humalog (bolus) My basal was just reduced from 6 down to 4 units every night, because of frequent hypos However my alarm is still going off every second night. I can quickly eat something - I've found one or two jelly...

Hi, I'm thinking in advance here as I'm newly-diagnosed and my advisor said we could think about a pump in 1-5 years' time. But I have a big question around it. I have a BRCA gene mutation which means I currently have MRI scans once a year as I'm high risk for breast cancer. Of course I realise...

Hi, I've recently had a few pre-hypo alarms at night and had to snack (was diagnosed two months ago so this is all quite new). I was just wondering if anyone has any overnight snack recommendations to quickly raise BG and keep it up for the rest of the night? And preferably to not feel like I'm...

Hi, I was diagnosed with type 1 at the end of September, so everything is still pretty new. I've run the half marathon distance once before (pre-diabetes) and am now training for my first HM race in April. I haven't had any problems with blood sugar levels during ~5K runs, but yesterday I went...

I was diagnosed with type 1 at the end of September, out of hospital and injecting insulin since early October. When I was diagnosed my BMI was slightly underweight, though I think by now it's back to being within the healthy range. My bolus ratio is currently 1 unit for 10g carbs (breakfast &...

Hi, Every now and then my blood sugar seems to spike for no reason that I can think of. For example this afternoon four hours after lunch it shot up to over 11mmol. Any ideas as to what's causing this? Thank you!