Recent Content by Swankypants77

Thank you, everyone for sharing your thoughts and stories. How strange it is that everyone is affected in different way by different types of bugs! And such annoying and frustrating thing it is that I have to change the insulin ratio when I'm not well... At one point I thought my diabetes got...

Thanks for your reply, Noblehead. It is weird, isn't it. Yes, I'll keep checking my sugar level. Thank you again. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I recently picked up stomach bug from my daughter and I had a bit of high temp and felt like I had a flu such as achy body. I also had a stomach pain and indigestion. Since that day, my sugar level has been weird. I hardly need any bolus insulin for what I eat. I was injecting 1 unit for 10g...

Hi. Mine was 1:10 when first diagnosed just over a month ago, and now 1:20 just like you. Sometimes my peak is one hour after eating and reach high 8 and then comes back down to between 5 and 6. Sometimes my peak( level 8-9 )comes two to three hours after eating and yet come back down soon...

Wow. Gosh. It worked. Lots shot up! Great advice. Thanks. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi. I just got a new novopen4 for my levemir. I have been using levemir cartridge with my Novopen echo for the last few days. Now that I've got the new pen, I took the used cartridge out of echo pen and put it in my new novopen4. However no insulin comes out of a needle. Does the cartridge...

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Hi. I just asked my nurse to change my prescription for my lantus to levemir insulin. I asked them in cartridges, and she'll post me the Novopen for that. I have two Novopen echos for novorapid, and I'm wondering if levemir cartridges are compatible with Novopen echo too. Many thanks Sent...

Thanks, Hale. Ok, I think I'll go for duo as well. I need to put one lantus pen, novoecho pen, and a couple of spare cartridges. So you didn't have any issue putting unopened cartridge back in fridge once you're back home? Sounds really good. I'll order one today. Thanks Sent from the...

Hi. This bag, Frio sounds good. I might have to buy one for my trip to Scotland on holiday soon. Just one question. My insulin cartridge says it needs to be stored in fridge between 2-8c if not in use, and stored room temp if in use. Will the bag be cool enough for unused cartridge during...

Thanks, noblehead and dusty2000. Yes, splitting dose seems good. Do you check your sugar level before second dose if two does are two or three hours apart? What if your level isn't too bad, say around 6 or 7? Do you still inject the second dose? I tried once, and checked my level before...

Thanks, Dave. Yes, you're absolutely right. I tend to eat quite a lot of low GI food for evening meal, such as soya beans, whole meal pasta and so on. That could be the reason too. I'll try injecting 30 minutes after meal tonight and see how it goes. I'm also wondering how you would split...

I read in " think like a pancreas" that fatty food causes sugar level to rise in a gradual manner. Page 189. Has anybody experienced that slow rise , and what sort of food did you have for that? And how did you manage to prevent it? I'm curious to know. Sometimes I seem to have a little...

Hi. I think I might be in this honeymoon period now after about 4 weeks since diagnosis. I noticed my sugar keeps dropping a bit and I reduced both lantus and novorapid amount. But Im not quite sure yet if I'm in this period or not, because I've also had this stomoch bug or cold and it might...

Thanks, Hale. You don't inject if less than10g , even though your blood sugar level is nearly 7? I sometimes snack on those cheese biscuits of which carb is around 2. I have a couple of those when I start feeling peckish which means my sugar level is usually around 4.5. I don't inject under...