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Hypos can cause all sorts of symptoms my effects can last anywhere from 5 mins to 2 days to recover :0 x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I had symptoms for a while when I was 7 years old and one morning my little brother told my mum And dad he had heard me getting up in the middle of he night to drink water it the tap and I had lost nearly 2 stones in 2 weeks and was falling asleep in school. One morning I woke up and was...

When you have DKA it causes you to have low potassium another symptom of low potassium is breathlessness as I have had DKA several times and each time it has been severe and I always feel breathless with it Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Levemir is great I'm on 6 injections a day 2 levemir and 4 novorapid but it does make you less tired :) x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I was always taught that alcohol like beers and ales can reduce your blood sugars is this true? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

A dnt really think I would benefit from it my average blood sugar is sitting at 8.9 and on 5 injections a day but it's good to know the option is there Thanks for replying :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

What is a dafne course? After all I haven't really looked into it all that much. Does it reduce the number of times you need to take insulin? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Iam on novo rapid and levemir and I had the same control problem with levemir. What the diabetic nurse done was split my levemir injection into 2 so one at night and one in the morning and it has helped my control greatly :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi was just looking at some posts about insulin pumps? Is it only certain types of diabetics that can get it? I'm on insulin 5 times a day already aged 22 and have had diabetes for 15 years? Can anyone shed some light? Thanks :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

A lot of people don't know that alcohol can lower blood sugar levels even though there is sugar in it. I had my first experience of DKA when I was 12 but not for drink related reasons. I have been in and out with DKA in my teenage years several times but now aged 22 I have been teetotal for 2...

I had a liver scan last year because it was showing abnormal function when I was in hospital with DKA and they did it was slightly inflamed but never heard anything after that and never even had a follow up scan! Even more worrying the nurses at the hospital gave me a full dose of insulin in the...

I have been diabetic since I was 7 and my mum and dad received DLA up until I was 16 but then it stopped. I moved out of my mum and dads house at 16 and applied for it myself and was also not granted it even though my mum and dad basically had to check in on me everyday! Iam now 22 and applied...