Recent Content by LostBoyNZ

Dixon1995, completely agree, if mine is between 4 and 7 that's where I want it to be too, so I happily leave it. But above 8 or 9 sounds like it needs a top up. That's where the Libre comes in handy, because I can see if it's 8 or 9 and going up fast (whereas without the Libre it might be 8 or 9...

Rokaab that's interesting the novorapid takes longer to kick in than other times. I don't suppose it's when it's injected to similar areas that it's slower to take effect? Agreed if it's close to the next meal I'd just wait too. Fiasp? Hopefully that goes well, it's not something we have in New...

Thanks for the replies and the poll votes, very interesting to see :) That sounds like the way to take the extra doses, and the reason too. I sometimes eat out and couldn't possibly carb count, but also even at home I eat such a wide variety of foods for dinner. I'm using glargine, although if...

Hi everyone. I've had Type 1 for 18 years, and always had good control (often around 8 mmol/L) and always happy figuring out the dosage myself etc. This year I started using the FreeStyle Libre and have now brought it down to 37% which looks like around 6.5 mmol/L. But I'm now aiming for a bit...