Recent Content by Beanie

Hi Andy They assumed (because i was 28 at the time) that i was type 2. In fact i spent the first two years on diet control and achieved hba1c's of 5.9! Then it started going wrond and they kept upping my tablets until i was on maximum Gliclazide and Metformin. In the end they did a C peptide...

Thanks Dougal I actually attended a Carb counting course yesterday and that was pretty usefull. Only problem is that everybodies sensitivity to insulin is different and thats the hard part for me. As i said the amount of insulin i require at the moment is half what i needed a couple of months...

Thanks guys Thats some really usefull advice and i'm so glad that i'm not alone!! I'm still feeling really anxious but it would appear i'm in the 'Honeymoon' period at the moment. I'll give you an example. The day before yesterday i had sugar levels of 17 pre meal, i know i've been going low...

Hi all, I am 35 and have been diagnosed with Type 1 for about 4 months now (after being wrongly diagnosed with Type 2 for 5 years!). The trouble is i have been suffering with anxiety ever since i found out that i needed to go on to insulin. Not because i'm scared of needles but because i'm...