Recent Content by jonjaz

I use Humulin M3 started at 4 units ended up on 90 am and 90 pm now down to 38 am and 36 pm. I was told that even though 90 meant injecting 60 the pens max then dialling in another 30 I wasn't the highest dose they had seen. Hope your mum gets better soon and stabilizes her BS.

I use a small plastic sharps bin from Amazon no problems with the airlines on my last 2 trips from UK to Singapore and UK to Shanghai Frio cool bag for the insulin pens. I also forget stuff so each night I put 2 needles in with my BS tester as I take insulin twice a day I know if there is 1...

The world is full of skinny diabetics should we send them on a Cream Cake eating course? Yes I am overweight so what!

Is there a danger that all this testing is a little like people who jump on and off their scales every 5 minutes? I eat something my BS reading goes up I exercise my BS goes up I have a drink my BS goes up or sometimes it goes down. From what I can tell a diet works if your trousers fit and...

Bet she was skinny !

I had a R&Y gastric bypass in 2008 I weighed 176kg and was on Metformin after being diagnosed with T2 in 2000. Post op I nearly died from a liver abscess but lost 56kg over the next year or so. No more Metformin and BS OK. Then 2 years ago weight had crept back up to 150kg and BS sky high. I...

7.8 lowest this morning, lowest was 5 highest 12.8 no idea why it changes so much. Some nights I have a big dinner with pudding and wine late on and the reading is low (for me 6-7.5) and then I will have a low carb dinner early in the evening and my BS is 10-12 how does this work?

Hi everyone I am a big bloke at 1.85m and 138Kg I have a belly but I also have big strong arms and legs. I can lift my own weight and more; my waist is smaller than my chest but I do have type2 for which I take insulin and Metformin. my question is why do medical professionals treat me the...

Hi mine is twixt 11 and 5.8 does a coffee milk no sugar screw up the reading?

Yes it is true, he also stated that I shouldn't have any coleslaw on my sandwich because of the fat in it. No problem with the bread! So I now know that the secret to losing weight and getting rid of my type2 is no coleslaw. This is a consultant earning £100K+ a year. Now being called Trouble...

Just asked my consultant how many people loose weight after starting on insulin lying b####### said 50 - 60%. Told me to stop having coleslaw on my lunch time sandwich as it's bad! still hasn't told me what b.s. targets I need to hit. Mind you I have only been on insulin since November last...