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Haha.... yes I’ve had a spare pen in storage which I’ll use if it happens again. Plus spare syringes. I’ve got spares of everything ;);)

Thanks. :) I rang the hotline in Australia and the rep said not to stress as I would have received the dose I dialed up - it just didn’t register in the memory. She said if I had used uneven pressure on the pen as I pushed down to deliver the dose it can cause this. If it keeps hapenning...

Thanks. I did that and it passed :)

Yeh. Could be anything really. ;) It’s only a new pen. A month old - I got from my educator. I did an air shot dose after I got the - - and it registered the dose ok. I might ring the novo Nordisk hotline here in Australia when they open this morning and see what they say.

Yeh. We have enough to stress about without the pens having faults. Even if it is just a display glitch.

Have any NovoPen Echo users ever got two lines - - on the dose memory display after giving the injection instead of the dose number . The manual says it means the pen has been used in a way it cannot register and dose memory will start working again after next injection. I’m just worried I...

Thanks for your reply. I just got back from my doctors. All my vitals are good. She thinks my endometriosis pain may have caused a faint like spell. She agreed a panic/anxiety attack would NOT cause low bp !!!

Had a really low blood pressure this morning. 80/49. Felt like I was going to faint. Paramedics came and bp returned to normal. All my vitals were good, sugar was 7. ECG normal. They think it was a panic attack? Anyone else had low bp from anxiety/panic before. ?

Thanks for your reply Mel. I eat around 160g carbs per day. It’s a massive increase to what I used to have which was around 80 per day but since I’ve lost so much weight the dietician wants me to increase carbs and calories quite a bit. I find lately my overall blood sugar is getting higher and...

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Hi I’m desperate to put on weight so have been increasing protein eg cheese,eggs, fish with my normal meals (soft foods for gastroparesis) I find my blood sugars are increasing quite a bit. I’m not sure if it’s due to an increase in my antidepressant dose or the extra protein. Does anyone bolus...

My weight is so dangerously low from the gastroparesis I cannot afford to fast. I need carbs right now to put on weight. I wish I could go low carb but cannot afford to right now for the sake of my health .

Yes. I do tend to often run over 10 a few hours after meals even with a good sugar pre meal . The better the sugar the better digestion I know. My doctors are aware of this but the very nature of gastroparesis can cause sugars to rise hours later when food finally does digest.... long after...

Thank you. I know one of the main reasons for my blood sugar fluctuations is diabetic gastroparesis which causes my stress. It's is so unpredictable. When food doesn't digest properly no amount of planning and insulin timing can always help sadly. :(

Yes. Stress is a diabetics worst enemy sometimes ;)

Thank you. I like that. Sugar went down after tea but climbing again a bit now. So I will accept and correct :)

Thank you. This one makes no sense. My lunch sugar was great pre and post. Then started rising by dinnner. Could be the gastroparesis ??!!! Anyway I will just move on. And there was a lot of cursing in my house also ;)

Pre dinner blood sugar 15 tonight :( No idea why. I hate sugars that we can't explain. And stressing about it makes it worse. I've corrected so just waiting for it to come down before I eat. How do you calm yourself when a number stresses you ??

I have gastroparesis. It's a battle to get great control. The very nature of gastroparesis makes its difficult. My latest HbA1c was 7.7. I eat small liquid or puréed meals several times a day. I am finding that works best for symptoms but even then blood sugars can still be unpredictable...

Thank you :)