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Hello everyone! There's a long, and extensive family history of type 1 and type 2 diabetes in my family. Between 24 and 26 weeks I started getting really, really tired and thirsty and feeling incredibly giddy. I also began losing weight. At my 26 week midwife appointment there was sugar in my...

Hey folks, I'm desperate for some weight loss advice please. I've been a T1 diabetic for 5.5 years and this last 6 months weight loss is becoming a nightmare. It started at Christmas when I was having real trouble controlling my sugars and had to use a corrective dose on and off for three...

Hi all, Have been diagnosed with type 1, about a month after having my first son. He came a month early with complex health issues, and spent the first month of his life in intensive care at the hospital. He has a condition where he makes too much insulin, so is constantly at risk of having...

Hi there everyone .. Tracy here .. type 1 and pretty pants at it I am doing a high altitude trek to Machu Picchu and raising funds for Diabetes UK. Gonna be tricky keeping track of my sugars let alone the trek itself, I’m aiming to raise 4K ... so any help would be amazing and in turn...

Hi all, I got diagnosed with type 1 back in April 2016, since then I have got 'lost' in the system and never really had a good support group. I have struggled with it ever since and every kind of help I have reached out to, just faded out. I still don't know how insulin works and how to carb...

Can someone explain to me the use of Lantus? Because it makes my sugars drop during the day I use nova rapid for the amount of carbs I eat and I've read online there's something in the medicine keeping you a patient which would make sense I can only find limited information about it and it's...

Hi, I know there might already be a forum like this but i am unable to find it. I have really struggled with my diabetes. I really find it difficult and my HbA1c isn't too good either it is 87. So i would like to know if there is anything that has helped you to get control of your bloods? And...

I am newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I am 43 years of age and cannot reduce my sugar levels I have changed my diet completely, the only thing is that I have been drinking 4-6 litres of volvic flavoured water my lowest reading is 13.8 can somebody please advise as I am taking 10mg of...

so my brother who’s been diagnosed type 1 since age 19 (he’s 29 now) has never managed his diabetes well just about gets by on the Little he dose to manage it, anyway he’s had some really weird hypos in the past strange behaviour ect, but today was something else entirely, the scary part was he...

Good afternoon I wonder if anyone can help me I’m desperate for help and I can not seem to find any. I’m was diagnosed as type 1 insulin based over 5 years ago but In the last year they have found that I’m not type 1 but type 2. After having a really bad time with doctors and constants NHS and...

Hi Everyone, I am newly registered here. I am awaiting confirmation of the type of diabetes that I have, although it is thought that I will most likely be Type 1 due to a strong family history. I am feeling pretty dreadful at the moment, I have an incredible thirst which I cannot seem to cure...

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I have had type 1 diabetes for 2 months and have not been on a night out or drank alcohol ever since. I guess I'm a bit afraid and wary. Any tips on how to manage drinking? how will alcohol affect me, what drinks to have/to avoid? I've heard you have to snack after each alcoholic drink? I've...

Hello, I was diagnosed with type 1 less than two weeks ago in Gran Canaria. I am a dancer/circus performer and was on my first professional contract for three months in Gran Canaria performing every night and I loved it! My contract was meant to finish 2nd November but due to being blue...

Hiya, I'm 22 and I've just been diagnosed. I'm not seriously ill just yet but they said I'm gonna get there unfortunately. If anything I feel normal. I'm not quite sure how this works (as in the forum) but I thought I'd give it a shot. I'd just like to know what are the most delicious foods I...

Hi there, I'm new here, so please forgive any mistakes I make whilst posting! I've recently gotten my HbA1C result back, and due to complications with my mental health I've not been looking after my type one diabetes AT ALL, and my result is 11mmol/l :( I know this is terrible, but I've taken...

Hi, my partner is Type 1 and has been diabetic for 24 years. I am concerned that he is experiencing burnout. This is because of a number of reasons: 1) We moved house (+5 to stress) 2) He has to commute for an hour to get to work each way on packed trains (+3 to stress) 2) Earlier this year...

Hi, I'm new here and need advice. I have a lot of diabetic symptoms, but I had blood tests a couple of weeks ago that came out negative. My symptoms are: Always thirsty and needing to pee (unlike usual), tingling/ pain in my hands, always really tired, weak, blurry vision, getting really...

Hello! I have been Diabetic for over 12 years now and my sugar control has dramatically improved since going on an insulin pump last year. This is great and I thought it would reduce my daily tiredness battle.... but it hasn't and I feel lethargic throughout the day on a regular basis. I have...

Hi all I am type 2 diabetic on metformin and for the last 4 days have been feeling unwell especially on an evening Yesterday I checked my bloods which I havent done in years as I had to buy the stuff yesterday Before dinner was 9.4 2 hours after dinner it was 18.3 and went up an hour later...