Recent Content by eng

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    Started cycling again

    A touch of a hypo last night but a couple of biscuits sorted that out. That was with reduced bolus and basal. I would love to take it easy but living in south Wales there's hills everywhere! I need to get my fitness levels up and that's not going to happen without pushing myself. Again any...
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    Started cycling again

    Enjoying getting out but the knees are giving me some grief. I need to get my fitness up for a 32 mile sportathon in august.
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    Started cycling again

    Hmmm that's the next step is no bolus and also reducing my basal on cycling days. I'm trying to lose weight also so was sticking to the gluco tabs although I would love a few snickers on a bike ride
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    Started cycling again

    I'm a T1 diagnosed some 34 years ago, Some background, I'm on Lantis and Fiasp and Freestyle Libre. I've just started cycling again after many years out of the saddle and I'm struggling to keep my BGs up when on a >15 mile mountainous trip. I've as before had carby meal prior to cycling, reduced...
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    Increasing doses

    As an update, I ended up self prescribed the Libre, That gave me the confidence to low carb and I've lost just over a stone in weight, although my sedentary job and lifestyle didn't allow any more to be shed, so I've started cycling again. Which is a whole new learning experience, but slowly the...
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    Type 1: What are your HbA1c test results?

    T1 for some 33 years and been self prescribed on Libre for 24 months. My last visit 2 weeks ago to my specialist I had a result of 5.5% which was great! :)
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    Managing exercise and insulin

    I've been T1 diagnosed some 33 years ago and over the last 10 years have put a considerable amount of weight on, this is due to my job being sat on my backside for considerable amounts of time. I self prescribed the Libre some 24 months ago and after a while grew the confidence to reduce my carb...
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    Increasing doses

    I've noticed my insulin requirements have recently been growing to a point it's getting rediculous. I'm now taking around 50% more than I used too. I am classed as obese and due to my job I'm quite sedentary although my weight has been stable for around two years. I know I need to loose weight...