Recent Content by J P Edwards

I am Type 1 controlled with a pump. Not stressed. The insulin levels required are up by 50% at the moment (Basal and Bolus). But slowly reducing back. The correction factor is also increased. Controlling the diabetes after a illness is a nightmare. The question is do others suffer controlling...

Hi, I have corrected the predictive text. Yes insulin Pump which is much better at times like now! I adjust the settings myself. It is is up about 50%, at the moment but all over the place. Always been a issue with me. Think the diabetes came on after a cold when I got diagnosed 20 years ago. I...

Every time I get a cold or Flu. It seems to take weeks or sometimes a couple of months for sugar levels to balance out! I have to up my Basal rate but that is changing all the time. Which can be a nightmare. The bolus rate is always changing. This issue was even worse when I was on injections...

The last couple of months something strange has been happening. I wake up randomly in the early morning feeling Sick test my blood sugar and it off the Scale. after a few days it become normal again. I am on insulin pump so uses my Nova radid pen and pump to insert more insulin but sugar will...

Trying to control my Diabetes. Seems to be a struggle. My rates seem to change daily? Just been put on Insulin Pump which has helped a lot. As I can change the rates to suit. But cannot work out why rates change so frquently? My Bolus rate varies between 1 in 10 to 1 in 20?