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Yay, that means I'm finally getting something right lol :) Thank you Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all, just wondering if for my ratio to be correct so my figures before the next meal have to be exactly the same or can it be slightly different? Before breakfast I was 7 and before lunch I was 6.3 ... Is this close enough for my breakfast ratio to be right? Thanks in advance Sent from...

My insulin regime is as follows: Before breakfast: 5 units Before lunch: 5 units Before dinner: 8 units Basal: 8 units (9:30pm) I take novorapid and levemir. Most days I have breakfast between 6:30am and 7:00am, lunch between 12:30pm and 1:00pm and dinner between 5pm and 5:30pm. However this...

Thanks for the help. Would snacking in between meals keep my sugar levels down after 5 hours? I don't really feel the need to snack between meals but I will if it helps Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I try and space my meals out and if I don't leave 5 hours between them I will be having tea so early i would be starving by bed time. I'm currently taking fixed amounts of insulin before each meal, and I'm on 5 units before breakfast, 5 units before lunch and 8 units before tea. Surely that...

Is it normal for my sugars go down 3 hours after eating but then go up by the time it gets to 5 hours after eating? I was 7.4 before food, 7.1 after 3 hours but then when I did them before my next meal (5 hours after previous meal) they were 8.4 ... Is this normal? Not eating anything in between...

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Hi all, I've been type 1 diabetic for about 2 and a half months now and usually inject in my stomach or legs. However I don't have much room to rotate on my stomach and my legs are full of bruises and quite sore now so the last 2 nights I have injected my basal into my backside. My sugars have...

I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about a week and a half ago. It all came very much as a surprise. I am 24, 5 ft 3 and weigh 7 stone (I've lost a lot of weight the past few months). I went for blood tests on the Friday morning and then got a call from my GP at work that evening telling me I...