Recent Content by ailsa12

I'm UK based, been an issure for 6 months now, they keep dening it are you G6 or g5?

Hi guys, I've been using dexcom for just under 2 years and in the past 6 months have had multiple sensors fail to stick due to the needle not retracting properly, tonight I have 5 sensors fail which takes me up to about 11 failures in total. every time I call dexcom they replace the faulty ones...

so on Friday I was at the hospital to ask about getting a libra and they had the results of my genetic tests and I don't have type one after all. so I have come off insulin, now I have been taken very small doses and have a low carb diet, they have changed me onto diamicron. Today was the first...

Ive chatted about the possiblity of doign it before so im going to give it a try and see what happens my plan is 4 units at 2 and then 6 at 9 and see what happens

I'm not sure it never has done it before. I'm having breakfast and taking insulin but i check when i get back in from the walk, today it had gone from 7.5 to 6 when i got back but then up to 9 in the two hours beetween that a lunch at 2

no im on novo rapid as well but ive got that down to a tee

my consultant is happy with how much im taking and i take it at tthis time becasue i have had problems taking it in the evening and due to another medical condition mornings arn't good. I decided to only take 4 of the 10 at 2 today and will take the rest with dinner to see if that helps?

so i have recently changed my rountine a little. for the past few months i have been going for a walk in the mornings but a few dyas ago i chnaged my lunch time. I take my lantus at lunch 10 units a day. at 2 in the afternoon but since i changed y lunch and my lantus from 1 oclock to 2 oclock i...

they did lots of blood pressure tests in hosptial. i know i didn't eat as I had no crumbs packets ect. with me on the floor when I woke up. I having some tests on my heart to check that out, but since I have felt really not well. light headed and super slow on my feet ect. its all been quitw...

chatted with the dr about this I take lantus but I ahve it at one pm

am also getting check on my heart incase it wasnt. felt so unbelivenly hypo though

I am not risking anything tonight, it will be three hoursly cheeck and probs aim for 10 osh before bed, myy crontaol is noramly dead tight so one night wont hurt it

I hadent eated anything from comeing to check feeling hypo and waking iup on the floor. the thing that is cinfusing the dr is that I ate 2 hours before when I was 5.5 (18g carb) and this woukd normaly see me thought the night

Please forgive the strange name but I am curious to see if anyone else has had a similar experience. I took my BG's before i went to bed they were 8.6. happy they were fine for the night I went to bed. I could sleep and was feeling hungry so got up and check again 5.5. this is too low for...

roasted beans are good and very filling with very little carb. I like a chunck of cheeder as well also filling high fat but wont raise your sugars, tins of tuna are good for that as well. avoid bicsuits and crackers as they are all carb no anything else. if you want cheese just eat the cheese on...