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Hi If your diabetic nurse makes an appt for you to see a dietitian, what should they go through with you? Shouldn't they be a specific person to deal with food and not just another diabetic nurse?

Hi Can someone help as I am confused. As far as I understand it, the Freestyle Libre is the only cgm sensor you can get on prescription if you fit a number of criteria, which I have been told I don't. But what about the sensor you wear for a few days to see how your control is doing and then...

Thank you so much for your kind reply!

Thank you for your reply, it has helped me to realise I musn't beat myself up...I would be very happy to help diabetics who are not being "good£ diabetics and not looking after themselves if there is any thread or forum..I wish someone would have talked to me when I was young and made me realise.

I have complications...had retinopathy which has ultimately caused scarring and loss of vision due to loads of laser and I have glaucoma. My vision is ok for getting about but poor for reading. The thing is, I know I didn't look after myself when I was younger. I then did a DAFNE course in...

Thank you, looking back now it was a completely mad few hours because I panicked totally when I saw that it hadn't moved from 24 in two hours! It just seems that it's a complete guessing game when you go that high as to what the hell is going to work and I was scared of eating anything even...

Ok so I woke up in the night having a dreadful hypo, I was away from home in a hotel and had no sugary drink to take. So I ate biscuits and glucose tablets, wrong I know but I was SO out of it that I panicked. The next morning at 7.30 I was 24. I took 10 units of Novorapid. 2 hours later I...

Nightmare isn't it? Thanks for that, I will mention Tresiba to my doctor. Good luck!

Thank you, I will experiment with the dosage but is 5 at 3am too low? Should I take some carbs or not? As I said I tend to panic when it's the middle of the night that I will go hypo and not wake as I have lost some awareness. What is an acceptable level at 3am?

I am finding it difficult to predict what this will do! I take Lantus at bedtime around 11pm and then at breakfast.. Isn't your blood sugar supposed to only drop or rise up to 2 mmol from bed to breakfast? For example, I go to bed on 10, at 3am I was 5. So I thought hmmm that is a bit low...

The DAFNE course suggests you should reduce bolus by 30 to 50%? Hmm but I feel your way is better, to go when the bolus has evened out and take glucose with me. I suppose I could try both and see what works. Thanks!

Thank you, yes you are right about wine gums and jelly babies, the latter are far easier to chew and more palatable than a lot of glucose tablets!

And also, would you not reduce your quick acting by any amount before exercise, or is that just for more longer lasting exercise?