Recent Content by Mandylou

Usually aerobics, running, or zumba for around an hour at a time but I do this minimum three times a week.

I would go back to the doctor with your results as anything under 4 can be dangerous if you went to hospital they would treat you to bring you bg back up . Take care xxxx

Hi I've been type 1 for just over a year now. I've got my bg levels to between 5-6 before meals and always under 8 two hours after meals. I low carb as my body just can't take them and it's working for me. I'm trying to keep fit and loose weight but every time I exercise my bg gets higher...

Should have said, I'm now on 26 units a day novorapid and 30 units levemer ! Result!

I was the same with my diet when I was first diagnosed, with the nhs advice of " eat lots of starchy carbs" well my readings were creeping up and up and I was injecting 100 units of novirapid and 50 units of levimer a day !! My readings were 16.0 upon waking and sometimes up to 21 after my...

I get 300 test strips from my gp every time I submit a prescription ( roughly every 4-5 weeks ) as I test 7 times a day. They did try and cut the amount but I saw the doctor and stressed the importance of me testing ensured that I didn't end up costing the nhs any more money by not testing and...