Recent Content by lizcoop

Morning all. I'm not even sure if I have insulin resistance but I keep reading (and hearing from my diabetes nurse) that 1 unit of rapid acting insulin should bring down BG by 2 or 3 mmol but that doesn't seem to be the case for me. EG. Last night, as I was running slightly high I took 4...

Thanks very much. I took another bolus dose this morning and they finally came down to normal but I have had no contact from a diabetes nurse so am going to get my GP's surgery on the case. I've been sent home only 6 weeks ago really with instructions to do 14 units of Lantus long lasting and...

I got back from A&E as my sugar levels were high (around 15mmol) and I kept getting the alarm on my CGM so thought I should get checked out. They tested my blood, said it was around the 12 mark and lowering and said i had no ketones and sent me home. However, since coming back hme I've had...

Thank you all so much. My mother is fairly indomitable so I am feeling rather more confident that she may well be OK for me to spend quite a bit more time at home instead of with her so I'm feeling more hopeful and then get handle more on my condition and start logging foods/sugar/insulin...

I feel like I'm just flailing around in the dark. Initially (I was diagnosed about 6 weeks ago aged 55 having gone into DK). I was taking 14 units of Lantus first thing in the morning and 4 units of Novorapid before each meal and eating low carb and was 97-100% in range. I was managing...

Thank you SO much for your reply - I think, as this is all so new to me, I tend to panic at the slightest thing. I have managed to keep within 98% in range since being discharged so hopefully, as you say, those levels will be lower in my next test. Agree re the eyesight. It is still very...

Hi - I was diagnosed with Type 1 a month ago after being hospitalised - am aged 55 and this came as a shock as I have no history. However, am now on insulin and been following a low carb diet, just protein and green veggies with nuts, eggs etc since leaving hospital. My CGM says my A1C is...

Thank you so very much for your kind reply and so sorry I have taken to long to post my response. It is very comforting to hear of others with a late diagnosis and that they know how I feel. Mentally I am in a better place and am trying to do my best, ie eat low carb, do more exercise and come...

hah - yes, i love nightime the best when the hot flushes come and then I'm freezing a few minutes later - such joy! thank you for your understanding. I was always the person who was on the end of other people's rants and now I'm that person - should just embrace it and thank you for not making...

Thank you very much for your kind reply. I've written off Brazil - maybe one day but right now I feel like I have to focus all my energy on this rotten disease. Mentally I am not coping with it and feel pathetic - I'm a middle-aged, menopausal woman - for heaven's sake - get a grip. And...

Thank you so much for your reply. I had a holiday booked for Brazil at the end of February but I am not comfortable travelling so far at this early stage with this condition, especially to a place where I don't speak the language so I'm losing money on that as well so feeling fairly down about...

haha - I used to love a Fray Benton pie. I really want to crack on with a DAFNE course so I know what I"m doing. I hate spam/corned beef too, lol!

Thanks so much - that's good to hear. It feels like my life has kind of ended but I guess my old life has and my new one has begun. I am eating very healthily but I hate the way it has sucked the joy and spontaneity out of eating; that's hard to come to terms with.

I am in the middle of reading that book right not!