Recent Content by linda_b

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    New job / working hours

    Hi all, I've just changed jobs after 12 years of working in one place I've always worked 8am - 4pm. My new job has working hours of 8:45 - 17:15pm. I'm finding it really difficult to control my blood sugars on these working hours. I'm not getting home till 6pm therefore not eating until 7pm and...
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    Failing

    Hi all, I'm having a really bad time of it. For the past two weeks I haven't been able to hit one reading under 13. I'm doing everything I can possibly do. I have the Aviva Expert meter and I'm injecting the doses it's telling me and nothing is working. My diabetic nurse is not returning my...
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    Adjusting to Levemir, what’s your experience?

    Yes! I switched to Levemir last year after 10 years on Lantus as it wasn't doing it's job. I suffered the exact same thing as you between about 7pm and 9pm my bloods started rising. I then also suffered the worst high bloods in the morning. I'm at a perfect balance now of 11 units 9AM and 12...
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    New tattoo and piercing

    Hey, I currently have 5 tattoos my most recent one is on my thigh. It's two weeks old and due to be finished this week and I've had no problems. Just clean three times a day and apply Bepanthem. It will be fine. I did bruise quite badly though but that went down after a week or so. Don't do what...
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    Dawn Phenomenon

    Thanks you your reply! It's such a pain in the ar$e isn't it!? I've suffered from them for 20 odd years but this is the first time where it has happened every morning for three weeks. I'll keep going as I am and you never know it might get the hint and sod off!
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    Dawn Phenomenon

    Hi all, So for the past three weeks I have not had a waking blood glucose reading below 13. Looking at my Libre I can see exactly where the spikes happen. Every night I have a steady line until about 3am and between 3 and 5am is where they start to peak. I wake at 5:30 every weekday for work...
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    Type 1 Libre sensors

    I've had an absolute nightmare with them. Firstly the website crashed just as my payment was made. Order didn't go through then had to wait a week for the money to appear back in my account. Then when I finally ordered last week it's taken a week to dispatch. They're coming today thank goodness.
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    Mentally exhausted

    @noblehead I've just been looking at the Tresiba website. I'm definitely going to ask my DSN about this on Friday. I've woken with 17.5 today when going to be on a 7.5.
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    Mentally exhausted

    Hi all, This is going to be long winded one so bare with me. Just need a bit of a vent! So I was moved from Humalin M3 to Novorapid and Lantus about 15 years ago. My Basal dosage has always been a struggle for me. I posed a thread a few weeks back to say I had been moved on Levemir which I...
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    Terrified and Depressed

    @CaptainKidd27 I feel like I'm reading something I have written. I have been in the exactly the same position as you. If you want to PM me please do. I can try and help
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    Moving from Lantus to Levemir

    Hi all, After years of expressing my hatred(!) of Lantus and carrying out all the basal tests and printing endless reports I have been moved onto Levemir. I was told to expect a few days of up and downs blood sugar wise as after 15 years on lantus this is a huge change to my body. So...
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    sore fingers

    Eucerin is good. It's got 5% urea in it which helps fight the build up of hard skin. I use the foot cream it's amazing.
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    Type 1 So much conflicting information!

    Hi, Oh I have been here and like you only noticed these spikes after getting the Libre. One way I manage mine is with this routine: 1. If my bloods are below 7 before a meal I inject my rapid straight before a meal. 2. If my bloods are between 7 and 10 then I'll inject my rapid acting 15...
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    Has anyone done the carb free test - MDI?

    Hey sorry for delay! I'm getting on ok with it. I decided to do a complete fast instead of just a carb free meal. So the overnight one was what I expected hypo all through night and then Dawn Phenomenon in the morning. Breakfast (different day) started at 6.7 by the time lunch hit I was 13.2...
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    Type 1 Missed insulin emergency!!

    I was so angry with myself! But just goes to prove 25 years on mistakes can still happen