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Hi Ken. My fasting BG this morning was 5.2. I had a Wasa cracker with sugarfree marmalade and a coffee with Weight Watchers creams, and two hours later by BG had gone up to 10.8.

Can some foods take time to raise your BS levels? I had a corn on the cob last night, and my BS levels were fine, my fasting BS this morning were fine, I had the breakfast I've been having lately that keeps my BS low, but two hours later this morning, my BS had doubled. Could this be a delayed...

WOW - KAREN!!!!!!!!!!!! You are a star!! This looks amazing. It's in German and I only speak French, but we can get over that. This looks like a godsend. Thank you so much. I discovered, with help from a colleague, Wasa crispbread this weekend, which is great and keeps my BS low, so now I...

Hi Karen - I would love that, but I live in Switzerland, and stuff like low carb bread is just not available.

Come on chaps --- I need ideas for kidding my taste buds that they are eating carbs for breakfast!!!

Ah, Patch, now you're talking! Weekend breakfast I can eat eggs, bacon, tomatoes ... but I've been up a couple of hours by then, and as you say, it's brunch. But at 7 a.m. on a weekday it's a different story ...

OMG!!!!!!!!!! The very thought of eating leftovers, or coriander, or a roast for breakfast makes me feel ill even thinking about it now in the afternoon!!!!! Really, I can manage cereal, or toast, first thing, but as I said in my original post, the thought of any protein ... I know I couldn't...

Hi Sandie - I sent a reply to you, but for some reason it didn't post. I will try your yogourt and raspberry breakfast - not too keen on having it every day, I'm afraid I like a bit of variety, but will see. Thank you.

Thanks Patch - it's not that I don't like eggs, I love them BUT not at 7.00 in the morning!! And I find to eat them at other times without a slice of bread or toast - an egg on its own? Ugh! Ditto with the ham - not early in the morning, I just can't get it down.

I am having a real problem finding something for breakfast that won't send my carbs skyward, and that is palatable. I've finally got my fasting BS under control, but then by 10 a.m. they have doubled. I really find it hard to eat protein at 7 a.m. but what alternative is there? I have tried...

I was prescribed a mixed insulin recently, having taken a slow acting insulin for the past six months. I am too scared to start taking the mixed insulin in case I have a hypo. I have never had one, and I understand that you don't always get a warning, and may become unconscious. It would...

Thank you all for your replies, but I am really nervous now about taking the Novomix because I am scared that a hypo will make me really ill. I am so scared of having one, as I've never experienced one before. Are they dangerous? How do you know what's happening? Can you go into a coma?

My BS are usually quite high - around 14-18, and my last A1C was 8.5. I have been injecting slow acting insulin for the past six months - 35 units in the morning and 45 at night, and to date no side effects.

Thanks George. I'll be starting next week, so I'll see how I go, although I am injecting 36 units before breakfast only. A little scared, but I'll have a Coke ready just in case!!!

My doctor has today prescribed Novomix 30 for me to take mornings. Does anyone have any experience of this, and is there anything I should know about it (I have a horror of having a hypo)?

Thank you Suzi, and everyone. Could I use 5mm needles - I do have a very fatty tummy, and I found injecting in my thighs was painful. Does anyone find one area less painful than another?

Thank you, but that seems a bit of a faff, as I inject in the bedroom morning and night. Am I maybe doing something wrong when I inject?

I inject twice a day, using a Levemir Flexpen with 8mm needles. Quite often the needle hurts on insertion, or it starts to hurt halfway through the injection. Sometimes I have to take it out and try another site. It makes each session quite daunting, instead of just being something I have to...

Thanks for your replies. I do try to keep my carbs low, but I find it very frustrating that two similar meals taken a day apart can give totally different BS readings. I'm not so bad with carbs during the day, but I really can't eat protein for breakfast, except at weekends, so I do have...

Hi all. I'm just back from the diabetes doc. I'm Type 2, take two oral diabetes medications, and have "progressed" to two injections of slow-acting insulin a day. I try to keep my BS low with diet and exercise, but not low enough. She now wants me to start taking a mixture of fast and slow...