Recent Content by FionaR

Hi Shiny, I realise you are a type 2 on insulin, I am type 1, not quite sure what the differences are (sorry I am a bit ignorant as to the workings of a type 2 diabetic! :lol: ) Anyway, Just wanted to say, I worked in a care home for the eldery for 5 years, doing 3 x 13 hour (both day and...

I bought my daughter a "proper" medic alert bracelet when she was diagnosed, £36 complete waste of money. (one of those ones with the stretchy bracelet and the folded paper inside) constantly pinched her and the links needed replaced 3 times within a year - then she "lost it" I recently bought...

mmmmm :? I've never thought of bovine tbh and it's never been mentioned at my clinic (surprise surprise :lol: ) I went back to pork because that is what I had always used and know it works for me. Fiona x

Hi Adrian, I don't really have any advice i'm afraid. I just wanted to say you are not alone with taking fits when you go hypo. My daughter (also type 1 diagnosed in 2006) has very little hypo awareness and goes into a fit when her BG's are low. I treat her with glucogel in these situations as...

Hi Conjen. I wouldn't take muscle growth shakes unless your husband is planning on working out. The idea of "shakes" for body builders is to build up their body fat. In order to gain muscle and strength you have to work out. You won't strengthen or increase any muscle unless you use it. You will...

Hi Badmedisin, Thanks for replying. I am sorry to hear you are having problems too. :( sucks doesn't it You may be like me and 12 hour splits just don't work? Maybe you could try a 14 hour split and see if that works? 9am and 12am? I know when I done the 12 hour split I was waking with bg's in...

Hi Jopar, Thanks for the reply. Yes I have the profiles of the insulins. I think once I manage to get my doses correct I should be alright. I did try changing the times which I took the isophane, but it didn't work. Of course, I am going to take everything with me to my DSN next week so she can...

Hi Jus, thanks for replying. I definately didn't let my DSN put me off changing. The one I had most problems with was the "new Diabetes specialist Dr" We had agreed when I switched to levimir and novorapid that it was only a trial basis and if I wasn't happy he will let me switch back to pork. I...

Re: My Dog Just found this thread :D My dogs are my best friends, so any chance to show them off .... lol The black one is Chaos and the brown one is Axl. They are brothers from the same litter and were destined to be PTS via a river :evil: took them when they were 5 weeks old and they are...

Hi, is it the power plate you are reffering to? (you do squats, press ups etc on a plate that vibrates making the muscles work without you actually doing very much) These power plates are like everything else, they have the "diabetes" warning so if anything happens while using it the company...

Hi all, I was just wondering if those on porcince isophane could post how much they take and what times of day you take it? The reason I ask is because I changed onto porcine isophane and neutral in June, but cannot for the life of me get a decent BG reading. I am either way to high (especially...

Hi Amanda, thanks for the welcome :) Yes kids can be cruel, and some adults even more so! I do try with the smilies, but sometimes it still comes across wrong, I do try though, with practice hopefully I will get better at it (still not used to forum posting on personal issues - have kept my...

Hi to all, I'm new here (obviously!) so thought I better start off with an intro thing. First off I would like to say, I am not much of a people person and find it VERY hard to talk about things or to put my thoughts into words, because of this sometimes what I type comes out completely wrong...