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The ends of the scale (e.g. really low or really high) the bg meter is decreasingly accurate, so I personally don't always rely on my bg being the 'exact' number, but as an indicator of the area that my bg is in. Here is a really well explained discussion on bg variation! Not sure if you have to...

One thing that helps me with pizza is injecting before eating. For me, if I give my first injection 45 mins before eating, the peak of the carbs from the pizza matches my insulin peak. However, this is massively down to trial and error so maybe not useful info for this weekend! I second...

22 and diabetic for 20 years... Whoo hoo!

this may not work for everyone - but - when I lost a few kilos, I set myself my target insulin intake, so in my head It was giving less insulin rather than eating less if that makes sense? And this reduced hypos and allowed me to reduce my intake

Am just on my way home and will see what I can unearth!

@Steffi30 I'm pretty certain I have lots of novopens lying around somewhere if you would like them?

Would be great if every diabetic was offered carb counting training to make this a worthwhile exercise!

Easiest way i learnt to estimate carbs was based on my hand - e.g. RIce portion the size of my palm is x amount of carbs. It's not perfect but works well enough when eating out. I know what a fistful of chips is and it means I can bolus without knowing 100% what is in the food!

When I was at uni I would always have a slice of toast before bed, after drinking. Now that I have changed what I drink (less beer, more red wine and spirits) I only have this snack if I see that my blood sugar is going down. I used to always think about what alcohol would still Be in my system...

Ye it's rubbish. My last appointment was under five minutes as the consultant just told me he was happy to see me as I don't have any complications and it gave him a break..... I have only been offered annual appointments which often ends up being after 18 months as there is no spare times. I...

I also on occasion feel 'odd' about food... I've been diabetic for twenty years and every now and again I have to make a real effort to break out of psyching myself out of eating! I can now kinda acknowledge to myself when its happening and normally can address it before it gets too bad :)

I second the suggestion to get think like a pancreas. The book breaks down how you can get increased control. Basically what it did for me was gave me a framework. When I first purchased it I was overwhelmed and struggling after losing control. I told myself to read a chapter a week and try and...

Enjoy your holiday! There are only two things I would watch out for, increased insulin sensitivity because of the heat, and your insulin maybe going off because of the heat. Witj the first one, testing will help you out massively and being more cautious with your corrections (and always carrying...

When I was on that - didn't bolus all week once I had figured out the effect on my bg!

When I went to pre school (1996ish) my mum actually sent someone in with me every day... however, when I went to primary school the teachers were amazing. I knew who to speak to if I felt hypo, and they always made sure they knew how to test my blood sugar and what behaviour may be out of the...

It's not to do with how you comprehend information, more about retaining it. They offer voice recorders for lectures in case you have a hypo and can't concrete so miss key parts, similarly if you struggle to work in the library as you aren't allowed to eat, that's why there is a book allowance...

after having a small hypo at the train station (probably from dragging my suitcase a while in this hot weather!) I started thinking about how difficult it can be to make a decision during a hypo and wondering how people cope! I'll start - if I'm out an about and having a hypo, I always...

Hey @joneill97 ! Will write a longer post about uni and diabetes but re smoking, smokers on average have a higher Hb1ac than non smokers (they're not sure why and this is the case for non diabetics) but there is no direct impact that I have ever seen on my bg!

@Jhinchley1985 it can be an amazing tool, and I feel lowering my Hb1ac consistently, reducing hypos and enabling me to keep better control with unpredictable shift work makes it worth the cost, even though it does eat up a considerable part of my pay check. I've been using it for almost a year...

I've been been using it for a year and I've only had it fall off once randomly, and once before the end date. Worthwhile to put it almost under your arm so you don't catch it on doors etc and it's not put under undue pressure. Otherwise email Abbott and they will send replacements within the week!