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Hi please can anyone help? My daughter has postprandial diabetes controlled by diet, should she be self isolating and off work or not?

Hi Everyone, I just found this forum and am super glad to have a resource to learn more. I think right now I'm jusy hoping for a bit of hope... I'm not in the Uk currently, but I got a blood test done this week as I've been feeling so low and weak and not normal. Back in August all was well...

Hi all, I was finally given the news I am type 2 yesterday. I’ve been having blood test since before Xmas as part of an nhs Heath check. I was given very little information all through the process. I actually knew 2 weeks ago as 2 appointment were booked for me one being diabetic nurse call...

Recently diagnosed type one here (mid december) 23 years old, obviously there’s so much to take in and I have a fair few questions, but the one thing I can’t wrap my head around is bolus injections post exercise, last Thursday I played football for around 110 mins, (I tested my blood essentially...

Hello I’m new to this but wondered if there was anyone who could help me I have had type2 diabetes for quite a few years but really haven’t kept a big check on it so now I am having trouble with working out what I’m supposed do to get my blood sugar down my morning ones have been very high...

I've always struggled with accepting my condition ever since I was diagnosed and I've had some awful experiences with my medical team which have furthered these negativities. I thought I had conquered this in achieving a Hba1c of 44 but went off the rails again and my Hba1c is back up at 103...

Hi everyone. I’m new here and in a bit of a panic. I was diagnosed as type 1 on the 2nd of January this year but i’m sure i’ve been diabetic for a loooong time. Anyway, i’ve come away for a night and left my insulin supplies at home. I had everything packed and ready to go but left my bag by...

Hi all recently I have been really thirsty and peeing a lot more than often . I decieded to buy a test kit to read my blood glucose , the first reading I got was 16.1 then around 30 mins later checked again and got 15.0 . Then around an hour later I checked again and it was down to 12 , I know...

Hi diagnosed 14 Mar 2018 put on Metformin and started on 10 units of insulin slow acting (Humulin I KwikPen 100units/ml suspension for injection) now I'm up to 22 units a day as blood sugars were nearly always into double figures so after building up the metformin to 2000mg a day two am and two...

I'm type2 brought on by a mitochondrial condition. I have just changed my insulin to Tresiba pen 2 units. On the whole my blood levels are really good. My question is how do I reduce my fasting sugars? I've tried snack at night low carb I've made sure my levels are around 8 as advised at...

Hi, I was diagnosed type 2 diabetic today my hca1 test ( i think it’s called ) was 64, I tested myself 3 days ago on a friends machine after feeling off for a few weeks and my bs was 14mmols 1 hour after food ( bad food all carbs ) anyway I have drastically reduced my carbs and I am around...

Hi, Have recently be diagnosed as pre-diabetic and have not really received any advise from my GP. I have been enrolled onto a Diabetes Prevention Course and am attending but still feel bereft of information - I like to have as much info as I can get my hands on to make informed decisions as...

Hi there, I’m new to the forum and slightly confused about my diagnosis. I have just had a diabetic review with my doctor who is STILL unsure if I am a T2 or a T1 diabetic!!! I was first diagnosed on 3 July, 2017. I was put on Insulin straight away as my blood sugars were running at highs of...

Hi everyone, I have had type one diabetes for 5 years now, I'm 21 years old and just struggling to control my diabetes. Since I got diagnosed I haven't ever really been on top of it my HBA1C is 109, my 'normal' sugars are usually in the 20's. I wake up to them being like 25, but if I inject...

Merry Christmas Everyone! I’m new to this and this is my first post, so be gentle. I was diagnosed in Feb this year with Type 1, within a week I was back playing football, work within 2 weeks, my bloods have averaged 6% since, no sideline issues have been diagnosed either and generally I...

Hello, I found out yesterday that my mum who is 44 has type 1 diabetes. She is really struggling to cope and I just don't know how to help her. I don't fully know how being a diabetic works all I know is 'its a lifelong sentence' or so I keep reading everywhere! I understand she will have...

Hi just been diagnosed with type 1. Since 1987 had chronic brittle asthma and was in and out of hospital. Got asthma under control and then I get a brain tumour in 2006. That was all sorted and then 3 years later diagnosed with type 2 until a fortnight ago. I am totally gutted I have to do all...

Hello, Been using a Medtronic 640g for three days. Was going swimmingly but had a bit of a malfunction (think human error) but now can't reattach!! I've resorted to an injection of my old bolus and basal, just used my old amount as only been in the pump for three days. Was this the right thing...

Hi! I'm 18 and for the last couple of days my hips and shoulders have been fairly sore. I do exercise but not in a way that my shoulders should be sore or for how sore my hips have been. I have also been experiencing some slight tingling in my hands, but mostly only when im thinking about it. I...

Greetings from rainy California! I am a woman in my early 40's with a strong family history of type I AND II diabetes, both. I guess I got double-whammied. I've had gestational diabetes in the past, but that was 20 years ago, and it went away afterwards. It also went overlooked until nearly the...