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ive done this once on a sunday mornin just over a year ago id had 24 units of novo rapid id had the pen set for 34 units of levimere lol i just had a few bowls of weetabix and drank lots of tea with sugars in and i was fine with that as id paniced once id done it i called nhs direct nad they...

to help you carb count there are books available such as the carbs & cals book by chris cheyette & yello balolia that ive been usin since june and its great you can also get the app for your iphone or theres also an andriod phone app in which i have it is £3.99 but well worth it i wouldnt have...

I've just reread this thread and in the original comment saying it told you to 5.5 units of insulin to reduce the sugar level, had you inputted carbs because the great thing with this metre is it works out how much insulin you need for the carbs anda correction dose if needed so you get the...

Re: aviva expert metre I've not found anything i dont like lol I was a bit wary at first with hypos but that went straight away this is Defo a must for helping you get your bloods back under control if youve had a bout of bad control, if not I gyeas keeping up the good bloods lol

I too have had issues with regards too getting what I need mainly being test strips, I had to get a letter from my diabetes team at the hospital to write to my gp. It was annoyong coz my gp at the time told me knowing I'm a type 1 diabetic I should only be testing my bs once a day and was...

I'm one of the lucky ones that gets hypos warnings but on this one occasion whilst I was staying at a friends house I'd woken during having a hypo and argued with my friends mum when she tried giving me sugar as she knew something was wrong as id woken with the sweats and was really pale, whilst...

Hi, I've not been on the forums for a while and this is one of the first threads I've read, first my heart felt condolences to you and your family, secondly I think this should stay as it is why should people feel scared gor telling it how it is, I've had type one diabetes since march 25th 2000...

Hi all, I've had diabetes for the last 11 years, I'm a type one insulin dependant diabetic and have recently been using the aviva expert metre, I personally feel every type one diabetic should have one lol with my control bein rather poor over the last maybe four years I'm finally getting my...

My partner is great, we've only been together for 15 months and he does everyyhing to help, counts crabs when hes cooked. If I need lucozade he'll go out at daft oclock to get it. Back in June my hba1c was 12.2 and its now 8.8 four months down the line due to fine tuning my ratios with the use...