Recent Content by tommyj

Finally got mine in the post today. First impressions are that it is ridiculously small! It is loaded with features, but I'm not going to start using it until I have been guaranteed by my local pharmacist that they will be supplying Sanofi strips, as well as the fact I have a couple of boxes of...

It was a latté of a smallish size! Although even the milk wouldnt explain a 3 point range in 11 minutes on the meter readings. I meant to add as well I always wash my hands between readings (such a good child).

Hi all - after having a stressful enough day with my optician telling me after an ophthalmoscopy that she found blots at the back of my eye and referred me for urgent look at hospital, doing my tests this evening have left me utterly confused: My meter is the Bayer Contour USB (less than a...

Been told I'm getting one of these Yeah - Ive been told that I can get one of these in July/August, they really look like Rover's Testes: ibgstar.com/web/ibgstar

Have to say my DSN has been brilliant over the past week or so - met her for the first time last week where she spent almost 2 hours talking to me about starting on insulin and all the other necessaries. This week my visit lasted over an hour and on the way out she wanted to know what I was...

Well thats 6 days over me and as predicted my levels have evened out somewhat - I'm still on 6 units across the board (4 times daily) but today's readings have been 7.2, 7.5 and 6.2 - massive improvement thanks to the insulin. Gym starts tomorrow evening - I think the general guidelines are to...

Hi AL1 - you definitely are in the right place - at least you have already taken action. With the figures you have posted, they don't seem 'too bad'. Whenever I was dx as Type 2 my figures were twice yours! I think getting from 9-11 down to around the 7 mark will be done really quickly with a...

After doing a bit of rummaging around on the interweb for the best meters available, I found this article outlining the work of some genius in MIT who has just started a trial (September 2010) on this (Sorry if this is a repost or rehash of a previous discussion!)...

Unfortunately I didnt do a pre-bedtime reading - I must do that this evening. Cheers.

Hi guys, I am a newly dx'd Type 1.5 - had been dx as Type 2 6 months ago but metformin & gliclazide where having zero impact - I started insulin yesterday and my levels have went the wrong way! I just started using Apidra (6 units around each major meal) & Lantus (6 units @ bedtime) yesterday...

Thanks for your replies! Well - I suppose I can say that didnt go as badly as I thought. You can hardly feel the needles at all. I have been put on 6 units of Apidra breakfast, lunch & dinner, and 6 units of Lantus before I go to bed. After my second 'dose' of Apidra I felt awful - severe...

Hi all, I was originally dx with Type 2 back in May of this year. I'm a 36 year old guy, weight was approx. 88kg and all round health was pretty OK - hadn't been near a doctor in about 10 years, but bg around the 17 mark. Completely shocked at the time and was originally put on metformin. After...