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    What's the hardest part of being a PWD?

    Hi All, I'm appearing on local TV tomorrow night as part of a panel show on local news. I'm going to be talking about Diabetes (I'm a T1) and one of the questions I'm due to be asked is "what's the hardest part about having Diabetes?" It's not a question I've asked myself before, I could talk...
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    Type 1 pregnancy help & advice

    Hi all, We have just found out I am 4 weeks pregnant and I have been to my first antenatal clinic today. I feel really overwhelms and bombarded with things to focus on. Although I am very early on I can't seem to get my sugars down and am super conscious that they need to be. Just looking for...
  3. Firefly_888

    complications-advice pls. diabetic for 35yrs

    Hey, In the last 6mths I've become aware of health probs, that I think stem from diabetes. On reflection, I think they have been developing for much longer. I'm now losing sensation in feet, and have alot of digestion probs Admittedly, while I've been really sporty (I use to race with GB...
  4. Sigourney Smith

    Ice cream and treats?

    So basically I'm a bit confused. What's the deal when it comes to ice cream? Do I seek out a 'diabetic ice cream' or do I go for a small amount of standard vanilla ice cream or am I worrying too much? I enjoy my sweet treats now and then, so am learning about what the best things are to go for...
  5. abi_tbh

    Just a Hello! :)

    Hey anyone who is reading this, I'm new to this website and diabetes itself actually. I'm Abi if you didn't guess from my name and I am a 16 year old (almost 17) who has recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. I joined this as advised by my support nurses and am just looking for people...
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    Help please! New Type 1 but vomiting...

    Hi all My hubby (36 yrs) was diagnosed type 1 last week and spent a few days in hospital to get ketones/glucose levels down (were mid twenties) and started on insulin regime. After initially having levels in the teens when he first came home on Thursday/friday his nurse advised him to up his...
  7. SlowRunner

    Hello everyone

    Hi, I'm newly diagnosed (21 December 2015) with type 1 diabetes. It was a bit of a shock, I had no idea about diabetes before diagnosis! I'm a runner & had just trained for & run my first marathon. I felt like I couldn't recover properly from it - lacking energy, feeling tired all the time, had...
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    19 and newly diagnosed type 1

    hi everyone! Im 19 was just diagnosed after going into diabetic ketoacidosis on the 4th of February. I'm pretty sad and scared, mainly because before my diagnoses one of my biggest fears was dying in my sleep and now it's a possibility I feel very weighed down a lot of the time. I was wondering...
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    CGM-pump or not? + Freestyle Libre

    Hello Our 11 month son has recently been diagnosed with type 1. For the last month we've been getting to grips with finger-pricking, injections and hypos dealt with beakers full of lucazade. The local hospital has offered us the following pumps and said that it might be possible for us to...
    • team1203
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  10. RachelK21

    App advice

    Hi everyone, I've been writing my blood sugars down in a book for a few months now but I find it difficult to notice trends. Does anyone have a recommendation of an app that will graph blood sugars depending on when they were taken i.e. one line for before breakfast, one line for before lunch…...
  11. carbyourenthusiasm

    Contraceptive pill and high BGs

    Hi all, Haven't posted on here pretty much since my diagnosis - so hello again! I am wondering - have any women experienced BG control issues with the contraceptive pill? I am having an issue where my BG is dropping massively in my pill free week, and my insulin need the rest of the time just...
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