Recent Content by keeer

Do things in moderation - this is what most doctors would advise. You need a perfect basal rate. With levamir it's meant to be a 24hour insulin (most health professionals will tell you it's not.. this is important for what comes next). So first thing, take your usual levamir, test your blood...

Hello. I'm fairly new to this forum but have decided to dedicate myself to my diabetes a little more and monitor it more closely. Anyway I've got my background insulin sorted - if i fast my blood sugar dips slightly but stays at around 6 or 7 throughout the day. I just have one question. If I...

Alcohol lowers your blood suagr anyway. when I've spoken to nurses before they've said "if you plan to drink an excessive ammount, don't do any insulin while your out, get a takeaway afterwoods, then do your background insulin and eat when you get up - always avoid alchopops as they contain...

I have ketostix and hypostop on prescription, I also have E45 which is rather good (took a lot of asking). My dad's doing the atkins diet and uses the ketostix to check how well he's doing. Also get statins on my prescription (this was a medical paper suggesting all people with diabetics take them).

Hello all, thought I'd introduce myself on this specific part of the site and just talk briefly about issues I have and weird situations and parts of my life. So I've been diabetic for 11 years, I'm now on basal bolus (have been for about 6 years) and up until about a week ago I've been...