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I've just got the freestyle libre and have noticed that I'll go to bed in the 5's with no active insulin onboard but in the night I'mdropping into the low 3's and then coming back up to normal range when I wake up. I've reduced my basal by a unit to see if that helps but it hasn't. Do you think...

SNAP!! That was my last two results also and my nurse said exactly the same thing! What hospital are you in?! Haha, I very very rarely have any hypos!

Maybe the needle went into a blood vessel or muscle so was absorbed differently causing the hypo? I injected the other day and when I took the needle out lots of blood squirted out and then I got a hard lump and a big bruise the next day... Did abit of research and my conclusion was I hit a...

I got diagnosed a year ago and still on microynon. Doc said to me I should consider other contraception because it makes me more at risk however at the moment I've got youth, good results and no complications on my side so can carry on info want to but just to be aware that I am more at risk to...

Me again... I think it takes 2/3 days for the change in your basal to take proper effect so don't expect a change straight away :) xx

Also like me you are in your early days so could be honeymooning that might explain the big drop that you didn't expect over night (your body produced some insulin itself) I say it's my early days but thinking about it it's been 10 months now... How time flys!!! X

Number 1: well done for taking action and control you are doing really well you should be proud of yourself! I also watch the carbs I'm eating and try and keep them low I know everyone is different but if that was me and my bloods were 7.2 I would eat 3g of carbs with me eggs and taken 1 unit...

I was on a date the other month with a guy that I've been friends with for a couple of years and had dated at the start of our friendship. I'd only been diagnosed for 5 months, it was my first date since diagnosis and I wasn't sure what to do. I thought sod it I'm not skulking to the toilet to...

I had my thyroid checked in May and it was fine then. Do you think it could of changed since then? DN said she didn't think it was diabetes related but I should ask my doc for full bloods anyway... I just think it's too much of a coincidence x

Is this diabetes related? I've been diagnosed for 7 months and I've always been a warm person but for the past couple of weeks my hands and feet have been frozen. For instance tonight at work I had the heating on, underfloor heating on, fluffy socks and a blanket and my feet and hands were...

On the rare occasion like you that I treat myself I bolus before check before bed give a little bit more if needed and if still a little high in he morning then a no carb breaky and a correction dose. If it's once in a blue moon i don't beat myself up about it xx

I'm the same with yoghurt... My bloods could be 5.6 i would have 100ml of natural yoghurt which is appox 4g of carbs I'm on a 1:10 ratio so inject 1unit which should effectively drop me and at lunch I would be 6.1 .... I know it's not a massive jump but it stills goes against what it should be...

I take my Lantus at 7.30pm and it lasts me all the way through too. However I have heard of some people splitting their basal presumably because it doesn't last them. X

Maybe try reducing your carbs? I worked out that your lunch maybe about 75g of carbs? 2x20g per slice of bread 20g- crisps 13g- yoghurt and then whatever filling you have on the sandwich.... I find that if I have more than 60g of carbs that my body struggles to digest it and my sugars will...

I don't drink beer so not sure if I'll be of much help but.... I drink wine or gin and slimline tonic. It drops my blood sugar levels. I went out on Saturday started drinking at around 1pm, I had dinner out - lamb and potatoes with no insulin, checked my sugars at around 10pm and they were low...

You don't need to feel alone we are all in the same boat :) what would you like to talk about? I do find it a pain in the backside at times and think I wish I could eat that without having to count the carbs but it's actually changed me for the better and I am now loads healthier than most of my...

I got diagnosed in May my Hba1c was 88. I had a checkup on Friday, I was no nervous before hand but it is now 40. I actually cried with happiness when she told me! It was just such a relief and shows me that all this low carbing and carb counting is having a positive effect and to carry on. I am...

Some one said to me the other day when I told him I was diabetic... 'You do know that diabetes is reversible.' How I didn't punch him in the face is beyond me. Haha.... The sad thing is he was generally trying to help me. Some people are absolutely clueless! X

I've just been doing some research into the ketosis diet I'm doing and it said this.... 'A popular trick people use to ingest more fat is “fat coffee” (sometimes called “Magic Bullet Coffee” or MBC). It involves adding one tablespoon of butter and one tablespoon of coconut oil to your...

I thought that coconut oil was better than butter? It's on my shopping list! Bullet proof coffee... Sounds interesting :/ haha I think it's ridiculous that they tell us to eat carbs, do you think it'll change? X