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Back after a long break, and looking forward to the advice I’m likely to find here! Hi everyone!

Reduce basal gradually to avoid hypos. Then look at your 'carb-NovoRapid' ratio for each meal. The roller-coaster effect is not nice. I hope you can reduce the peaks and troughs.

I use a stretch lace armband to stop the sensor being wrenched off the back of my upper arm.... which had happened a few times and was pretty annoying. If you don't want to make your own, you can find them for sale online, just look for "stretch lace armband to cover Libre sensor". Many...

But if it can be made to work it will make his life so much easier , but cant go on with this pain. I am guessing its possibly because his arms are so thin that the wee 'needlke' is hitting muscle or perhaps even bone. We wondered if it would work on his leg or even abdomen where there is at...

I agree with the other responses. The underlying problem may be too high a ratio of insulin to carbohydrate in each of the meals your husband is eating. He may not feel confident to change the ratio himself, so a phone call to his DSN team should get him the guidance he needs to make...

I had the Astra Zeneca two days ago at midday. Early evening I felt icy cold and couldn't stop shivering and shaking despite wrapped in two blankets. I felt too tired to even concentrate on tv, so went to bed; started to feel sick around midnight. Though I wasn't sick. I managed to do an...

Not cereal, not very carby: 70g Greek yoghurt (full fat, or fat free), 20g raspberries-about 3 or 4!, 10g toasted flaked almonds, a shake of ground cinnamon. Plus some cereal in 2 crispbreads with butter and peanut butter. Coffee and cream at 11am. This keeps me going until lunch at 2.

Yoga is great for physical and mental well-being. It builds strength and helps me to relax, both. It can lower blood sugar so it's important to have a hypo treatment in your kitbag, if you attend a class. (On the whole, though, I'd give myself about 4/10 for diabetes management.:banghead:)

0805: 7.4mmol/L; 20g carbs; 4u bolus; 12u basal. Set out on a walk. 0920: 6.6mmol/L; 10:20: 3.9mmol/L; 20g carbs; (4 Jelly Babies); 10:33: 3.7mmol/L; still walking; (2 glucose tablets.) 10:48: 4.9mmol/L 11:00: 7.2mmol/L; recovering with a coffee at home. 12:26: 10.4mmol; I should have left...

Welcome, by the way!

@J1mmyMacK, is that a diabetes course that was cancelled?

Hi and welcome! At times, looking after 'Type 1' can feel like a full-time job, and that's what it is, really. In the past, I have found it helpful to list my problems and discuss them with a DSN at the hospital. Not easy at the moment, maybe! But being specific about what your problems...

Get a Safeclip from the pharmacy or from the diabetes clinic. You put the used needle into the slot on the Safeclip. It cuts off the needle and stores it inside itself. Then put the plastic cap over the stump of the dead needle and put that into general rubbish. It takes a long long time for...

All this information will help a lot! Many thanks indeed. That "compression low" is something I have never heard of, and it could well apply to me. I definitely need to deal more effectively with highs and lows+corrections and I will work through your suggestions, and probably ask my...

Welcome, @POTS01! :) (I've been T1 for 34 years, after 31 years diabetes-free.:banghead:)

@Copernicus , in Cardiff, there was a rumour of supply problems, which did not materialise. Back to normal. If there is a temporary blip in supply, the Libre can still be used to test blood sugar and ketones with testing strips. While I wait.

It doesn't hurt to apply the sensor, or remove it. The 'needle' is a flexible filament which I don't have to have anything to do with, as it's contained inside a big plastic applicator. Once applied, I cover it with a 'cuff' which I bought online. The cuff isn't waterproof, but it holds the...

Really useful account. Thank you for the joint effort in posting. @Jaylee, your link worked.

Multiple injections per day, I sometimes do them without engaging my brain - that can be a mistake! I like the fact that one of my pens, my Echo, can tell me what I've just injected! If I've made a mistake, at least I know, and can ask my brain what I'm going to do about it!

I'm sorry you've had this challenge from a colleague. Once, I had a slightly similar situation when, as a teacher in a secondary school, I was asked to please keep my insulin pen in the locked staffroom fridge for Health and Safety! I had to say "No", of course, but it did give me pause for...