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Hello everyone, I met up with my boyfriends sister on Wednesday after a bit of a worry at the weekend. The worry being that she is expecting her 2nd child in July (she's not diabetic) but she had ketones at some point during the night and then in the morning after hours of sickness/headaches etc...

Morning everyone, I'm considering getting a tattoo, it'll be my first one. I know being type 1 doesn't stop you from getting one but there are obviously things you need to consider before doing so, was just wandering if there are is any advice or "guidelines" you could give me or that you were...

Hi guys, had my appointment at the hospital last Tuesday and as I've posted before my sugar levels have been consistently high, however on the plus my hba1c had dropped from 95 to 72 end of last year so I was pleased with that! However my levemir has been increased by 4 units so now I take 28...

Just been looking on Facebook and there's a post on my news feed about a supposed cure. I clicked on the link and it doesn't give much away about what it is or how it works but I was reading through the comments and apparently only a select few seemed to have had prior knowledge about it and...

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!!! I've started swimming again and was planning on doing a few lengths tonight so I check my bloods and they're at 14.7 now I don't do excersize if I'm 13 or above! So I take 2 units as a correction which should bring me down to around 10/11 as my target is...

Morning guys have had a really bad nights sleep! Up and down all night needing the toilet and in and out of the kitchen getting water :( tested about an hour ago and I was 25.6 with ketones dark red on the colour chart (using ketostix) have taken correction and am drinking plenty of water. Don't...

Hey guys I've posted about this before and I've read other posts but I just need someone to explain to me in simple terms what the colours mean, the plus signs and the numbers mean? I used to have to blood test ketone strips and they were awesome and so simple... Pop a bit of blood on and wait...

Hey everyone, this is a bit of a stupid moan really, not sure if moan is the right word... Maybe more of an annoyance! But anyway I have to get it out of my system! A few of my colleagues are doing their first aid at work training and today they've been learning about diabetes! Now many times...

Hi everyone, my boyfriend and I have been doing a lot of thinking and have decided that at some point we would like to leave England and move to either America or Canada! Now the thing is I don't have the faintest idea about how to manage all my prescriptions etc as obviously there is no NHS...

Hey everyone, just an observation but my sugar levels have been mental recently after months of good control. Saw the doc last week and she decided to increase my night time levemir as I was waking up with high readings before breakfast (split my doses morning and night). Now as we're all aware...

Hello I have really dark circles under my eyes most of the time which makes me look like I've had a mega night out on the town so I've bought myself a "wake up tired eyes" eye stick and so far so good :)

Hello this might sound a bit silly and perhaps it's self explanatory but what do you guys that are on a low carb diet eat? How does/has it helped you? Do you eat any carbs? Am thinking of giving it a try :) Thanks all x

Hey all, I've got really fed up all of a sudden as I've put on weight :( no one has said anything to me but I just know I've gained! Especially hips and stomach! I'm not a big person, size 10 weight was/is about 10st 4 and I'm around 5'7 height. Although my sugar levels aren't perfect yet...

Hello what does the "+" signs on the colour chart mean on the ketostix? Thanks :)

Hey all seen a few comments about the above ^^^ and by the sounds of it, it relates to carbs but I have no idea whatsoever about this, what it is, how you do it or the effects it has on you Is anyone familiar with this? Thanks :) x

Hello just wondering if there's anyone here that can skate or likes to cycle or anything really! I have taken up long boarding recently (within the last month!) and I'm looking for someone to skate with! I'm in Somerset (Weston-super-Mare) :)

Hello just wondering if anyone gets paid for their time at the docs from their workplace or has a time allowance say 30 mins where they get paid but anything after is unpaid? I don't continue getting paid from my workplace and I have to work late to make up my hours as I'm paid hourly, so any...

Hi everyone! This last week at work I've been under so much stress. Basically I'm a painter and there was loads of stuff that needed spraying and where I work it's shambolic! Nothing is right: no proper heating systems or anything! Also to top it off I wasn't given adequate time to spray all...

Hi everyone! After some advice and figured this would be the best place! I've been type 1 for 18 years and up until 2-3 years ago I've been in denial, never tested and eaten what I wanted. Never been admitted to hospital and always taken injections on time. I'm also not overweight and no other...

Hey all, a few weeks ago (thankfully it's stopped now) each morning I'd wake up with really numb fingers like if I placed a nail through them I wouldn't feel it! Then it would turn into pins and needles, then back to normal. Hopefully I've just slept on my hand in the night lol but has anyone...