Recent Content by DanAttw

I'm going for a pump today. I know the Medtronic closed-loop system has been approved in the US but not here yet http://www.wsj.com/articles/fda-approves-medtronics-new-automated-insulin-pump-1475093556 To me it provides the best answer so far - a CBGM that tells the pump what to do. I've...

No, didn't know about the athlete's handbook but will go and get one. My Libre system arrives tomorrow so hopefully it will give a constant graph of where my levels are going through the day and night for a month. It's a lot of money so I hope it works!

I know - do one thing and it throws up hundreds of variables and questions. I have a pretty healthy diet (low-fat vegetarian) and active - gym four weekdays for 35-min high-intensity training and Sunday road rides of between 50 and 100 miles. Saturday is always rest day. My BMI is spot on...

Yes I know they were high yesterday through fasting and normally I would have had a correction dose but I didn't want any other factors working - just the Levemir. While they were high, they were consistent expect for the morning hypo). Is the morning low not just down to the fact I had nothing...

Ok I fasted yesterday for 24 hours on Levemir only. The results: 6am - 12 Levemir, BG 10.8 8am - BG 12.1 11am - BG 10.4 1pm - BG 9.1 4pm - BG 8.8 6pm - 12 Levemir, BG 8.8 9pm - BG 8.2 6am - BG 3.2 So, on the whole it seems to be pretty level. The morning high is not a surprise, the dawn effect...

Yes, it is a rotation routine I have got used to - front thighs, back thighs, buttocks, stomach, back to thighs. I did try tops of arms and also lower legs but was told to stop that immediately by the nurse - she said I was injecting too close to the muscles and this could cause the insulin to...

I wish I had the money. Two kids, mortgage...there's just nothing left in the monthly budget to sacrifice. That said, the blunt fact is if I don't sort this out (especially the night-time hypos) there might not be any money coming in! So I am going to try to get the funds together for the...

Thanks for the replies and yes I have played around with the basal rates under the instruction of my consultants and nurses (I've moved a lot so have switched consultants several times which hasn't helped) and of course switched to Levemir. Most recently I changed from a single bedtime dose of...

I'm a T1 on Humalog (and Levemir) and have been for a few years. I was put on it after using Novorapid for some years and prior to that Actrapid. But whatever 'fast-acting' insulin I use, it seems to take hours, not minutes, to start to work. Does anyone else find this? My consultant is adamant...