Recent Content by loopyloo

Hi, Just a thought as I don't think anyone has mentioned it yet.........it sounds like she could be going through a honeymoon period. I thoroughly enjoyed a period of about 6months where I stopped using insulin altogether about a year after starting, unfortunately as often happens, a virus...

Great relief all round, Noah came down with a very bad cold and high temperatue later on that day, he has recovered now and I have just checked his bg's before lunch and they are 4.8 :D I therefore presume that it was down to illness that his bg was high? Cheers Lindsey

Thanks fergus, Knew I could count on you! Will take your idea and check tonight before evening meal. Now I just need to convince him to stubb his toe on the small plastic car again! Thanks again. Lindsey

Hi everyone, Just a quick question for you knowlegable folks out there - I am a type 1 diabetic and have two children, my three yr old just cut his toe and had a perfect blob of blood so I thought I check his blood glucose levels :D I was a bit surprised to find it at 7.6 :? I believe im...

Very true that its a personal thing, but I do think that I should be encouraged to keep good control and I had hoped that they may have some ideas and different tools that could be made readily available for those that wish to look after themselves. Incidently I was seated nxt to a woman who...

Thanks for the encouragement Nigel, Guess I just feel a bit let down, very proactive in my diabetes management and have been able to do so much more in my life since gaining control, climbed mt Snowdon at the beginning of the month and feel very proud of myself, bg's in the 5 - 6 range all the...

Hi all Havent posted for ages but still avidly read everyone elses! I have been low carbing for 18months now with all the usual excellent results. reduced weight, insulin doseage, much more stable bg readings. I have just had my hospital review and I was keen to discuss how I can refine my...

Hi Katherine, In the past I have had to test in the cinema, very dificult! To be honest it was luck and maybe because i test so often that I managed to do it 'blind' I currently use the one touch ultra smart and that also has a light, which is great to read your measurement by if you can see...

Hi all, Got my nano yesterday, meter is ok, but again loving the lancet device, nowhere near as painful as my onetouch ultra soft, but wonder how much that has to do with not changing the needles as often as I should maybe? with the rotating drum this wouldnt be such an issue, much easier...

Hi all, hope someone can help me.......... i have been very succesfully low-carbing for about 9 months now, my bg readings are generally between 4.8 and 5.5, pre and post meals, with occasional highs in the 6. However, in the last two weeks, although I still tend to start the day with 4.3 my...

Stuboy Thanks so much for the info, Feel alot more optimistic now, also encouraging to hear that your HBA1c was quite normal and yet that didn't go against you. Like you I also have quite a few hypo's (though not as many as you, I think) but my main problem is with the fact that I find it very...

Thanks for the replies, I think the problem is that I'm not sure if a pump would benefit me, I just know that I want to have the tightest control possible and wonder if a pump will help me achieve this. Hopefully I will at least be able to have a conversation about the possibilities, as you...

Hi all, I have my review with my consultant tomorrow and I'm thinking about bring up the subject of pumps, Guess I'm not sure quite where to begin. Stuboy, I have been very interested in your unfolding story re- obtaining a pump as you're in my neck of the woods, ( I live in petersfield and we...

thanks for your reply sue. Glad you got alot from it. I'm still thinking about it as it does seem an awful lot of money. Shall investigate further. :)

Ah ha! Hi civ :) At last - someone from my neck of the woods. :D