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  1. Snail96

    Lumpy tum

    Hi guys! Haven’t posted for a little while! My mum is a type 1 diabetic and has been in insulin since October. She’s been objecting in her stomach and legs and alternating however she has lots of very sore lumps where she has been piercing the skin. Is there any creams or anything at all that...
  2. Anfalas

    Advice for my mum

    Hello, My mum has been diagnosed about 12 years ago but has not managed her bg very well. She would eat carbs etc and just put her diabetes out of mind her levels were in high teens. She has now been prescribed insulin and I think this has given her the kick in the butt to do something about...
  3. R

    Terrified of number 2!

    Hello, It took over four years for me to get my HBA1c low enough to try for a baby and then to get successfully pregnant and stay that way! My son is now 20 months old. Am really struggling to manage being a mum and lowering my HBA1c. Am also still breastfeeding at night which plays havoc with...
  4. A

    Chocolate!

    My mum is a newly T1 diabetic. Were still getting used to the changes and one of those is chocolate, she knows she is allowed chocolate as long as she take the right insulin but last night after tea she decided she would have a small piece and it send her sugar levels through the roof! She went...
  5. A

    Working with T1

    Hello, My mum has recently been diagnosed with T1, She has not told work that she is a newly diabetic but as she works in a school she will probably have to. Has anyone else had any issues with taking injections into work? maybe if your a teacher or work in a school you might have some helpful...
  6. A

    HELP, I just found out my mum has type 1 and I dont know how to help.

    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...
  7. LittleItaly

    Type 1 Why can I not get pregnant?

    Hello everyone... This is something that I am really nervous about facing because I feel that if I do and I ask questions etc... I will just get the outcome that I really do not want to get. The "I'm so sorry to tell you but you cannot have children." I'm 21 years old and have been a diabetic...