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Thanks Spiker, Yeah he has had hypos where the paramedics have been to our home on a few occasions and 2 in the past year where I can't bring him round & the children are getting older so see more and were very upset. He's HBa1C is 11 and advised to get it under control or he will be looking at...

Thanks for all the advice and comments, i appreciate everyones perspective on this and try to answer your questions regards this. He works full time and has never been absent from work. He enjoys drinking at the weekends with the same pattern and no alcohol on week nights. He only drinks lager...

Living with my husband who is a type 1 diabetic, I have trouble understanding insulin measurements while he has been drinking excessively at the weekend. After a day fuelled with lots of alcohol and food at sociable events, I struggle to cope him with the increase and decrease of his blood...