Recent Content by Ali H

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    Blood Sugar Diet

    Go for it, stand your ground and tell them you are not happy to accept levels this high and need a quick resolution. Good luck. It's your body, not theirs.
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    Blood Sugar Diet

    Lantus is a long acting, background insulin. You need a quick acting to cover meals. You should not be taking vast amounts of lantus and seeing levels still in the teens. It is not effective because it cannot match your meals. Especially if you are eating high carb, not a hope in hell of...
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    Type 1 car insurance quotes.

    Legally, they are not allowed to weight your premiums because of diabetes. I have never had a problem at all, just tell them I have a 3 year licence.
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    DVLA licence renewal

    Just to update my licence came back in a fortnight all fine thank goodness. :-) It has just over 3 years on it to take it to the actual renewal date in September.
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    DVLA licence renewal

    Seems bizarre to me that they would expect IDDs to maybe have had none or only 1 or 2 lol. I low carb but the best will in the world we don't always get it right regardless of how tightly we control! Very odd question if you ask me!
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    DVLA licence renewal

    Thanks. Hopefully it will all renew ok, nope not had any severe hypos, needed help etc etc, just corrected and got on with life, as you do!! Ali
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    DVLA licence renewal

    Yep that's where I am at now, this is my first renewal since notifying them I had moved to taking insulin. Oh well, hopefully it will all be ok. Not had any problems, needed help etc.
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    DVLA licence renewal

    Yes of course. I think the question used to ask about hypos requiring assistance, it now says have you had a hypo yes/no If yes you then have to answer a few more questions including have you needed assistance. Thankfully never but it seems a bit of a daft question to anybody on insulin. I...
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    DVLA licence renewal

    Hi, just had my renewal through, it asks have you ever had a hypo....... well derrrrr, is there an insulin dependant diabetic out there that hasn't had one???!!! This is the first renewal of a 3 year licence that I have had to do. I of course have the odd hypo but never whilst driving and...
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    Yesterday I started basal bolus. Is it normal to have highs?

    You need to google basal testing and get your basal right. Once that is ok, work on your bolus, your ratios will vary during the day, maybe needing more am and less pm as we tend to become more sensitive as the day progresses. Generally speaking you bolus for most carbs, be they meals or snacks...
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    Type 2 DVLA - HGV Driving with Certain Tablets

    The DVLA say this - Diabetes - Managed by tablets which carry a risk of inducing hypoglycaemia (this includes sulphonylureas and glinides) So it seems the list is not limited to only sulphonylureas and glinides. They must class your Linagliptin as one of the at risk drugs I guess which does...
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    Type 1: What are your HbA1c test results?

    38 or 5.6 in old money as of last Friday. Ali
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    How to go to bed with lowish blood sugar levels?

    Have you tried Levemir which most of us split morning and evening? I use that alongside Novorapid with meals and it is steady as a rock. Strip it back to basics, do a basal check for each period of the day, maybe lower your carbs if you can to keep your insulin needs down and lessen the risk...
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    Looking for food options to treat hypoglycemia

    Yes I know, I have friends with it. Providing you buy the genuine gluten free stuff there is no issue. I don't understand what you are trying to say tbh. It isn't like it used to be, the genuine articles are found all over the place now.
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    Looking for food options to treat hypoglycemia

    You can get virtually anything gluten free these days! Are you having frequent hypos and if so, do you know why? Is your basal too high, are you carb counting inaccurately and over egging the bolus? Ali