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I also found lantus didn't work for 24 hours but instead of splitting it I tried to time my exercise for the period that it was on the wane, that worked quite well. (PS thankyou for your moderating influence Nathan)

s****! How do I explain over the internet? The ketone strips I have, have 2 patches one measures glucose in the urine (its shades of yellow/green on my strips) . This is a far less reliable test than the one you use on a meter since it reflects your glucose level when the urine was made not at...

You are going through the mill but obviously they are monitoring the ketones and they'e not too high (below 0.6mmol is normal). A urine test for glucose is not as accurate as a blood test. The 16mmol shows that your glucose level was above that some time earlier in the day. If you have an...

Thankyou for your sympathy everyone, I did change everything so I don't know whether it was a set problem or the walk back but everythings OK now BS 86, and ketones only one +. so panic over! although I'm glad I didn't take 8 units. It was a bit of a shock because sometimes I think the...

Its ironic , I seem to have been telling everyone how and when to check for ketones knowing about it but never really having to myself since BS are nearly always in range and 'never' high. I think that the last time I had ketones was when I was diagnosed. This morning I fell over on my run...

From the GI index : (GI, portion size in gram, carbs per portion glycemic load Peanuts (Canada) 13 50 4.5 .6 Peanuts (Mexico) 23 50 4.5 1 As for almonds, they contain relatively little carbohydrate, so don’t have a GI value however the GI index newsletter has a lot of positive...

Good luck this afternoon, I'm glad that the others explained my post about ketones and weight loss. I didn't want to scare you, and rather lacked the confidence to explain exactly what I was thinking. I certainly felt that you really needed some knowledgeable medical help as soon as...

I forgot about this, i now use Tegaderm underneath and that seems to help a lot.

so what is? That was my point, the breakfast could have been more satisfying by changing its content. People who eat well at breakfast are normally less likely to snack mid morning. The breakfast I suggested had exactly the same number of carbs (about 20gm) simply having more protein and fat! I...

I maybe very wrong in my thinking (I'm not a doctor or health care professional) and I don't have the information that your doctor has. I feel that you should certainly get back to your doctor and tell him that you seem to have lost a lot of weight for the length of time you have been on a diet...

If metformin is going to work then I understand that it does take some time but I would be concerned about those high BS levels. Are you losing weight very rapidly? Have you told your doctor that your meter is reading HI?

This happened to me yesterday, I was 128(7.1), checked my pump and discovered I hadn't actually bolused for breakfast at all, so instead of very bad, it was really quite good. The problemis there are so many variables, it might be what you ate or did yesterday, it might be the weather, it might...

I don't like the idea of low carbing so perhaps I shouldn't comment but I would find myself very hungry after eating just melon for breakfast! How about 30 gms of granary bread, a boiled egg I/8th slice of melon. Same carb count but much more filling and I think better balanced :wink: (add a...

An interesting and informative thread. No controversy! On Sue's link they mention a newly discovered variety which is carried on an autosomal chromosome.( chromosome 12) This would affect both males and females. It is normally recessive and thus each of the children of the carrier mother and...

I think you're doing very well so probably don't need a specialist at this time :D but as I looked it up heres a link to a league table for diabetology departments. To be frank I haven't investigated what exactly they are ranked on...