insulin dependent

Hello, I am 21 and a type 1 diabetic. I have been type 1 since I was 4 years old and recenly I am struggling a lot. A family member recently passed away and this is effecting my blood sugars, as well as having depression. My blood sugars are between the low 20s and low 30s, I struggle to get...

I noticed none of the pharma companies lists a "suggested meal-GI" for any of their products. Granted, it is slightly different for each individual, BUT there should be a general range, as "rapid" insulin definitely has a different associated meal-GI range than Regular insulin. This seems...

Hi all, I just wanted to share my story. I started out with GD when I was pregnant with my now-seven-year-old. In 2012, it was confirmed that I'd gone into T2 and in September 2015, that became Insulin Dependent. I spiralled into depression. I was getting extremely despondent that the NHS...

Hi, I was diagnosed 4 years ago with type 2 diabetes. Metformin was tolerable but then had to have additional meds which didnt suit me, made me gluten and lactose intolerant. The end result was insulin, twice daily. I test 4 times a day and am very careful what I eat and drink. My blood pressure...

Hi all, After injecting my arms, stomach and legs for 19 years I have recently found myself in need of some advice for my stomach area. I attend Lindy Hop and Tap dancing lessons once a week and love it, and im male at the age of 29. However I do not like the way my stomach looks as I have...

Hi all, I am 29 years old and have had Type One diabetes since the age of 10. After 19 years I thought it was about time I joined the site. I have always tried to never let my diabetes get in the way and have been doing Lindy Hop Dancing and Tap Dancing for the last 3 years and take part in...

I have been insulin dependent for the past 12 years. I have been suffering my second "frozen shoulder" in 4 years. Are diabetics more prone to suffer from it, does anyone know ?

Hi all, this is my first time ever posting a thread, Please be gentle with me! My question is related to my disabled sister who is a type 1 diabetic (and lives in Yorkshire). She is dependent on district nurses to administer her insulin (nurses come 4 times per day) which obviously ties her...

I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 38 and, while the late onslaught was remarked upon, nothing else was done. Until six years later, when I was diagnosed with haemochromatosis (an iron overload) and was told it was likely my diabetes was caused by haemochromatosis. Following that...

Hello! I'm new here so I thought I'd introduce myself... My name is Sarah, I'm 21, from England and I'm a Type 1 Diabetic :) I was diagnosed 6 months after the birth of my daughter but I believe I was diabetic straight after the birth! As you can imagine looking after a newborn and being...

Watching Louis Theroux's BBC documentary "a different brain" (aired on Sunday.) Mostly head injury patients affected by car accidents & a fall from a horse causing changes in personality as a result.. One woman in "care" for the last 15 years (she claimed it was a fall.) turned out talking to...

Hi Everyone I am at a loss at what to do. I was diagnosed in 2006 and have been on Insulin for over a year My blood sugars reading are really unstable at the moment Today my fasting was 7.6 I was happy with that as this week they have been 9s 10s 11s I take 37 units of Humulin 3 before...

I'm a 20 year old male who was diagnosed at the beginning of the year with diabetes. For the past three years, I noticed that I began drinking a lot of water, all day long, busting to go to the toilet maybe once every hour. I weigh about 60kg and am about 180cm tall. I'm of Southern Italian...