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Hi all, Im on an omnipod and currently on a trial under my hospital with the Freestyle Libre. I was having a convo with my nurse and she said one of the criteria to keep the libre is that I need to do less blood tests. I questioned that I thought you weren't supposed to rely on the libre scan...

Hi, I need some advice. I have one child who I gave birth to 4 years ago, I was on MDI at the time. She was planned but I was very naive that I didn't go to preconception clinic, I didn't really take care of myself until I got the positive at which point I really started taking good care and...

I switched to pumping with insulin 8 days ago now and am still consistently high, considering I wasn't often high on injections it's been a struggle to adjust. The hospital is lowering them but not as fast as I'd like, I can see patterns that I'm tempted to adjust myself but don't want to go...

So I hear that if you eat low carb meal you need to inject for 50(ish) % of your protein? If for example, my lunch ratio is usually 1.5 unit to 10 grams of carb, do I still use that ratio when it's just a protein dish? Say an omelette with lots of eggs? Or will a lower ratio be required. I...

I'm currently going through a very very long process of trying to get a pump from my hospital. Anyway I was sent to the dietician yesterday and asked her some questions about pumping. She said that the slow trickle of fast acting works in exactly the same way as a long acting would, and that the...

Just wondering how often do people have to change their ratios? I've been eating the same breakfast and lunch for about 2 months now with perfect sugars. Suddenly the last 4 days I've gone low after lunch everyday. Also had afew just before lunch in the last couple of weeks. Haven't changed...

quick question. I'm going to Costa for a study date. I usually avoid these places as I only drink tea at home and don't like their tea!! Is there anything Someone can suggest that's nice that won't affect my blood sugar? Thanks

I'm going for an assessment at the end of March to see if I can get a pump. I'm the mean time though for the past 2ish months I've been going high in the evenings. I'll eat dinner test 2 hours later and it'll be a normal range then before bed its shot up high. Ive even tried to have a unit or 2...

Can I ask how difficult it has been for people to get a pump? I've been trying for some time now. My nurses say I should be able to and I saw my consultant this time last year she put me forward for an assessment. Only a couple of months ago I found out this had never been put through by...

I'm going to attempt to incorporate low carb into several meals as I do this for breakfast with smoothies n have good results. Today for lunch I had a tuna salad. In this salad I had lettuce, spinach, cucumber, avocado, tiny bit of sweet corn, little bit of hard boiled egg, tuna and I put a...

hi I have a question regarding my long acting insulin. Keep in mind I eat dinner early evening so that insulin has totally run out by bed time. And I've been doing it over a long period of time so it's not just a 1 off. Anyway I started off on 14 units and my bedtime was coming down by around...

Just curious, I've noticed for afew days leading up to the time of the month my sugars tend to run abit higher than I'd like. Not drastically higher they just don't return as low as id like, even with correction doses. Do other ladies have this issue and what do you do about it??

hey, I'm so fed up of eating bread. I eat pb on toast for breakfast which works really well on my blood sugars but then I'm so unimaginative I eat a sandwich again for lunch. I'm so bored of bread lunch has become a chore. can anyone suggest some nice lunches? Child friendly as I have a 2 year...

hi all, I don't use the forum much I just occasionally come on when I'm in need of advice! So here's my issue. A year ago I did a carb counting course as my a1c was around 8.5. I've had major (and I mean major) anxiety over the past year about my diabetes. About going low about complication...

does anyone have any experience with addenbrokes diabetic care? I just ask as I have read they've won awards and was thinking of transferring to their care. My hospital isn't bad I just don't know if I'm getting as much care as I could. I've never used another hospital so not sure?! It's abit...

Good morning. I was wondering if anyone can advise on if there are any supermarket brought granola cereals that aren't too bad on the blood sugar. Just would like to swap it up a little from time to time as I'm getting bored. I started having sachet porridge a while ago but it was spiking me...

I just bought some unsweetened almond milk. It says 0.1g carb per 100g. Just wanted to check before I try it. Should really affect my sugars should it?

So I was reading this story http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2563307/The-women-abortions-robbed-chance-motherhood.html If you scroll to the last story it's about a woman who has 2 abortions due to being type 1 diabetic and was told her kidneys could fail. She they says later in life...

The past month or so my sugars keep going high. I'm having more and more insulin to the point I'm not happy having so much and most times it still isn't bringing it down! It's getting highly infuriating! This morning I woke up on 11.8 (high for me in morning but I'm also struggling to get it...

Does anyone go to any sort of diabetic support group? I did a carb course a while ago and it's the only time I've ever actually been around other diabetics. I'd really like to get to know some others and spend time with them as they are the only people who can understand what we really go...