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I have told my diabetes nurse that I’m reducing my carbs (I’m not going completely low-carb at the moment). And you’ve given me the answer I needed - if I eat fewer carbs I need less insulin! Thank you!! That just goes to show how little I understand about this. I wondered if that might be...

Hi and thank you for your reply. I’ve only seen my diabetes nurse once since they thought I was type 1. I haven’t seen a doctor. I was supposed to see a specialist at the hospital but this hasn’t happened because of Covid. I only had a brief face to face meeting, since then it’s brief phone...

Hi, and thank you for the welcome. I’m hoping to learn a lot. I test my blood three times a day, immediately before meals, and I’ve started to test when I’m feeling hungry or light-headed between meals. I’ve been told to not yet test 2 hours after eating, not sure why. I’ve also been told...

Thank you for this. I wasn’t aware that the Abasaglar was to balance the background glucose output, I was just told it was a nighttime dose that lasts 24 hours. I was started on 16 units, a week later up to 20 units, a week later to 24 units then a week later to 26 units, but on 26 units I was...

I’m newly diagnosed, just as lockdown was beginning so I haven’t had all the guidance I should have had. My HbA1c shot up from 57 to 135 so my GP assumed that I was type 1 (later blood tests confirmed that my pancreas is still working & I’m definitely type 2). I was put straight onto insulin -...