Recent Content by lesfingal

Thank You for the book suggestions. I'm afraid eating before 7pm just wouldn't suit my lifestyle. I also think it's a very long fast until breakfast. However, as you say you are still learning.....though sometimes I feel it's "beyond my ken".

Thanks for the responses. I don't feel I have done wrong nor is it the crime of the century to have carbs. It is a struggle to know what to eat and it's a tough learning curb that some people here certainly have mastered. Some of us though are starting out on the journey....and need practical...

Ok thanks I don't over eat and thought a mixed salad was a good idea,seems not. I only have Toujeo which I don't find of much use, far too slow acting.

Evening All (as PC Dixon used to say.....) I struggle with evening spikes and highs. I've read the order one eats the food on a plate can keep spiking down. I had salad leaves, tomatoes, cous cous, grapes, orange segments , 2 x pizza slices and a few chips. Actually forgot what I was doing...

Thanks for that.

WoW serious research there. I'm afraid the drug names don't mean anything to me I've only ever been on Toujeo.

Mid teens most nights after dinner, usually eating between 7 and 8. The toujeo doesn't kick in so by 12 or 1am I am concerned about going to bed on this mmol. Last night it was 21 due to the Depo Medrone effect but I felt toujeo was of very little use in treating a spike and elevated levels...

I am on Toujeo for over a year now and to be honest, it is very slow to respond in the evening and often I may have late teen blood/sugar readings if I have my meal after 8pm. I am following a diet and am careful about pairing foods and the order in which they are eaten plus the actual portion...

Never felt sleepy on the DuoResp, returned to Beclazone for maintenance and very rarely Ventolin for chronic episodes

I empathise as I have found since going on insulin my levels are higher especially in the evening. High levels of course are concerning so I have my Q&A ready for when i get the phone consult. Write it all down and have it beside you either on the phone or for an inperson consult. Don't be...

Was on DuoResp a combination inhaler, while effective, it was giving me constant shakes and had to discontinue it.

Sorry in place of a personal pic. Here's where I walk of an afternoon. The tower was built by the British to protect the east coast against a French invasion. A history lesson thrown in FOC!

Many thanks a lot if this I wasn't familiar with. Am awaiting a phone consultation with the hospital team although it's always rushed. I take 14 units @2100 having moved it earlier by 1 hour. I try to eat my main meal between 1900 and 2000 Toujeo can't seem to cope if I eat later and frankly is...

Thanks for your prompt reply. No since a scare a few months ago I really watch my food and how I mix carbs, proteins etc. The problem is Toujeo just doesn't suit me, it takes far too long to work and leaves me hardly any latitude for the most modest of sweet things, a biscuit or a bottle of...

Hello I'm Les, I am 67 a retired broadcast journalist and live in Ireland. But enjoy travelling in Europe especially Spain and Italy. I enjoy visiting the UK but Brexit has made life sooooo complicated for everybody. I attend exercise classes for those with long term conditions, supplemented by...