The question hangs over your head. Slowly your wonder turns to nervousness. You try to convince yourself that it's fine, and that you're simply being paranoid. But sooner or later, its gets to you. The pull is too strong. You have to do it. You need to know. What if you don't recognise it? What about the... Read more
I'm a Type 1 diabetic, and am in the honeymoon period. I was having tons of sugar lows, so my doc told me to go off the insulin for a couple of days and monitor my BG to see what happened. I went off the insulin, and, for the first time since I was discharged from the hospital, I have had no sugar lows. However, my BG has been... Read more
I love receiving parcels. Even if I know what is i the parcel before it arrives, I still get a thrill in signing for it and opening it. Who knows? Perhaps I'm wrong and some kind benefactor mysteriously decided to send me a new book?
Yesterday my "Type 1 Diabetes for Dummies" book arrived. I ordered it online... Read more
Ok, so I was diagnosed with Type 1 after having a short but high dose of prednisone (a corticosteroid). My dosage wasn't tapered off. I ended up in hospital, and was put on insulin to bring my BG levels down. Since leaving the hospital I have had virtually daily lows. The doctor has been cutting my insulin dose to try to... Read more
Yesterday was my first insulin-less day. I was very nervous about it, but it ended up being the first day since being diagnosed that I didn't have a low! I'm so very very happy about that. Of course, I'm still being excessively anal about testing while I'm off the insulin (at least once an hour!), but other than my numbers being... Read more
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