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I need advice, I cannot lower my levels for the past 5 weeks my levels have been around 20 mmol/L and been feeling really ill because of it. I've contacted my nurse beginning of last week about it telling to increase my humalog insulin. Been doing so and nothing is happening. What do I do...

I have had type 1 diabetes for 16 of the 17 years of my life and I am still using pens to administer my insulin. I have struggled with my glucose levels for a number of years now, especially since becoming a teenager. I want to learn to drive this year and be able to look after myself so that I...

Hi guys, It's been a few years since I've posted. I'm Type 1 aged 37, 38 in a few weeks. I've been nailing my HBa1c since diagnosis (40-43/44 each time). However my cholestrol is high and when the doc tried to put me on statins a few years ago my liver reacted super badly to it - so I had to...

Hello :-) Iv just joined but have also read the thread , a bit of background info about me - I'm 24 years old , been type 1 for 16 years now (where has the time gone!) Iv had two early miscarriages due to badly /uncontrolled diabetes, even though I took control when I got a positive test ...

Okay so mid afternoon and near bedtime i tend to get kinda hungry and I'd love to have a snack of some kind, but a lot of stuff thats snack-worthy tends to be over 10g of carbs which would mean I'd have to give myself more insulin, right? Like if I wanted a cereal bar before bed or like have...

Hello, I think it's time I admit I need help. I have had type 1 diabetes for nearly 6 years now and things are not looking up. Through these years, I have had roughly 16 episodes of severe nightly hypoglycemia - bad enough to have the ambulance called, as I lose consciousness when I'm asleep. I...

I was diagnosed back in 2013 with type 2, and I struggled to come to terms with what it meant to me. This feeling wasn't helped by the differing advice I got from GP's, consultants, nurses, etc, nobody said the same thing twice, and the confusion got worse when I googled the condition. My...

Hi all, I'm totally baffled at the moment and am finding this topic is playing on my mind every single day and really getting me down. What is best for someone with type 1 diabetes? High carb, low fat? Or low carb, high fat? When I say best, I mean best for long term health. Which, if either...

I am a 54 yrs old male. After going to my GP with thrush I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (I had very high Ketones). I went to a clinic two weeks later and saw a registrar who did a few physical checks and said it was type 2 provided some meds and said to go back to my GP. After reviewing my...

Hi guys I wanted to ask for any advice on tackling Mody, I was diagnosed with it back in 2010 and was put onto just glibenclamide.Nowadays I'm on 500mg Metformin and 80 mg of Gliclazide three times a day as well as 8 units of levemir insulin at night before bed: as of today Im now on 10 units of...

Hi guys ! I've recently switched from rice to Pearl barley, and my sugar level is much more stabilized,. Usually, after a meal I had around 260 sugar, and in 1hour it lowered to 180. After trying out barley, I have stable 180 sugar. Should I just give up on eating rice, and what other foods are...