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Thanks Jane, Carol, Grazer. Carol - i did go prety low carb so i think i will try gradual or just keeping below 130g or something. also maybe follow Grazer's advice and not have so much meat. Will see how it goes. Good to know I am not on my own with the back pain thing Jane. After all the...

Can some one help? I want to attempt low carb again. Over the last 3 years of eating "normally" I have developed Fibromyalgia and depression, I wake anywhere between 3 and 10 times a night and I am knackered all the time. I beleive this is due to the carbs. However, about 10 years ago I...

Thanks all of you. One last question. Does lactose free milk taste horrible?

Hi I have noticed recently that my sugars peak significantly when I have milk. I dont recall this always being the case but now if i have a milky coffee for example, maybe 200ml, I need to take the equivalent insulin to cope with 20g cho. Does anyone know if lactose free milk will react...

Thanks Nigel. I did do that anyway yesterday. Took 2 units of novorapid an hour before exercise and droped to 13. 30 minutes cross trainer and 15 mins stretching and weights and down to 11mmol. Reasonable level to be running high at. Back down to 5.7 this morning so all good.

Thanks PeeCee. No i am not aiming to keep over 15 but they are over 15 at the moment and i want to exercise to bring it down rather than correct with insulin.

If by BGL is over 15 can I still exercise (if I have the energy)? I am not ill but I am deliberately running my levels high to get back my warning symptoms.

How I feel after a hypo and when hi varies quite a lot. If I have a few hypo's in a row, eg 2 or 3 a day for 2 or 3 days they get worse and worse. Most times I can have hypo's and eat something and within 15 minutes feel a bit groggy but ok to function. On some occasions, especially with the...

Nigel/Sue thanks for your replies. I did this "test" with this salad today because i did not beleive that I would not need cover for this. When i questioned this at the dafne course they said I should not need cover even for tomatoes and peppers which I know contain some carbs and the protein...

Hi Snodger, Sorry it took me while to reply. Definately good luck with the paper. My experience, if it will be any help, is a mixture of all the other posts. I was diagnosed at 21 so not a teenager but a young adult and I spent a year of misdiagnosis and being made to feel like a...

Hi Is anyone able to eat a salad with chicken, small amount of red pepper and tomato, ice berg lettuce, egg, cheese and cucumber and not take insulin? In theory this should be no carb and therefore no insulin but it puts my sugar up 5 mmol. I think my basal is fine and I was told at DAFNe that...

Snodger, thats really interesting. What masters are you doing exactly?

Mandi i would also say that in your case it could be the end of the "honeymoon period" so could be you will need to increase your dose. Best check with your care team.

Hi Mandi Sorry to hear you are not feeling too good. This same thing happened to me at the beggining of this year. All of a sudden I was getting really high readings even when I hadnt eaten. I changed my basal to levimir and increased it, took 10 to 15 tests a day and adjusted my bolus. Tried...

Its actually an assembly and engineering company. We produce and design loading automation and flow products for the oil and gas industry. Based in Fareham. I used to live in Totton I know what you mean about pesky customers; always complaining :D What does your company do? Software? Being...

Thanks for the reply Sam. That is pretty much what I do but sometimes the pull to give in to it is pretty strong. Still here at work and BS up to 6 now so should feel better but I usually find with a day like this it takes a nights sleep to put you right again. As you say, early night makes a...

Hi I was wondering on average how often T1's take time off work when we are feeling c*ap or just soldier on. I woke this morning 16.5, 2 hours later dropped to 3.5 (over corrected) ate a jaffa cake then ok. 1 hour later 3.2. I feel washed out now and a waste of space. I run a small engineering...

Am I a moaning mini or should I be concerned? I have been to the doctors a couple of times about some symptoms I have been having but on the last visit I was told it is probably age. I am 41 and although my symptoms are relatively mild I would like to know if these are common "side effects" of...

Hi Fliss I also have joint pains and the doctors just tells me i am getting older and should expect it and it is probably RSI. I swapped from Lantus to Levimir earlier this year to see if it was Lantus causing it but it has got worse not better. I know i have RSI in my right arm but thsi does...

Re: Employment and Diabetes - unfair dismissal My advice to all is document everything. I currently work as Operations Director but have previously had much experience of HR matters. If your employer puts you under unfair levels of stress and you are forced to leave because of this or if you...