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Hi all, I have been using the accu-chek Aviva for over a year now but it finally knackered a couple of weeks ago (battery) so my DSN gave me a new meter but she gave me the accu-chek mobile. Ever since I've been using this new meter ALL of my readings have been much higher, at least 2mmol...

Hi guys, So, as many of u know, I was diagnosed with LADA in December 2012 and put onto Metformin. This is what has happened so far: December 2012: HbA1C - 84 - put onto 2x 500mg Metformin a day (after refusing to continue with glic) February 2013: Hba1C - 49 - no change to meds June 2013...

Well it has been 14months since I was diagnosed with LADA and I have managed up until now with no medication increase, no insulin and just a lower GI carb diet... But the last week or so my morning fasting levels have risen from 7-8mmol to 9-10mmol and my post prandials have risen from 6-8mmol...

Hi all, Not been on here much since the update as I can't get my head around the new layout :-/ Had my flu jab today and now I feel major ill and my BS has shot up to 9.5 mmol inexplicably!!! Is this normal?? The flu vaccine isn't going to make my immune system go crazy and murder like a...

So! I finally got my blood results (numerical) back from my consultant today and needless to say I am more baffled than I was before!! When I was diagnosed in December results were as follows: HBA1C = 83 GAD antibodies = 323 C-Peptide = 395 When I had my second bloods done 6 months after...

Hi all, As already mentioned, I discussed going on to insulin with my consultant who said that my levels were too low to introduce it. When he said this I questioned him about the claim that early introduction to insulin helps preserve beta cells and he told me that there was no research or...

Hi I just wondered if any type 1s on insulin could help me try and understand my diabetes a bit more? I'm slow-onset and so not on insulin yet but I have to keep checking for ketones and for a deterioration as my consultant won't put me onto insulin until my BS levels go higher and harder to...

Hi all, I am thinking of buying my house next year and so I've been doing a bit of research into the mortgage side of it and life cover and I keep reading that if you're a diabetic they automatically put a 200-250% loading onto your premium?!!?? Is this true?? I am absolutely fuming with anger...

Hi all type 1's I am type 1.5 at the moment as I tested positive for GAD antibodies but am doing fine on Metformin and diet changes at the moment. I have been told that going onto insulin is inevitable at some stage and so I do dip into this thread every now and again to try and build up some...

Hi all, I've been taking Metformin 500mg in the morning and 500mg in the evening and although its been keeping my BG between 4 and 7 mmol the side effects weren't getting my better so I asked my GP to switch me to the slow release Metformin which has been done and insteadv taking 500mg in the...

Hi everyone, I'm super confused over what is going on at the moment! First of all, I still don't know what type diabetic I am other than type 1.5 for now but I'm having major issues with dawn phenomenon/somogyi effect! My fasting BG has always been the one I can't control and recently it's...

Hi everyone, I just wanted to write to everyone in this forum about my own experience to see if I can help anyone! I had my first baby aged 20 in 2006. Prior to pregnancy I was a size 8 and 5ft 4 and my daughter was 8lb 12oz. I was not diagnosed with GD during this pregnancy but in retrospect...

Hi everyone, I'm glad I found this page as I am so confused that no one news what's wrong with me that it's really starting to get me down! I had gestational diabetes in 2010 which went away after I had my son. No family history of diabetes at all and I'm 26 with a BMI of 22.5 so my weight is...

Hi everyone... I guess I will start at the start which is to say that I developed gestational diabetes in 2010 while pregnant with my son. There is no family history of diabetes or gestational diabetes at all and during my pregnancy it was easily controlled with Metformin. Six weeks after I had...