new diagnosis

Hello, I’m a newly diagnosed 30 year old female with type 2 diabetes. I’m looking for lots of help and advice regarding diet. I really want to shift some weight and hopefully improve my blood sugar in the process. The consensus as far as I’ve read is that low carb diets work well for...

Hello fellow diabetics, my name is Jack I'm 23 and as three weeks ago I was diagnosed with type 1. Safe to say I'm still a little baffled and shell shocked with things and am currently still trying to get my levels down to normal after quite a nasty DKA in hospital. I'd love to get more advice...

Hi there, I apologise in advance if this is a long winded post. I went for my booking appointment two weeks ago and they called me the next day because my random blood glucose had come back very high (15). I was then sent for a glucose tolerance test the following week which showed fasting...

hi.. i am a mum to a newly diagnosed type 1 diabetic 3 year old. I can remember the Diabetic team telling me about them being able to have the two together but i couldn't remember for sure if she said it was okay or not? With him being newly diagnosed his usual routine has gone out the window...

Hello everyone, since Thursday lunch time our world has just totally take a new direction. Took my son to Dr to get blood results after doing a 12 hour non fasting, to be told next stop A&E. Bless since June of this year my son has started to have behavior problems at school, it was 1st...

I am a newly diagnosed type 1, about 1.5 months. I am on novorapid insulin and levemir insulin (fast acting and background). I'm after some advice on snacking. What and how can I snack without it changing my blood sugar levels too much? Do snacks always have to be under 10g of carbs or can I...

hey, I have had type 1 for about a month and a half now and although I have managed to get a hang of this new routine, I would be grateful for some top tips about dealing with type 1 and any tips and tricks you think it would be worth me knowing! thanks!

Hi I'm Mal i got a DX just last week and seen my GP this morning and got started Metformin , i also have my first appointment with my nurse on Friday . I also have MS and was reading that there could be some kind of connection between MS and Diabetes , any body here suffer from both ...

Hi all, I'm T1 for 10 years, so this question is not related to me, but a colleague. I'm an admin on the Freestyle Libre Users group on FB, in case anyone knows me :-) A colleague has come up to me and told me that he's been informed that he's got D (16mmol/l spot test). He was prescribed...