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Fergus, when you say before bed and first thing in the morning what sort of times are we talking about here? I take 18 units at 10pm and 10 units at 10am but I find a rise in BS betweeen about 9am - 12am and a considerable lowering around 3pm in the afternoon. I was thinking of moving to 8pm...

I was on Humalog mix last year and after reading all the information on here I decided to go back to animal insulin after 20 years of being on human. I was changed over in the mid eighties from animal to human. So I to was put on Hypurin Porcine and tried as I did I couldn't get it as good as...

Danny McGrain Influential footballer for Celtic and Scotland. Still works at Parkhead with the youngsters I think. Was showing symptoms during the 1974 World Cup finals and was diagnosed shortly after. If it wasn't for this man and later Gary Mabbutt I'd have never played football at any kind...

Hi, I am on levemir 18 at 10pm and 12 at 10am. When I goto bed my B/S is around 5 and I awake on 4 or just under which is fine. If I then don't eat anything by lunch my BS will be around 8 or higher, the only way round this seemingly is to take 4 novorapid at brekkie and eat no carb food or...

I have to say I have a small worry about Low-Carbing. I have been low carbing, not seriously low carbing (around 50-75g a day) since October last year. In that time I have had 2 dental check ups. Both these check ups have shown a massive increase in Plaque and very slight inflamation of th...

Apologies Cuglia my wording was wrong. What I meant to say was that there is evidence to suggest that improving or normalising your BS's can cause retinopathy to progress quicker and more aggressively during the first stages. I didn't mean Low Carbing sorry.

Well the letter arrived yesterday that I was hoping wouldn't and I have an out-patient appointment at the local hospital for a eye consultant to have a look at my eyes again and decide if I need to have further treatment. But as normal NHS I have well over a month nearly two to wait for this...

Blimey, never heard that before. Maybe he just liked the vision in his mind of you doing it there? :D I have now changed to levemir which seems to not cause that unexplained drop in b/s for no apparant reason, still getting the dawn phenomenen but no where near as bad.

Yes it stings like hell sometimes, thats normal. I have just changed to Levimir and that doesn't sting nearly as much if at all.

So how have you manged to resolve the DP? I suffer from it too, can't seem to sort it out.

Hi, I am feeling absolutely devestated and deflated this morning. I received a letter from the screening clinic saying they were sending my screening pictures to a specialist and I may require an appointment. They suggested that I may have preproliferative retinopathy which in some cases may...

Just a thought but as I am about to swap to levemir I have to ask it. Is the effect of Levemir only in the woman whilst using when pregnant or can it affect the sperm used to conceive.. What I mean, is there a risk of birth defects if the man is using levemir when the baby is conceived? I am...

Blimey thats a bot worrying. MIne was averaged at 134/72 so I was put on 5g of Amapiril or whatever once a day and its now arount 125/70. I am pretty fit although I could use losing a stone in weight but I was told that average is up to an around 140/80....

Lindt do a huge range... The 90% is the best with 15g of carbs per 100g but they also do a 99% but the only time I got some of this it was foreign and I couldn't read the details of how many carbs. Oh and by the way 100g is the whole big bar so thats 15g for the whole bar. It's quite nice too...

I started Lantus in February and almost imediately I have been getting aches and pains in my shoulders and neck, it's not always there and it's only dull but it is there. I am also low carbing and have been for 6 months yet since going onto Lantus I have gained 4 pounds in weight after losing...