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Been a while since I was on MDI (so not sure this will help) but I remember Levemir was active for about 22 hours rather than 24. Would splitting your dose be worth a go - 2 injections split roughly 12 hours apart? Also worth noting Levemir is being phased out - end of this year, so might be...

:-) When I was a kid - the insurance company estimates said (as a t1) I'd make to to 50. Every day for the last 6 years is a bonus then ;-) Averages are just that - look after yourself and you'll be in the top percentile - don't and you'll be in the bottom (or you could be hit by a bus...

Glad I can help a bit - T1 is a ******, but don't give up. I refused change for a long time - then had a series of disabling low BGs (was living alone) that scared the beejeezus out of me and decided to try a pump. The new HCL is life changing - can't recommend it enough. Lots of work to...

I think we are all different - some get it and some don't. I definitely do (and have had all my life - I think) - did lots of work with my Basal rates when pumping without a loop. My loop now handles it automatically so I don't know its there now though.

It can be scary stuff - but something we live with (generally quite successfully - 52 years in now) The idea for a healthy long life is to stay in the green zone - thats tricky to do and takes a lot of work - but its more possible now than ever with the new tech we have available. There is no...

I used to go to the local pub on a Wednesday (mum worked so not at home) and had pie and chips and a bottle of low C with my dad (as low C was low carb so ok). Didn't think about it till years later - was 14-16 and went back to school to do double maths or whatever after a fairly strong beer...

Diagnosed in '73 - remember pretty much all of the above I 'love' the new tech over the last 10 years - yesterday was 100% in range on a FCL (no thinking above canula-change-time) - thats progress (even survived a very nice Full English breakfast without needing to touch my loop) stunning...

Yeah - I'm still pretty bad at that - thankfully I don't blood test too often anymore (so apathy issues are less frequent on that one) ;-)

Totally get the sentiment in this thread - my 'system' is brilliant when its working, when something goes pear shaped it messes with every part of living. Better now than when on MDI (days before CGM) as had too many serious outages to feel like I'd make my 40th birthday - now I manage well...

I've used Novorapid (for more yeas than I can remember - MID and pump) and wanted an ultrafast for looping. Tried Fiasp (ran into resistance problems) then Lyumjev (worked well at first then resistance), then mixed Lyumjev and Fiasp (worked really well but not an approved route) - now back on...

Thread is now 8 years old - I'm guessing the Original Poster has solved the problem :)

Hi @rookayj - sorry you went through this - yes I've been there and you will recover (just takes a bit of time, and there is no definite time for recovery, its individual). Don't push too hard as you'll need the rest till you feel like you're ready - physical recovery takes awhile, memory...

Thinking the Novorapid will be mostly burnt out by 4am. Tresiba can be active for upto 42 hours (so each day might add to yesterdays injection for a few hours at least. Possible that the peak of the 2 insulin injections is at 4am and you get you drop. An easy one to try would be to move your...

So taking one issue at a time (nighttime drop) I'm thinking Novorapid has a 5 hour duration (9-10 if pumping) so there may well be residual in your system when you go to bed. What time do generally do your last bolus of Novorapid? About what time, how many carbs and how much Novorapid? When do...

Hi @Carpe Diem, The CGM will give the trend (even if the numbers are off - they are for all of us to some degree and some sensors worse or better than others). Ok so Wholemeal bread - probably 25g of carbs, and a digestive 9g - so you're hitting 34g of carbs there. Have a feeling you might...