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Thank you. I think I will

I have just had a call with the nurse and she had advised me to reduce my evening insulin to avoid the overnight lows so hopefully that will sort that problem. She also said I could move to basal/bolus regime from mixed insulin if I prefer so will have to think about that.

Just an update on this... it seems to be settling a bit now with lower highs after eating, although I'm still getting lows if not snacking regularly.Once it gets towards high 5s it plummets pretty quickly if I haven't snacked for a while. I'm wondering if it could be to do with honeymoon period...

There has been a post about this but it didn't answer what to do for your spare insulin that is usually kept in the fridge... My nurse told me to take plenty of spare insulin and kit when travelling. At home my spare insulin is kept in the fridge and the insulin pen in use is kept at room...

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to reply. I am taking note of all of your advice, it's all a bit overwhelming to reply individually at the moment. I have left a message for my diabetes nurse to contact me. I am still going high on a morning and after most meals so I have increased my...

Wowser- 25.5g carbs in the weetabix!

Just a small nairns one, 5g carbs. I had been getting dawn phenomenon before the insulin too when I was barely eating any carbs. What can I do about that? So if too much IoB in the middle of the night should I reduce my teatime insulin? (It's mixed slow and fast in one). I increased breakfast...

Ah ok, I will ask about that when I next speak to her. Could it be because I hadn't been eating carbs so she didn't have much clue as to how much I should start on?

I'll try to attach the graph. It's Humulin M3 which is apparently premixed 30% fast acting and 70% slow in one pen. I'll double check with a fingerprick test tonight. I'm half asleep so tempting not to bother and go back to sleep!

Having some issues replying :-D sorry for any confusion

Thanks very much for taking the time to reply and for the reassuring message. Will take your and Jo's advice re checking the overnight lows. Its currently over 15 after a small piece of bread with lunch (and a packet of monster munch oops), so it may be time to increase the morning dose at least...

Hi, I am newly diagnosed type 1 and started insulin last Thursday. The specialist nurse decided to start me on a low dose of mixed fast and slow Humulin, 10 units, before breakfast and before dinner. She suggested I would need to increase by 2 afyer 2-3 days until I reached the right level. I...

Thank you. I said to the specialist that I was quite pushy with the Dr as it didn't seem like T2 to me, and he replied, well you were right. It's good to feel validated even if it's not the best result. And to be fair to the GP they did listen and refer me for pancreas scan and take the blood...

So I saw the diabetes specialist Dr today and he has confirmed I'm type 1 and will be starting insulin tomorrow after I see the nurse.