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Quite often if I go low overnight my liver will dump glucagon to protect my blood glucose levels and I will show as higher in the morning, this usually leads to a day of hypos while my liver recovers its store.

The suspense .........

After many years of paper and excel I finally found the RapidCalc (App) written by a diabetic. I wouldn't be without it.

5.4 (35), over shot a little! :oops:

I'm in Oxfordshire, I haven't heard of any groups in the county but would be interested if there was.

helensaramay I couldn't agree with you more, I'm just finishing a 2 week trial and although I've found it interesting I'm not convinced in the Libre as a permanent addition to my diabetes paraphernalia, I might look at getting one and using it for checking every couple of months that I'm keeping...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39070183 Not sure how dieting will stop my body trying to kill itself? :banghead:

Welcome to the party @katmcd, I too was diagnosed on valentines day, only it was in 1983! :)

Mmmmmm biltong!

I always run with my testing kit and Haribo in one of these - https://www.decathlon.co.uk/trail-bag-small-id_8312248.html , unfortunately from a Basal/Bolus point of view there is a lot of trial and error involved. Depending on the duration/time of day and insulin on board I may reduce my Bolus...

The "InSight" course run by Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, after 30 years of no info this was the best thing to happen to me since diagnosis. This course turned my life around.

Daily :bag:

I use RapidCalc which works very well for me on MDI's.

I buy the Haribo mega party packs and one of the little bags inside normally sort out most Hypos, they are also easy to carry about.

I've just bought Diabetic Athlete's Handbook with the aim of improving my running, looks like an interesting read but early days.

T1D PM!

I found the Frio worked very well recently in Spain, They stay cool based on evaporation therefore, the ambient temp will affect the cooling required. For example when in Spain I needed to "recharge" the Frio every couple of days, whereas in the UK when playing with it it took over a week to...

I'll try both methods, it's not a common occurrence but a pain when it does happen. Still what would life be if blood sugars were easy! :)

My last Hba1c was 5.9%, which I was told was too tight (risking hypo-unawareness) though I rarely have hypos, so I upped my target from 6.5 to 8 in an attempt to get my Hba1c up to 6.5%.

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