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I’ve often felt same - T1 since 1988 and sometimes think I would like to help others which I guess comes from many years experience of good control but often a feeling of isolation. I also live in Somerset (Wsm), but don’t have any friends who are Type 1 and thus have little to no clue about...

Maybe worth Splitting dose. I personally have [emoji637][emoji637] units between [emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji639]]-[emoji[emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]][emoji640][emoji640]]am [emoji637][emoji637] units approx [emoji6[emoji640][emoji638]]pm Been doing this for several...

I’ve just tried to administer a new Libre 2 plus sensor and rather than the usual bendy nylon strip entering my skin it was a hard nail/tack. Fortunately it did not enter my skin hence the reason I can now deliberate, however I really cannot fathom what has happened here ‍♂️ Anyone else...

I retain tight control and keep vertically pointing high or low arrows to a minimum. However it seems to happen a lot more regularly with the last two sensors, but then often corrects itself I was wondering if there is a difference between Libre [emoji638] Plus and Libre [emoji638] that...

I’m experiencing same. I keep tight control - in range about 90% & avoid erratic ‘vertical’ arrows that correct but have had a lot more lately. I was wondering if there is actually a difference in calibration between the Libre 2 and Libre 2 plus that could be causing this ? ‍♂️

Trauma, stress, viruses - I’m quite sure you’re all right ……….when I was diagnosed 37 years ago I was convinced it was the amount of sugar I consumed that overloaded my pancreas. I’m now quite certain it was a nasty bout of Chicken Pox which affected my sister badly in other ways - and I ended...

Thanks for your comments I, as everyone can only go on personal experience and my comments were merely to suggest that splitting Tresiba works better for me …. When i initially moved onto Tresiba several years ago I experienced lows several hours after injection if I took all in one go. Ever...

Levimir was good for many years but over time & needing ever increasing amounts I was professionally advised that I was no longer responding to it so switched to Tresiba several years ago - this turned out to be a game changer in my control. - I initially injected once a day but experienced...

Hi Steve Yes - I also take approx 26-30 units in a 24hr period and when I first started (few years ago) I had obvious lows after 8-10 hours. I do as many others and split dose - half taken on waking (7ish) and the other half taken approx 12 hours later (give or take an hour or so either way) in...

Hi Robert - good thread [emoji106] when I was first diagnosed in 1988 beer (& other drinks) just didn’t affect my levels - beit beer, IPA, cider or Guinness as well as wines or vodka etc …….unfortunately any ‘pint’ is now a killer for me - I’m not a big drinker but on the odd occasion have 2-3...

Obviously movement = exercise and when you are continually active it can be very difficult to correct levels whilst still on the go regardless of what you eat. If I’m particularly active and I go low it does help to stop a while (10-15 mins) and allow levels to raise before back to work. I find...

Do you take FIASP in morning (to counter dawn Phenomena /liver dump) and then Rapid for breakfast ? I’m not sure my surgery will allow me to keep Novo and FIaSP on my repeat prescription as they are both Bolus insulin designed to have with food

Hi guys - thanks for your response I would have been aware if it were first phase action to prevent high from rising further from many years experience with Novorapid, but this was never the case. As I need more FIASP (than Novorapid) it did explain why I would also need more units to...

Personal Findings after trialling FIaSP for several weeks. Need as much as 60% more FIaSP for same amount food intake:- FIaSP daily Split 5/7/8 units - (The longer I was on FIaSP the more I needed) Personal NovoRapid daily split 3/5/6ish units FIaSP Very slow to recover from 10+...

I’m sure you won’t be disappointed - tresiba peaks after about 8-10 hours & works better for me when I split dose (I also split Levimir). I started by taking same amount but began reducing over time & have finally halved the amount of tresiba in comparison to Levimir - good luck