type 1

When diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, there are many things that go through your mind at once. What were your first thoughts when you were sat down with your doctor and had the news?:wideyed:

Hello, I've got type 1 diabetes and I've been sick. The insulin I've taken for dinner has now made me blood sugars drop. Every time I try to bump them up, I'm sick on the drink I have. My bloods been going up and down from 3.3 to 4.7. But every time it rises I'm sick. Help! Any suggestions...

hey guys! Can anyone tell me if there experience with retinopathy and having treatment please? Like laser treatment...does hurt ect? Can you see afterwords?

Hi all. New to the Forum but not to diabetes. I just would like to ask people here what do they think of the level of knowledge displayed by the diabetic treatment teams they visit? I ask this out of frustration. In recent times I was trying to come up with ways to better manage my Blood...

Hi! I did 2 hard(ish) runs today and my BG keeps crashing down even though I havent taken any Novorapid today. I keep spooning jam in to my mouth but it raises BG levels just slightly.. I have counted that I have taken about 350 Carbs in the last 4 hours and still my meters shows values around...

Hello again! All your replies were extremely helpful and you gave us a lot of info about moving to the UK. My fiance talked to the GP today and he found out even more. But there is something that terrified me a little bit and I would love to hear your opinions and experiences on that. She told...

Hello everybody! :) My name is Mantha and I've been a Type 1 Diabetic since 31.12.1994! I've been using an insulin pump (Medtronic Minimed 640G) since 2012. Multiple Sclerosis also came into my life in May 2014. This is going to be sort of a long post and I am really sorry for that. But I am...

Hello everyone I'm new to the forum and hoping to find people in a similar situation. I was diagnosed type 1 in Jan 2015 and have since moved to Taiwan. There is an excellent national health service here and with my alien residency card I'm able to receive free or heavily subsidised...

Hi, I am going in to my final year of University studying Social Psycholgy at University of Ulster. I am starting to think of dissertation ideas & as I am Type 1 diabetic diagnosed 2 years I would like to do my dissertation on something I am genuinely interested about. I have been thinking of...

Hey all. I have been type 1 diabetic for 11 years now. Things you should know about me is i cant spell very well and i forget a lot of technical names like the name of the blood test that messures your blood levels over 3 months lol. i am a fun guy who would like to get to know people and have...

So i take my night time insolin every night at the same time but i dont always do the same amount. Example is Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday i do 46 units. Friday and saturday i do 52 units as i wont be doing alot the following day. Sunday i do 42 units as Monday i will be busy at work. I...

I find it really difficult to lose weight. I am 10 stone 13 (not sure if this is overweight or not?) But I have been this weight for years and I struggle to lose weight and I find exercising very tiring though I want to be more active, I just struggle to find the motivation to do so.

I am a type 1 diabetic and have been since I was 3 ans I am now 21. I just want to know a few things from other people's experiences. I am usually feeling unwell, very tired and worn down. Trying to explain this to someone who isn't diabetic or doesn't feel like this I find difficult as people...

It has been a bit more than one year that I have been diagnosed with Type 1 and being close to 40 years old it happened in a crucial moment of my life. While it has not been easy to adjust to a new life style, the most difficult part is considering my condition's implications for our plan to...

Hello, I was diagnosed a year ago and to begin with I was good at managing levels, increasingly feels harder (suspect it should be the other way around!) I still eat carbs but sometimes seem to get it completely wrong. Today was on 7 before breakfast (good for me on fasting); had a bagel for...

Hey guys. So, back from work and kick starting my health a bit to try and shake off fatigue that I've been feeling of late - by adding as much nutrition to my diet as possible. So I've joined my better half on the juicing front. Some interesting results if you want to call them that... Today...

I already made a topic on this problem I'm having at Lunch. I'm T1,18 years old and taking 4 shots a day (Novo Rapid and Lantus) I just don't seem to get it right with my Insulin at Lunchtime Let me explain the issue: I'm starting Lunch around 90 mg/dl, I'm having 90g of carbs (brown bread)...

Hi. I've recently started with proliferative diabetic retinopathy. I've had a large haemorrhage in my left eye on July 7th which is being watched to see if the blood drains away of its own accord On Aug 11th my right eye started to bleed and I've had some laser on that. Now I'm waiting til the...

Hello, I'm new to this forum and I need help! I am a type 1 diabetic and have been for the past 18 years. I am very keen to lose weight and have tried several times to do so. I Cannot find a suitable way to do it without my BG's constantly dropping and then I have to have something with...

Hi everyone, been away for a while due to getting fixed up after a recurring spinal injury came back to haunt me! :oldman: Many on the forums said I should ask for my records to see what my numbers and diabetic history shows When I joined the forums I said I went from a Type 2 to a Type 1...