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Hi Cub Have a look at http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-and-alcohol.html It's pretty accurate and good advice against my experience. Until you've got a better handle on it, be cautious and make sure you eat As the article says, alcohol effects people in different ways. For me it's quite...

I think i'm prepared for a life long journey learning how to deal with all of this stuff, so all advice well taken. Your advice does support what a diabetic nurse told me (but i didn't quite believe :oops: ) looking back at my growing journal there is indeed a pattern post hypo. I do like...

I'm really want to go to bed right now but i'm waiting to recover from a hypo so I can ironically take my night insulin . The hypo was a silly. I had an easy to calculate dinner but somehow missed the mark completely. In annoyance I had a small snack and got aggresive on compensation. The result...

Many thanks for the detailed and considered replies. The thinking behind my question was a simple curiosity as to "how far down the road" I am with this condition. It's only the last 4 months that I have been using Insulin. Having just been ill for a week I am indeed learning how complex the...

I currently use 12u Basal and 12-15u bolus throughout the day. I weigh 10st 4 (65 kilo) and 5'7 (1.7m) tall (male). As a Type 1.5 I do produce insulin myself. I was just wondering what this might rise to if I was producing no insulin at all :?: Put another way, how much insulin does a normal...

Yes drinking something sweet just so you can take insulin does sound odd. Reminds me of my mum giving me Lucozade when I was ill as a kid except of course now it would require a Humalog "chaser" Please share If you get any useful nuggets of info about dealing with illness

If increasing insulin dosent make much difference (my experience also) it seems to suggest that illness kicks in a kind of brick wall insulin resistance, meaning that the extra insulin just hangs around in the bloodstream i.e. short term Double Diabetes ? I would have thought taking Metformin...

Just wondering if you make adjustments for illness or do you just accept it ? After having a fairly heavy cold for most of the week, my BS numbers went up significantly. Based on pre meal reading I have been making at least 1u corrections to doses accompanying most meals. From what I read...

Thanks all, that felt much better out then in I suppose by definition the folk who come on to forums are more motivated to manage their own condition (well said Smidge). The NHS on the other hand deal with everybody and at the moment thats the group I fall into. Given time I'm sure I will get...

Dear Soapbox, I had a phone consultation with a diabetic nurse today (i'm quite new to mealtime insulin). I opened the conversation quite jovially, explaining that if I ate the same things at the same time every day and took the same amount of insulin I would have this Diabetes thing sorted...

Quick update and Thanks to Smidge :clap: :crazy: :P :thumbup: Have now gone on to fact acting mealtime insulin, Humalog and switched to taking night time "Humulin I" before bed The Humulin I is most active when I eat breakfast 6-8 hrs so I only need a small top up (3u) of Humalog to...

I suppose everybody is different, but I find that resistance training has a much bigger effect on BG levels than cardio. I normally have to eat something after getting home after weights, but if I play tennis i'm more tired but no real effect on BG

I have been experiencing tingling/uncomfortable(not painful) feeling in the back on left side over the past few months. Its roughly level to my belly button height wise. I had a 3am hypo last night and noticed it was very tingly and more uncomfortable. I can feel it now. When I mentioned this...

Similar. I was taking similar oral meds up until about 2 months ago. Since switching to insulin only my personal experience has been really positive. Much better control and not as invasive as I thought. It's been a really positive thing for me. For the first time I feel like I have the tools to...

Smidge - this is very very helpful thank you I think I have made a mistake in that I had only been testing pre meals since moving on to Insulin. Fast acting with meals had been suggested but discounted as my pre-meal figures were really good. I only started testing post mealtimes as a curiosity...

Thanks for the replies On 1 October i recorded 07:30 BG 4.3 07:40 16u of Humulin I with 2x Weetabix with full fat / Coffee 10:00 BG 15.6 / Coffee 11:40 BG 8.1 12:30 BG 4.2 12:40 Baguette (brown)with Cheese + Tomato 14:30 BG 10.3 18:30 BG 5.0 18:40 Dinner ..... Smidge - not hourly, but it...

The one constant in my numbers has always a huge spike at about 10 am and to a lesser extent 2pm. Over the past 2 weeks i've monitored at 10:00 - 11:00 every day. The average is about 15mmol. My numbers since going over to insulin have generally been excellent including pre breakfast/lunch...

I play tennis for teams in summer months and football each friday. Both very enjoyable and sociable so it never feels like an effort. Whilst both are great exercise they don't have much of an effect on my numbers. I also do weight training. Not so enjoyable but has a big effect on blood...

I was at 7.0 and ate a bar of chocolate just before my hour of 5-a-side last week and felt great for the whole hour. Cramped up in last 10 mins though. Just to put in context we are bunch of 50 somethings who were OK players back in the day 8)

Thanks so much for your thoughts and advice. I can see that an outright test (which I was unaware of) would settle the matter. The disappointing thing is that despite being quizzed my condition, my GP never even mentioned this as a possibility and yes discouraged me from testing etc. He even...