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That's amazing candiedmittens, well done! I can understand exactly where you're coming from as I too went through my teenage years with diabetes. I've had it since I was six, and I'm eighteen now. Thankfully my HbA1c never went any higher than the early 8s as I was always the worrying type. It's...

Thanks everyone for all your help. I had an awful episode just the morning after that post I sent. I reduced my lantus to 10 units from 12 units (as the 12 units caused a 2.8 mmol/L reading the morning previously :O). I awoke the next morning at 16.8 mmol/L and rose to 20 mmol/L then finally...

I am sick of constantly changing my lantus dose. When I'm at certain stages of the month, I have to adjust my lantus dose by increasing it by one-two units more than what I had taken the previous night. I have to change the dose on days 12-14, days 16-18, days 26-27, and finally on days 1-2...

Hi noblehead, yes, the heat definitely takes it toll, especially because we're not used to it over here! The trains have been delayed by hours and everything! I don't think I will look too much into it as I do believe I got that result due to the heat. If heat can cause water to boil imagine...

Hi Cathy, thanks for your reply. I've cooled off now, just got a little sunburn :( I hadn't eaten beforehand but I did need to pee, not badly though. I was at the stage where I thought, "I'd like to go soon, it'd be nice". It wouldn't have stressed me out. I wanted to have something in my...

Hello everyone, This may or may not have something to do with diabetes but I'm freaking out here... I'm a type one diabetic on novorapid and lantus. And where I am now it is very, very hot, considering that it's Ireland! :shock: Today it was apparently 29 degrees Celsius. I was out and about...

Hi Cupcake32, I would suggest keeping a diary of these results and having a chat with your diabetes team. It can be depressing to keep a diary when your results are all over the place (I can attest to that) but in the long term it's good because sometimes you can even see yourself all of a...

Hey Cupcake32, do you mind me asking what are your eating habits from about 6 o'clock onwards? Like, what are you eating during that time? It might be affecting you in some way. I know that I can't have starchy foods like potatoes for dinner because it causes me to spike :(. What you're eating...

I have that problem with every injection I have! I have tried to empty out air bubbles but they just won't come out! So my logic is to keep the injection tilted in such a way that the air bubbles are not near the needle (as in, at the bottom of the phial) as sometimes they have sneaked...

Hey Steph, If you're still alive and kicking, you can get everything under control, one step at a time. It can be frustrating, but it is worth it. It can be hard to accept being diabetic as taking injections every day is perceived as being "not normal" however that depends on your view on...

Sometimes non-diabetics who even know you for years are so THICK when it comes to the condition. When I asked my boyfriend, how do you think I treat a low, he hazarded that I take insulin. :shock: INSULIN! I know that non-diabetics are not really going to sympathise with a diabetic and all...

When your sugar levels are so worryingly low, and so often, I would suggest doing a blood test half an hour after your meal and then do another another half hour later and so on. When you dip to 1.8 mmol/L before bed (I'm assuming that's how you laid it out) that's very dangerous and tells me...

Holy moly, louiseg2202... :lol:

I had a dream that I was a surgeon, or had previously been a surgeon. There was someone lying on an operating table in the theatre, and I had to operate on him, but I didn't know how because I didn't know anything whatsoever about performing any kind of operation... So there were fellow surgeons...

Coffee has no effect on my sugars, or at least the coffee I drink doesn't raise my sugars. I drink Maxwell House Velvet Blend with a considerable amount of milk (just to give it a tan colour) and even throw in two teaspoons of Splenda for good measure! I usually have one in the morning and...

I suppose whatever way you can pull yourself up out of bed, do it! Though the situation can be worsened when you have your partner beside you in bed, groaning at the obscene 3 a.m alarm... mind you, I really don't blame him :thumbdown: Once I spend a few sleepless nights jabbing myself in the...

Amazing! :lol:

Hi Sarah, Yes, I'm the type of person who can eat similar and the same foods everyday and therefore takes the same amount of insulin everyday at different times. I find it's just easier that way, for me. My lows are caused by exercise. I have tried reducing my insulin when I knew I would be...

To noblehead, I must say you're a trooper for getting up so much during the night! If I'm having real trouble I might consider waking up at intervals alright, I'll cross that bridge when it comes to it! :D Thanks a lot, much appreciated. Izzy.

Thank you kendod666, not having hypos in the middle of the night, rather trying to get a lower blood glucose result in the morning by increasing lantus without causing a low blood sugar at 3 a.m (not the most pleasant of experiences). I find I'm usually up around 8 mmol/l in the morning, thought...