Recent Content by JPW1

Yes now and again. And when it does there's usually a bruise.

Little experiment this morning - usually I take breakfast and coffee immediatly and dose insulin for 40g. This morning I took my coffee as usual as soon as I got up and waited maybe 1 1/2 hours before breakfast when I was a a bit higher than usual at 7.3 (I was lowish at bedtime and scoffed a...

Just got my first Type 1 Hba1c - 48 mmol/mol. Happy with that!

Thanks - that makes sense - and coordinates with my own thinking (and I believe my consultant's) - I may well have had loads of antibodies years ago maybe in 2012!

Interesting that you were diagnosed Type 2 in 2013, I have been treated as Type 2 since 2012, until 18th December last year!.....same story as you - not at all overweight, lost a heap went down to 9 stone! We're not that rare it seems from spending a few weeks on this forum - though I think you...

No, I started insuline as Daibell describes late December and took no time off at all - you'll be fine I'm sure.

I've found the maths bit of carb counting very straightforward, and I've only been doing it a few weeks now "its not rocket science" or some kind of black art! Of course there are plenty of foods and meals that aren't simple to work out how much carbs are in them or in how much you are taking...

Hi, diagnosed late December 2019, I've stopped doing the 2 hour after check some of the time now, because I eat the same things most mornings for example, and no how I typically respond, but otherwise exactly what the others say. It took me about 3 weeks to get the right amounts of insulin, and...

I'm only a newbie, but I think fat is the explanation - cheese, crisps and the chocolate are all high/highish in fat - it retards the digestion of carbs/glucose, so your fast acting may have basically been used up by the time the carbs start to digest - result big spike hours later. Happens to...

8 years nearly as a type 2, in spite of, on reflection classic symptoms of type 1, but now type 1 as of December last. I agree with above regular meals will make thibgs easier and get clued up on carb counting. Plenty of resources on line, i use carbs and calories app and mysugr to record and...

Basal/long-acting insulin lasts for around 24 hours and if you're at normalish blood glucose level at bedtime and when you rise then you're more or less on the right dose. It's not really designed to be changed day to day in terms of dose. Of course if you find yourself too low or too high at...

I'm guessing cheese is the problem (along with pepperoni etc.) in pizza, but indirectly - i.e. the cheese delays the digestion of the actual carbs in the pizza. So what I'm doing is eating cheese as a snack when my other carbs have been digested - cheese itself has no carb issues. So i'll have a...

I agree with Japes first post re: first few weeks, if you get started on fixed doses as i did, you'll find you need to be a bit more careful. Get your head aroubd carb counting asap, so you'll be able to see how your units of insulin deal with certain amounts of carbs. You'll probably find that...

I'm hoping to go on one over the summer - its available in our area (or within reach) as 5 separate days rather than 5 consecutive, but my dietitian thought it was more beneficial to do them consecutively if possible. (can't remember why - sorry!)

In theory yes, in practice definitely no - but I think that's down to the effectiveness of the capilliary attraction on the strips.