type 1 and illness

I've been a diabetic type 1 for a number of years now and I'm struggling like hell despite trying almost everything I can think of, stopping eating food, just drinking water during the day... I had really bad stomach cramps and became very hungry and being sick daily the four days that I...

Hello all, I'm looking for some advice please. I appreciate that this is different for each individual, but please can some of you with more experience of T1D tell me how long it takes roughly to wrangle your blood sugars back under control after being ill with a cold/flu. The sore throat...

Greetings everyone, I basically made this account to ask this specific question because after covid, lockdowns, and long covid brain fog I finally feel that I have some clarity about myself but I wanted to see if anyone else can relate. When my glucose levels go too low or too high, I feel that...

Hi everyone, I requested a coeliac screening from my diabetic team and the results came back negative. I still feel something isn't right but when asked for further advice it was brushed off and assured that I am not suffering from this. Instead of exploring other conditions, I was told to...

Hello all I want to start this thread to see how peple with type 1 diabetes, who are infected with the coronavirus, fair. I could not find anything on the internet, where people share their experiances. My goal is to give hope to my fellow diabetics who have not caught this disease and fell...

A new study of people with diabetes hospitalized with COVID-19 has found that Type 1 diabetes may be significantly less dangerous than Type 2 diabetes...

Afternoon chaps. Looking distinctly as if I might have picked up a dose of Norovirus from a leaky patient on Wednesday night - the symptoms and timings match up. As on the grounds that "if you can smell it, you've inhaled it" usually hold true, and despite a thorough clean of the ambulance after...

Had an odd experience on public transport this morning. I caught the train around 7, feeling fine. After about 20 minutes I started feeling really sick all of a sudden, just before my stop I was convinced I would throw up before I could get off. I stumbled off, felt very dizzy and my vision went...

I have pains and burning in my palms and aching in my wrists and shoulders as well as pains in my arms. I’m 28 and feel a little young for these types of pains. My diabetes control hasn’t been the best I admit but I saw the diabetic nurse two days before the pain began and she said my feet were...

I've been type 1 diabetic for 7 years now with decent control over my sugars. My average A1C is 7-7.5, recently I had some issues with insulin pump failure causing my sugars to go high for 2 days straight. Well that was enough to send my into DKA. Was in the hospital for two days. That was a...

I went friend to talk 16-25 I'm 16 years and 6 years type one chat might be video and chat about type 1 and life style like school , city and program . Im not from UK... thank for all be strong ! be fun !

Hello, I have been type 1 diabetic for 20 years but I havent learned about carb counting. I mostly used gramms to calculate novorapid units. For example Morning : 100 gr bread + a glass of milk ( I inject 6 units novorapid) Lunch: 400 gr carbs(macaronni, rice, potatoes e.t.c.)+ 100 gr meat or...

Hi All, I've had type 1 now for over 2 years and just recently starated getting some awful symptoms mainly when I've eaten. I've been going to the doctors for ages and finally they decided to take a stool sample and it came back with borderline IBD. They want me to repeat the test to be sure...

Hi all, Does anyone else find once they get one illness such as a chest infection or cold other illnesses seem to pile on top? Just curious :) I had a chest infection then a cold and it turned into flu -.- not to mention the occasional urine infection every now and again...jolly days ;)

Hi Diabetes family, I'm a quite recent diagnosed diabetic and in need of some instant advice if possible! Today I got sent home ill from work today a few hours ago after feeling very dizzy and having trouble concentrating or doing any task along with blurred vision and now a throbbing...

Hi guys, So for around 6 months now I’ve been so ill as soon as I get rid of an illness I get another one which has caused my blood sugars to be high in the past few months! I’ve also had to have a couple of weeks where I couldn’t take my insulin as it was making me vomit and I had to wait for...

Hi, I've been diagnosed T1 about 8 weeks ago, regularly go the diabetes clinic, am on 14 units of lantus ( which has no bad side effects) and novorapid, but I've a serious problem, being also spins bifida I am incontinent and the novorapid was giving me serious diarrhea which obviously I can't...

I'm on a strict low carb diet and have recently started using CGM, so my levels are as tightly controlled as possible for a type 1, and my insulin requirements as low as I can get them. I've picked up a cold and starting on Tuesday night my levels started to rise. I understand that this is...