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Thank you all so much for your replies. One of the things I am most looking forward to is the food! I'm sure I won't have any problems with getting through customs with insulin/needles as I'll only have a 2 weeks supply (plus maybe 1 extra weeks worth for emergencies) Good point about the...

Hello, I'm travelling to South Korea and Japan in a few months and was just wondering if any fellow Type 1s have traveled to either country and have any advice/experiences they could share with me? I'm spending about a week in each country. I've done long-haul flights before so should be ok...

I have to say, it's re-assuring to hear that others have been experiencing the same problem! I have always injected NovoRapid after I have eaten, as I always thought that it was a bit risky to take a load of insulin and then have something that could prevent you from eating so that you'd crash...

Hi again, thanks for the responses I always have a bowl of bran flakes and a yogurt for breakfast so maybe I could try something that has a slower release, maybe porridge (although I thought bran flakes was a fairly slow carb-release food?) Now that you mention that it only used to happen to...

Hello all, Just wondered if anyone else is experiencing the same as me: I'm type 1, have been for 5 years, I use Lantus and Novorapid. Basically, my diabetic nurse, all the books, GP's,etc say that you want a low (4-7) reading pre-meal and then you should aim for between (7-10) 2 hours after...

Hello there, (for info - I'm 24, been Type 1 for 5 years) ABout 2/3 months ago I had two huge and very very painful ulcers on the back/top of my mouth - just above where the little dangly thingy (don't know the proper name for it!) hangs at the back of the mouth - so everytime I swallowed I was...

Hi again, This is all great advice. I'd been told that novorapid lasts for around 3 hours, so I've always had this firgure in my head when thinking ''my novorapid should be out of my system by now''. I will try eating earlier in the evening and leaving it 4 hours to see if my levels stabilise...

Hi all, Thanks for responses, I think like you all say, I'll do some more overnight checks to see if it's actually dropping too low or whether its rising. Also, the delaying a meal idea to see whats happening with regards to my basal is a good idea, will try that to get an idea of how to set my...

Hi there, I've posted on here before about going low during the night - I was just wondering how people set themselves up for the night? More specifically people on lantus or levemir? Am I right in thinking that lantus/levemir will bring down the BG level by approx 1 unit every hour? I...

Hi Lorna, I have to say I'm very envious of you - how do you manage to have such good levels? I know 11 is too high, but if I went to bed on say 6, my lantus would bring me down to under 4 and I'd have a night-time hypo, so I'm unsure on how to go to bed on a nice level i.e. under 8 and also...

Hi again, So I checked my BG throught the night and low and behold, it was ok - typical! I went to bed on 11.1 - a bit high I know but I have been concerned that I was going too low in the night and not waking up so I wanted to play it safe 2.40am - 6.6 5.30am - 8.5 7.30am - 8.2 10.30am - 6.0...

Hi again, Thanks for the responses, I will do a 2-hourly check tonight to see what's happening overnight. It seems strange as I've had a few, not many, night-time hypos during the past few years and my body has always woken me up so I don't know whether I'm losing my hypo warnings (have had low-...

Hi there, I've been type 1 for nearly five years now and current use novo rapid as my quick-acting and lantus as my slow-acting insulin. I usually take about 18 units of lantus at about 6pm. Recently however, I've been waking up in the mornings with very high readings - over 15, which is very...