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Thank you all for your responses. I take 6 units of Lantus in the morning and it seems to keep me steady overnight, unless i have a snack in the evening of course. I think I'm a little worried that I'll get it wrong and the fact the odd injection does sting and i really don't look forward to...

Hi everyone, wasn't sure what to call the subject of this post, basically i was diagnosed April last year hba1c of 50 - Type 2 for pretty much a couple weeks before i got my GAD positive results and have been on Basal pretty much since then. I saw my Endo in January, she thinks i should start 1...

I get Palpitations when my blood sugars go up, that's my way of knowing when to check.

Hi everyone, Just wanted to ask if anyone else blood sugar does this, an hour after eating i can go from being in range then go past 13, then i will check again say 30minutes later and they would of dropped to lets say 12, then my alarm would go off at the 2hr mark and inform me I'm over 14...

I haven't been told to do that or explained how to do it, after I posted the above I went up to 17.2 and am now on 13.8.

Hi guys, I've noticed 2hrs after food I spike, I can go from 5, 6 or 7mmol before food then end up about 15 or higher 2hrs after food. It can differ some days, like a roast won't spike me much but 2 slicess of toast will, so I've been abit worried about taking fast acting insulin. I contacted my...

I have a Samsung galaxy 4 watch and it alerts me high or low, I just made sure I ticked notifications in my watch app settings. It doesn't tell you the reading or let you scan using the watch but let's you know high or low. Hope that helps.

I use lloyds direct. Get everything delivered, they're really good.

My Libre is all set up with the hospital, I had an appointment last Wednesday and I thought I had to "send" them the data but they already had it up on their screen as I linked it with the hospital, very clever. The dietitian was so excited by the whole thing lol they're pleased with me keeping...

Hi guys, Coming to the end of my libre trial, my diabetic team are going to get it put on prescription (yay) when this one comes off, and say I go a week without another, does the data stay or is it wiped clean? Also, those of you who have it on prescription, when it's due to run out do you then...

I have, Hi Gem, That's great news they've finally given you some insulin. I hope you start feeling better soon. May I ask how you were feeling? I have 2 different insulin pens, the background one i take once a day, I choose 9:30am, and a fast acting one I've not been told to use just yet, but...

Good Luck tomorrow, please keep us updated. Just so you know my hba1c was only 50!! So when I found out it was LADA due to my GAD test, I was in shock, purely because I see people have hba1c of 90+. I have definitely caught this early and wouldn't of known if I hadn't been feeling 'not myself'...

Just an update, I have been given the go ahead to wear the libre, I haven't a clue what I'm doing though, so a little nervous. I was told if it helps let them know and they will get it put on prescription for me. Also, I can link it with them so they can see my readings from their end. Positive...

Hi Dave, Funny you say that, I got one on the free trial from the Abbotts site, I seem to be getting hypos in the afternoon and was curious to see if I should give it ago for that reason, but worried my diabetic team will tell me off and it not being necessary. I'm actually going to email them...

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to say hello. My name is Sarah and I was diagnosed officially last Friday as type 1 (LADA as I'm 36) I had an inkling as I've been feeling off for 6 months now, although my hba1c was only in the diabetic range I didn't meet the criteria for type 2, so I was sent for a...