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Thanks for the quick reply Fallenstar! I'm on a sliding scale. I should be fine with the food as I can go that long without eating on a weekend, its probably the sugary solution I'm expected to drink along with the idea of balancing my insulin to cover no carbs rhat is worrying me the most...

I've recently been to see a gastroenterologist for some abdomen pains and the Consultant I seen has recommended me for some tests to see if its more of a 'diabetes side effect' rather than probable IBS. The only problem is this test needs me to fast for 12 hours and then throughout the 3 hour...

Hi, Ive been Diabetic now for 12 years and its fair to say I have never had a good looking HbA1c, i think the closest I have had was an 8.2. I go through phases of how controlled I am with testing and taking my insulin and I have noticed over the past few months that I do really well, to the...

I have a few meters lying around my room that I dont use anymore and was wondering what to do with them. They are still in perfect working order and arn't that old (accu-chek aviva). Do overseas charities or anywhere accept them? If anyone could give me any details it would be great as they arnt...

Thanks for all the replies, they've all been helpful. I had never really thought about burning off the insulin or anything, I just presumed that your burning energy therefore your bloods are going to drop. Think I might have a play around over the next few weeks and test whilst excercising to...

Ok, so there as probably been a few posts about this already but I'm going to post in any case. I've been Diabetic now for 11 years and never really had it happen before these past couple of weeks. Whenever Ive gone to the gym my blood levels have always been at a good level (around about a low...

Re: Do you inject if you don't eat? Getting conflicting advi ok so pretty much going to repeat here but ... test, test, test. test your bloods and test for ketones. I ended up with DKA a few months ago due to an ear infection of all things and was in the high dependency unit for quite a few...

I've been eyeing up the ID jewellery on the icegems website and debating whether £45 is really worth it. I already carry around a card and like liliet said I would also like to think that the paramedics would see the injection sites as a good hint. Saying that I can never say no to something...

Re: What is the Smallest meter??? Why not make smaller ones! I have just been looking at the USB and got carried away thinking it was perfect, then remembered I would still be carrying a finger pricker and test strips around too. So I think I will also be sticking to my Aviva Nano for a while...