type 1

Wanting to move to the USA to work for 6 - 12 months? Hello, my name is Egan, I'm 21 years old & I live in the UK. I was wondering if anybody knew anything or could recommend anything because I'm looking at working in the United States for about 6 months, I wasn't sure where to start, questions...

Well 2020 certainly doesn't like things straightforwars eh? Diagnosed in mid february as type 2 out of the blue, with HbA1c at 11.8%, 1 week later diagnosed as type 1.5 maybe, as c peptide level was 0.8 out of a range of 1.1-1.4 and HbA1c had climbed to 12.1%. Put on 10 units of lantus a day but...

A few months back I started working for the NHS on a training program as a step towards becoming a male nurse, my aspiration since I was admitted to hospital in 2010 with ketosis and a new found diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes. Since beginning my new career, I’ve had four 12.5 hour shifts per week...

Hi all, Its my first time posting in here - and probably the first time I'm being completely honest with myself about my feelings about my new diagnosis. I'm 24 years old. At the beginning of February, I went on a skiing holiday to Bulgaria with my sister - and 2 days in began to feel lethargic...

I was wondering if I could draw on others experiences where possible. I'm currently 27+4 weeks pregnant and in the past 4 days I've found that the insulin regime that I've been on for the past 3 weeks has become too much for me. I'm aware that insulin should be steadily increasing in pregnancy...

My boyfriend was diagnosed 2 years ago with type 1. He does not look after himself and rarely tests his sugars or injects. His sugars are often in the 20’s! Every time I remind him I am seen as nagging and it just makes us fight. My dad is also type 1 so I know what he should be doing. His mum...

Hi all :) Many of my posts relate to the lows of diabetes and the day to day challenges we all face so I'm going to try something different. Today I have been feeling hugely positive for the first time in a very long time. My bg levels seem to have found a happy medium over the last couple of...

Hello to all, This post is a little complicated and complex but I am really struggling with a particular problem that is destroying my life through my type 1 diabetes. I feel really, really desperate and I thought maybe this situation happened to someone and that someone found a solution. So...

Recently diagnosed type one here (mid december) 23 years old, obviously there’s so much to take in and I have a fair few questions, but the one thing I can’t wrap my head around is bolus injections post exercise, last Thursday I played football for around 110 mins, (I tested my blood essentially...

I was just wondering if you were in the 'honeymoon phase' after being diagnosed with T1, how long did that last for? Thanks

Hello everyone! I'm really sorry if this is too long but I'm really desperate and need some opinions. I'm 23, I was diagnosed with T1 12 years ago and at first I was handling it very well, I would sometimes get really bad hypos but I never lost consciousness or panicked. I had bad days and good...

Ok this will be a long post so please bare with me... I'm currently finishing my maternity leave and going back to work after 16 months off. I was however, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes during my mat leave. I am also going back to work pregnant again (it was planned and I know I'm crazy haha)...

Fantastic to see Greggs sharing the astounding success of their new range with their employees. And at only 21g carbs each, that’s only a couple of units of insulin for most type ones using DAFNE principles. Win:win! And even if you eat as low carb as I do, it would still be within my daily 30g...

Hi, I was diagnosed with diabetes at 12 weeks of pregnancy, my blood sugar at diagnoses was 19.1 after high sugar drink and high carb meal. My hba1c is around 40-41. Endocrinologist put me on 2 units rapid action before meals and 3 units basal before bed. I’ve tested positive for some type 1...

Looking for a bit of help or guidance from anybody who has experienced similar. So I'm 19 weeks pregnant and was only diagnosed with type 1 a few weeks before I found out I was pregnant. I have been managing my sugars as well as possible apart from dealing with regular hypos. My dsn has been...

So ketones... If someones ketones are up and down for few weeks from 0.2 to 4.2 mmol/l and is thirsty, tired and sometimes nauseous could they be in dka? What should they do?

In the past few weeks since I've had libre, my dsn and consultant have been lowering my overnight degludec due to learning I've been having long hypos in the night. In the past week however I've had 3 bad night time hypos. I've been waking up shaking, feeling drunk etc and been around 2.3. I am...

Hello everyone! Of course I am speaking about eating. Most people like to eat, like to taste the food, enjoy different meals. That's a pleasure which is a big part of the "living is worth it" feeling. What is the hardest part of this illnes for you? I have been diagnosed with type I diabetes a...

Hi everyone! My partner (29, male), has type 1 diabetes, however after much nagging from me (Which I hate and feel awful about), he has finally started to test again. What concerns me, is he hasn't tested at all for the last 10 years. He has simply gone on "gut feeling". His last hba1c was...

Hi My son has type 1 and been diagnosed since August 2015. He's now 13 and the long mentioned and forewarned 'puberty' is finally upon us and his sprouting away like crazy now. He's generally doing fine now and has been running a bit high past few weeks with this awful flu. We only saw his...