Recent Content by stevethehalibut

The problem I find now is with my Freestyle libre having lived in blissful ignorance I now know what my sugars are doing and I'm all over the place. I feel like I'm a new diabetic again. Maybe I'll get it right this time.

thanks @paulliljeros I need to do a proper fasting / basal test as I don't think they're quite right. And yes I need to ease off on my corrections - be strong and stick it out. Great tips thanks.

This seems to be a recurring thing and I know it's all to do with getting all my adjustments right but even after 43 years of diabetes I still struggle to get my head around it. I am on the pump using Novorapid. I'll explain the scenario, bear with with me: Last night after wolfing down my...

Hello fellow diabetics! Nice to be part of a group of like minds (I would say bodies but none of us are the same). No-one but a diabetic can understand what a remarkably complex, challenging, sometimes lonely and personal condition this is - like sailing on a little boat with a pretty ****...

Firstly thank you so much to everyone who has shared their experiences and in so doing given me so much help. It really is a strange overwhelming feeling when I realize that I am not alone in my battle. I think knowing that alone helps. It's so hard when you have to do something out of necessity...

I am 38 years old and have been diabetic for 37 years now. Unfortunately I am still smoking and I desperately want to stop. A little background info: my auntie who was also diabetic was a smoker and poorly controlled - she died from a heart attack after several strokes when she was in her...