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    Confused with Basal insulin

    Hi all. I'm hoping you can all help and impart your collective knowledge to hopefully help me better understand what I'm experiencing. I've recently swapped from abasaglar to toujeo for my mdi long acting insulin. I've also titrated my dose up to try pin point where I should be. All well and...
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    Life assurance

    Hi all, I wondered if those UK based can advise on life assurance? I'm recently diagnosed, and now in a position where life assurance is necessary. Mainstay providers, however, don't seem to want to touch me with a barge pole due to t1dm. What is everyone's experience of this?
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    Morning spikes - DP

    Hi all! Figure I'd pick the brain of the hive mind a little. I'm a little confused, to say the least. I've noticed every morning my blood glucose will rise from 3am onwards. I'm aware this is the dawn phenomenon. But it seems to really hit hard as soon as my feet touch the floor from waking...
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    Requesting a pump?

    Hi all. I've been T1 for over a year now, and wondered how those of us who do not qualify for a pump via the NICE guidelines can go about requesting to be considered for funding? How did people approach this subject with their dsn etc.? I feel a little guilty to be asking knowing there are many...
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    The Honeymoon Period ...

    Hi all. I was hoping the community could tell me about some of their experiences of T1 during the honeymoon period. I've recently been diagnosed (Late June '22), and appear to be very much in the honeymoon phase - I'm presently injecting an average of 12 units as a daily total of basal and...
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    Newly Diagnosed Type 1

    Hi all. I've lurked on this forum for a month or so, and thought it best to finally make an account and engage in the community directly! I think it'll help to talk to people experiencing the same things etc. In late June of this year, I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and Coeliac disease...