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Heya. I’m 28 years old, work full time and have been a T1 now for 12years. I have always been on novorapid as my fast acting and recently changed to Levimer as my long acting. However, this past 3 weeks I have been experiencing high BMs of 16 and above. Sometimes I have ketones, and sometimes I...

Ordered my prescription (17th December) with an app called Echo. I was using Pharmacy2U and they were good but I thought I’d try a new app I was curious bad mistake I guess... They had my prescription delayed sinc Ethan due to being “out of stock”. I contacted them (this week 13th January)...

Evening, I finally got a monitor and was shown how to use it - my glucose level was better than on diagnosis (17.5)! Of course by the time I came to set up at home I had to find a video to remind me and using that and the instruction pictures... I messed up - so many times there is not a message...

I hope you don't mind me only using my website nickname since I wanna keep it discrete, for people here where I live survive off sticking their noses into people's lives, so better safe than sorry :) I made my account specifically to learn more about what's going on with my body and how to...

Hello Everyone :)!! I am currently in my 3rd year of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience at Westminster University. My dissertation investigates predictors of non-adherence to insulin therapy in individuals with Type 1 Diabetes. It’s a study aiming to distinguish factors contributing to <7.5%...

Hiya, I've been a t2 for about 5 years and its been very poorly managed, thanks to hardly any help from nurses who told me i had it, gave me some tablets and told me to eat healthy. Mate. So now im pregnant and injecting. 31 weeks. Been on abasaglar for about 5 months and thats fine, always...

Hi, I've just been diagnosed with type 2. At first I didn't feel like it would bother me. I knew I had to make some serious changes and I was ready for that but today I just feel like I don't even know where to start and that I want to bury my head in the sand and ignore everything. How many...

Really hoping someone can shed some light on this for me... Saturday morning I planned to change my site for the first time since inserting in the hopital on wednesday afternoon (new pump user!). Everything seemed to go smoothly, I had the medtronic instructions out just in case I forgot a step...

Hello everyone. I don’t know if anyone here help or be a ray of light at the end of the tunnel. I’ve been upping my exercise and have really started watching what I eat over the last 2 years. I’ve noticed weight loss and I’ve definitely toned up, but I still have quite obvious fat around my...

Hiya, I am currently on a Animas Vibe insulin pump (and been on it for the last 3 years) and as some of you are aware animas have stopped producing pumps in the UK now. I have been advised to change my pump provider within the next couple of weeks and I am posting this to ask you guys for your...

Has anyone had a weird feeling with an awful headache after having a steroid injection? I had 2 today one in each wrist due to RA, the headache is so bad it’s effecting my sensitivity to light & noise. I think it may be an hyper, what can I do to stop it? Any ideas would be very gratefully...

Hi, I’m new here - I’ve just got back from a diabetic clinic. I was diagnosed two years ago at 25 with type 2 diabetes. For a long time I’ve buried my head in the sand. Why me? Woe is me etc...etc. I feel ashamed. Ashamed that I haven’t done anything about it but ashamed that I’d let myself...

Hi, I have just received a shock today as as a result of a general blood test my gp has told me I am pre diabetic. I just took the "are you at risk questionnaire" on this site and came out at low risk. So I am a little concerned and confused. I am not at all overweight, I don't smoke, am...

Hi guys, I’m such a forum noob, and yet this is my second post within 48 hours! Basically, I got a Libre sensor fitted two days ago and all seemed to be fine. Until yesterday morning I got a bath and it started giving ‘HI’ readings where the graph showed my BG was 30+. In a panic I got out my...

hi, I’m really looking for advice from anyone who has gastroparesis. I’m type 1 and have been experiencing issues with food and eating. I have the most awful nausea and sickness, it’s just constant and also bloating. I’ve been tested for coeliacs. I’m waiting to see my gp but wanted to hear...

I’m a girl who is soon to be 17 and I’ve had type 1 diabetes for nearly five years now, it was pretty much smooth sailing for the first 4 years and then I seem to hit this brick wall and I’ve struggled with my diabetes ever since. To put it plain and simple I hate it, i hate the constant blood...

Hi All :-) I am new to this forum. I have been a diabetic for over 17 years and have just recently started an insulin pump. Been doing a lot of research and I am hoping to start looping. I have spoken to my diabetic nurse about this, I have got a freestyle libre + MiaoMiao + apple watch and...

Hi, I've just joined but have had type1 diabetes for 12 years, I am now age 38. I use nova rapid when I eat and lantis over night. I have basically abused it for 12 years not ever realising the severity of the condition. The doctors sugar coated it (excuse the pun) and didn't do enough to point...

Hello, I have just bought the sensors for the Freestyle Libre after being on them for 2 weeks last year and not getting on with it I wanted to give them another go. I find that my levels differ so much from my finger prick blood tester , has anyone else found this and does anyone have any good...

Hello everyone! I have had type 1 diabetes for just over 2 years now and have recently started taking "20mg citalopram" I'm not sure if the two are connected however, recently I CANT stop hypoing. It's becoming such a problem last week my bloods began at 3.6 and I drank my normal of orange juice...