Recent Content by Agnes14

Sorry just seeing the last replies since I posted - it would be great if there was still insulin being produced! Yes think my liver seems to 'dump' glucose, the minute I wake up it starts to go high I need to take 2 or 3 units just to get it back down. Then my levels are fine after this during...

Thank you all for taking the time to read and reply ☺️ Yes I regularly do finger prick blood glucose also, (I have to set alarms to try and catch them before they go too low) and have noticed that the libre usually does exaggerates the lows, I never realised that was compression on my arm during...

Thank you for your replies. I do like the low carb diet as it means not having hypos during the day, but having been on insulin for so long it makes me VERY uncomfortable not having my background lantus. As soon as I wake up in the morning I go from 5 to 12 in an hour so I know I do need...

I developed diabetes as a teenager over 22 years ago, I was given tablets to see if they helped but then needed to start insulin as the tablets didn't work very well. So think it s just assumed I was type 1? Think they were sulphonylurea tablets that I was taking (but it was a long time ago !)...

Hi! I'm new to posting here, been type 1 on insulin for over 20 years. I'm looking for advice. I started following a low carb diet about 1 month ago which is fantastic during the day - very few hypos. However despite repeatedly reducing my dose of background insulin and now taking NO lantus at...