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Hi. I was diagnosed as borderline hypoglycemic in second grade. I was passing out at school. I almost died from a major drop when I was 22. I don't regularly check my sugar at all. I know it's low. I know the feeling. When I've checked, the mornings are typically 75-95. The highest I've ever...

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...

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...

After initially being diagnosed with Type 2, I was then diagnosed type 1 two years ago. I was told it was a very unusual slow burning type which meant that I have been able to avoid all medication until now by following a strict low carb diet. This changed very suddenly a few weeks ago when...

Hi there, I was diagnosed with Type 1 on Monday this week, great shock and completely unexpected as i'm 39 only 11 stone and work full time so am active all day. I am currently on tablets to try and bring my levels down until my appointment tomorrow where I will find out my other test results...

Hello. I am a type one diabetic, and have been for almost five years at this point, diagnosed when I was 16. I have struggled with depression and anxiety for most of my teenage and adult years so far, and only recently had it begun to improve. However, last year, after a particularly bad end to...

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...

I've struggled for over a decade now with anorexia, binge eating, bulimia for the last 6ish years my diabulimia has got worse and worse. It has torn apart my mental health I now have diagnosis of Cyclothymia (just below bipolar) Borderline Personality Disorder Depression Managed to train to...

I realised recently that I am going through denial. I was diagnosed with Type I 15 years ago, and have been on a pump for 10. I recently got a new pump, and although I test myself fairly regularly, I don't test the 5 times per day that I should. After reading some posts online I realised that I...

Hi all, So following my recent appointments at the Diabetes centre it has been confirmed I'm in early stages of diabetic nephropathy. Came home for lunch today and greeted by a letter stating results which came as a bit of a blow. Have to make an appointment with GP to start ACE inhibitor which...

Hello all, I was diagnosed type 1 at age 6. I am now 32 with a wife and beautiful baby girl. I am really depressed and worried about my past however.... In my 20's for about 10 years, I smoked, drank, and didn't check my sugars. I was in total denial. As of today I'm complication free and...