Recent Content by LadyFarmer

I hVe a freestyle libre and can honestly say that I wouldn't have got through my pregnancy so far (only 15+6) without it. It's invaluable. Type 1 diabetic since 2007

Hi all. I've been super dooper keen on my levels for the past month (newly pregnant) and feeling a bit disheartened at my latest hba1c. 7.5 in old money. That's about were I was pre pregnancy, and I know my levels are loads better than then. How long has your hba1c taken to drop a fair...

If you have lost lots of weight your long acting insulin may be too high. I had a very stupid 'specialist' who put me on levamir/ novorapid and said its one unit of levamir per kg body weight per day. I was on 60 units of levamir for two years and hardly had a single jab of novorapid in all...

I rarely eat a lot for lunch so don't often have a jab! Have spoken to my DN and am in the process of switching my levamir to evening time, hopefully eradicating my hypos! Charlie :) Type 1 diabetic since 2007 Hba1c Oct '13= 58. March '13= 61

I spoke to my diabetic team about this when I went to Oz. I was going for 4 months and the lady said they are only allowed to give a maximum of [cant really remember, think it was 3] months worth of stuff. She then very kindly gave me a big pad and told me to go work out what I needed in "three...

Hi noblehead, no I'm not. DN suggested taking levamir later in the morning so I could have a couple of units of novorapid first thing to counteract the rise. Splitting it sounds good, is it a 50:50 split 12 hours apart? (Obviously need to have a chat with her). Another idea may be to have my...

Sorry, pressed the wrong button! I have my levamir in the morning, I did have it at 7am but they would rise from about 3am. I now have it at 10-11 am and it still rises some nights a unit or two from 3/4am but from 7-10 it will rise 3 units or so. The afternoon hypos are a nightmare, lucozade...

I have no idea! Type 1 diabetic since 2007 Hba1c Oct '13= 58. March '13= 61

Had a review at the docs today and I'm a bit shocked at my hba1c.. It's lower than I thought! I wouldn't say my control is great, I can have readings from 2-18 (although rarely that high, usually up to 12ish). I'm on levamir and novorapid. The levamir doesn't work 24 hrs so my levels will rise...

I can still see in my head a crime drama on tv years ago. The evil grandparents locked their diabetic granddaughter in her bedroom and she died because she had a hypo and couldn't get her insulin....!!! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Yep! I'm a really deep sleeper so sometimes sleep through the alarm but my boyfriend is ace and literally shakes me awake! I had a useless 'specialist' who put me on twice as much levamir as I needed (60u/ day!) which resulted in a really really bad hypo one night (thank god for my boyfriend or...

Hi all, no real advice to give but I experienced something similar last night. Had a Chinese takeaway, jabbed 1unit/10g carbs as normal. Sugars were 4.something 2 hours later at midnight (yay!). I didn't test at 3am as normal because they were good at 12, woke up in the morning and they were 17...