Recent Content by baggypenguin

firstly this forum is awesome. It great having so many of you on here trying to help me out. I really appreciate it! I'll try and take on board all the things you guys are saying. I'll make the changes now and hope that my doctor gives me a little more time to prove I can sort this out and...

THanks for the comment, I'll be sure to look at the book! I'm using the Accu-Check spirit combo. My ratios at the moment are 1.5:1 for all meals, 1 unit to bring me down roughly 1.5 mmol/l for a correction and I'm on 40 units for my basel, I'm always spiking in the evening at the moment and...

Thanks for the reply! While at work I find they're ok, it's the evening and overnight I find they creep up. Checking 2 hours after my meals is something I've gotten slack with, so I'll make sure I'm on that! And I'll take your advice and get the basel rate sorted and then work on my carb ratios...

Hi Guys, first post on this forum (or any diabetes related one!). This is going to be a bit of a rant and a few questions in regards to my pump therapy vs injections. Firstly the rant! I've been on the pump nearly a year, it hasn't matched up well to life events, in the past year, my wife and I...