Recent Content by Solitaire71

Hello there James, welcome to the site :) I am new myself too Firstly, it sounds like you have handled this much better than most people, so don't be too upset with your blood sugars as of now. I don't know much about carbohydrate counting at all, so I can't discuss the ratios with you...

Thanks for the suggestions and advice guys :) I found the other day that with 10 units of levemir during the day, all my bg's were fine. After dinner, I was fine too. However during the night with 14 units I hypo'd again, and woke up with another low sugar. What I will try first is decreasing...

Thank you guys for such a warm welcome :) I hope to be useful here, and I will post when I can. To Shazza and leggott, all you guys can do is do the best you can, and when your children get to the stage where they are under complete control, just give them support as you have been doing, don't...

Hello everyone. Well, where do I start? I'm type 1 diabetic, and the insulin I take is Novorapid (at breakfast, lunch and dinner) and levemir (with breakfast and at night), so that's my 5 a day (pun semi-intended). I was diagnosed when I was 18 months old, and I'm 18 now, so I've had this for...

Well, practically nothing. Sometimes I hypo after dinner, but I'm adjusting my Novorapid for then as well. Perhaps what happens is I hypo, and then the carbohydrate after that stabilises my blood sugar, but continues to break down and thus I go hyper at night. I'm going to keep your strategy...

Hello all, this is my first post here and I will make an introduction in the relevant area later, but I thought I'd post this issue here before I'm off to a practical at my uni I take two doses of levemir each day, one with breakfast, and one around 10-11pm at night. I have 14 units at night...