Recent Content by Ash94

I'm with a much better team now, the doctors I was at didn't really have anyone skilled in diabetes so they referred me to a specialist team in a different town, they're very supportive. one thing I read from you there is about apples having no effect, my friend at work is type 1 and she said...

Hi, I'm pretty new to being on insulin, I think it's been around two weeks now. I am struggling on the weekends to keep my sugars low, I'm usually hovering around the 9 mark and I don't know why that is. I take lantus @8pm with 9 units everyday I take novorapid 5 units (usually) with each meal...

Thanks for all your responses, I do recall my doctor was not in a hurry to put me on insulin when the results of antibodies came back (although this was a while ago), maybe because my ketones/sugars were still low? I did hear the nurse talk about a honeymoon period but she didn't really explain...

I was told to have some carbs in my meals with my doses since my sugars were low already when starting insulin so started having some carbs again, my sugars were still pretty good even when I reintroduced them again, I'm eating the exact same foods up until tea time but still get the odd spike...

Hi, I've always read a lot of info on this site and finally signed up, I'll try putting only relevant information apologies if it's a long one, not sure if this is the right place to post this either. I'm 24 and I was diagnosed with type 2 around 2014, my first year I controlled it really well...