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I use jelly babies small pocket size packets are 10 for £1 at asda! I can actually work out what effect 1 jelly baby has which is helpful although if ur hypo is bad I would advise just eating a load!

Before I was diagnosed I lost 2 stone in a week and a half and actually when I did go in hospital and my test were done, Drs were amazed that I wasn't in a coma or worse! Maybe you have had diabetes long enough to not remember the situation you were in before diagnosis but I for one do not even...

Thank you everybody for this response, it is the first time I have put a question to the forum and I am really impressed.

@noblehead? Eat within half an hour and bolus a normal dose or bolus a dose taking into account a rising bg? All good fun this diabetes lark lol.

I had an experience like this only with an nhs diabetes diatician, I went in all positive only having type 1 for 6 months and having learnt a lot. Thinking was I was in for an in depth explanation of what certain food groups could do to help me. The advice I actually received from this...

I allow 2hrs 30mins from when I have my bolus injection, this is due to novo rapid taking 20 mins to start working and peaking for 2hrs.

Thank you very much for your replies, yes I will do both of these and see what works best. I have considered the bolus thing but I have only just noticed this happening in the last couple of weeks. Knowing that this will definitely happen I can take my bolus with confidence.

Lantus! I have 10 units in an evening and it seems to be correct throughout the day! But I can get up at 5.5 and within an hour be at 10. I will go for a pump if need be but would like to try sort it without if I can!

Do any other type 1s, suffer from dawn phenomena? I am having unexplainable raises in bg every morning, I have ruled out nocturnal hypoglycaemia and am wondering how I can stop this from happening?

Some newly diagnosed type 1s can not need insulin for a little while due to the honeymoon period, I myself only really used the basal insulin and if I did bolus it was a very small amount. This is not the case now though!

I have this problem a lot, every time someone says this to me I make a point of putting them strieght. Best thing to do is phone 999 because if a type 1 diabetic goes down hypo, they are unable to self medicate and probs going to end up unconscious therefore lucozade or sugar water could...

Jelly babies are great plus most of the time they actually keep your sugar sustained

Same, I'm type 1 but only since last December. I however have felt every hypo and not been below 2.3, hopefully will always feel them. Your situation has certainally opened my eyes as to how important it is to educate people around you. Hope your husband is well and back under control