type 1 diabetes

Hi, I am Sam Simmonds and I am a first year Furniture and Product Design student at Nottingham Trent University, and I currently have a research project, for which I am looking into Insulin pump therapy for type 1 diabetes. if you use insulin pump therapy and have type 1 diabetes, I would...

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Hi, I was admitted to hospital exactly a year ago and was diagnosed as type 1. I was told I had DKA and began taking novo rapid throughout the day and lantus before bed. But i kept having a hypo, even when only injecting 1 unit. I came off of my injections altogether and haven't taken any...

Hello I am hoping I can get some help and I am not unique in this one. In Feb 2016 I visited my GP after a few weeks of extreme thirst and the subsequent up all night toilet trips. She tested my blood and it was 28 mmol and then my keytones that were also very high and sent me straight to...

Today i'm celebrating 5 years of being Type 1 diabetic! Seems like yesterday but still going strong! Christmas is always a reminder of me being diagnosed and being in hospital just days before Christmas day! Merry Christmas to you all! And remember to enjoy the celebrations and enjoy the food...

Hi all, I recently was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Jan 2016. I've been using the one glucose monitor since then: the Freestyle Optium Neo. I am currently on a basal/bolus regimen. I have been recording all my insulin doses into the monitor before my meals and also my basal doses in the...

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...

Anyone else having a nightmare with the early morning Dawn Effect?? - if so I would really appreciate comments on how you combat or deal with this ..... been getting a nightmare for me over past few months - always seems to raise between 3.5 and 7 mmol's for me within 2 hours of waking but the...

Hi everybody, I am very new to this website. I'm 21 and studying to be a paediatric nurse. I am currently about to go in to my third and final year so the dreaded dissertation is fast approaching. My mother had type 1 diabetes so it is something that I have grown up around and it is something...

Hi everyone, I'm type 1 diabetic and also have Addison's disease (I don't produce cortisol and take daily steroid medication to regulate the hormones I lack) I have battled anxiety and depression alongside that on and off for years. This latest bad bout I think is having a negative effect on my...

So im súper confused. I was diagnosed with type 1 after going into dka bit after coming home i wasnt needimg my insulin as muchos as i should so they sent me for a ogtt (with this kinda lime sugar drink yuck) i got the results today and fasting was 5.3 (at hone i tested as 9.8?) and after 2...

Hey everyone, I have had type 1 diabetes for 1 year and am currently on 4 units of Lantus at night and Novorapid at mealtimes. Recently, I started getting pre-lunch numbers were too high (above 10) and my blood sugars started to increase about 3 hours after my breakfast. A couple of mornings...

Hi everyone.. So I am almost 20 weeks pregnant (2 days to go) and I have been having a lot of problems with my sugar levels and my doctors. My sugar levels have always been very high (was diagnosed 11 years ago) but luckily I started getting them down before falling pregnant (unplanned). My...

Hello everyone! I'm very happy to find this forum and to be able to chat with people who have T1 diabetes. This thread is multipurpose: I want to introduce myself, to share with you my diagnosis story and to ask some questions . Ok, so my name is Andreea, I'm 29 years-old and the proud mother...

hello all :stop: just got diagnosed with type 1 last week and i seem to experience a number of hypos during the last few days and now that ramadan is here i'm worrying about how to manage hypos while fasting , sure thing i'll break my fasting but im looking for a way to reduce it occurrence ...

Hi Friends, I am new to this community. Just before 30 days i came to know i am suffering from diabetics Type 1. Now i am taking treatment as per as doctor suggestion. Now my insulin dose has been decreased by 60%. Initially blood sugar on random was 560. I have some question to be ask from...

Good morning my beautiful friends! I hope that you are very well today and that your bg levels are on point!! About a month ago, I booked an appointment for a deep tissue (Swedish) massage session. I used to have massage sessions regularly when I was still practicing ballet (as it helps with...

For a short while now I've had trouble with my BG inbetween dinner time & bed time. It maybe from the foods I eat, or my morning basal or the ratio I have between carbs & insulin?? I don't do much activity of an evening, just on the odd ocassion. Though eating & snacking doesn't help know &...

Hi there, I've had type 1 since I was 15 so 30 years now. All ok (as much as you can say that with type 1, lol). No complications as yet but I've started noticing that I don't react to colds and other viruses like I used to. Much higher sugars these days, enormous fatigue (I know prob due to...