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You are not broken. Cultivating a positive attitude makes dealing with diabetes much easier. This is a disease you can do something about, unlike most others. As you acquire more information and learn about how your body is reacting to carbs, your diabetic situation will improve and can even...

I don't have friends (happily so), though there are people I cross paths with and we exchange shallow conversation. I was lost about diabetes before I landed on this website and find the moral support and information learned from the members invaluable. Thanks to them, I gained the necessary...

Could the appetite suppressor affect your blood sugar levels? For myself, I find that when my blood sugar is reacting in unexpected ways, reducing carbs and the corresponding bolus insulin taken, gets me back on track and after a few days I increase my carbs back to about 70/day. Less than 50...

I'm in Western Canada and I don't have a 'team'. Trurapi is the only bolus insulin covered by the provincial health plan and so I only pay a small percentage of the price. If I used another insulin I would have to pay full price which is hundreds of dollars more. Now that I know how I can...

Definitely. When you are at home, preparing your own meal, then it keeps the spike down.

I changed from NovaRapid to Trurapi and had no adverse issues. I found NovaRapid slow to start working and Trurapi is even slower. Trurapi also works up to 6 hours for me.

We have an apple tree and I find there is a huge difference between eating an apple grown on our tree and an apple bought from a store. The apple from the tree has nearly no effect on my blood sugar, whereas a store apple will spike me in minutes (which is why store apples are my treatment for...

I use Trurapi and find it very slow. The only way I can avoid high spikes over 10 mmol after eating carbs is to prebolus one to 1.5 hours before eating the carbs. It requires being extremely mindful to avoid going hypo if the meal has alot of fat. I also find the dose of Trurapi doesn't...

Welcome to the forum :) There's alot of information here if you read the various threads. There's also the search if you are interested in something particular, otherwise questions are always welcome. This website has been a great help to me and to many others.

Wishing you lots of love to help you through this.

Best of luck for your test results. I am another member who has found your posts a great help.

Would be hard to have faith in the consultant who misdiagnosed. He could be still wrong. After your upcoming appointment, it may be useful to get another consultant to diagnose. Then you can compare.

Tragic. Horrible - a wrong diagnosis of any kind can ruin someone's life.

I pinch about 1 inch of flesh where I inject, letting go when finished the dose. It makes a difference for me.

Welcome to the forums :) I'm type 1 but became so when quite an adult. There are members here who have type 1 kids and hopefully they will have encouragement for you. There is alot to learn about the management of diabetes and it takes time to understand the information. It can also be very...

You know best what is best for you. I feel for your situation. Hopefully all works out. Best of luck. :) :):)

Welcome to the forums. :) I would have a good talk with the host or hostess before the event and explain the situation, not asking them to plan the meal around my diet needs, but to alert them that I would not be eating anything I couldn't. I would take over some foods I could eat in case...

7.4 is good, within the meter error allowance of 1.5 mmol either way. You say it is the average though, how high do you go? What insulin to carb ratio are you using? Even in the best of times this ratio often needs adjusting which requires keeping track of your blood glucose readings as well...

Welcome to the forums. Keep in touch and let us know how it goes.