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A test on a little blood glucose meter (you can buy them at Boots) will tell you exactly what your blood sugar is doing right there and then - blood sugar changes all the time, so it's like a little snapshot of what's going on in your body at that moment. HbA1c is a test that is usually (but...

hey there how scary for all concerned. Although levels of 11 and 15 are high, they aren't incredibly high - many people go much higher before they get ketoacidosis. (eg I was at a level of nearly 30 when I was diagnosed). This makes me wonder if there are other things involved as well. Of...

Re: T2 uncontrolled with metformin etc now told to go on ins hi there I'm a Type 1 on insulin. answers: 1) tricky one. If he is able to get under control using insulin enough that they give him gastric band surgery, he might be able to come off it again once he's lost weight. The weight is...

hey tinyroman, I do feel for you and I know what you mean about struggling with guilt. And sometimes it doesn't matter how carefully or hard you try, it still goes wrong. Are your sugars really out of control, or are you comparing yourself with targets that doctors bang on about but very few...

No wonder you are frustrated! You are not getting the right medication or support. If I were your doc I'd recommend insulin right away so you can start feeling healthy again, stabilize your weight, and - here's a nice thing about insulin - although some on insulin do low-carb, most of us eat...

I'd definitely have to take quick acting insulin to cover 18g of carbs, so I bet that's contributing to your morning high. What sort of dose are you normally on, do you work out your insulin on the ratio system or do you use some other way? Or did they just tell you to give fixed doses?

Marie, that's awful! If you've got the energy to do it (and I know sometimes it's just easier not to) then ideally a complaint should be lodged to the trust about that receptionist. Imagine if she was giving that kind of rubbish advice to someone who was less assertive or had less support than...

How about raspberries. Lovely and low carb, for a fruit. A whole bowl is still only 5g carbs. And delicious.

Similar thing happened to me. I went into total meltdown. Kind people on this forum put me back together! Turns out things were nothing like as bad as I'd feared. First thing to remember is that on the whole they err on the side of caution. If they see anything new they tend to say things that...

That's a big increase in Lantus, did it make a difference? There will be some carbs in the milk-based products, and quite a lot in a protein shake made with milk. Milk's surprisingly carby. So yes, that could be the problem and you could try a couple of nights of not doing the shake etc and...

yes, good point. Some people who are overweight get get insulin resistance because of the excess fat. So in effect they are diabetic when they are fat and just in the at-risk group when they are thin. Also - just thought of another one - some people get insulin resistance when they are...

do you know what kind of blood test they did - was it a test of your blood sugar at that particular moment, or was it an HbA1c test (average over the last few weeks)? The National Service Framework for Diabetes says that all diabetics should have structured education, so you might want to remind...

also I think in pregnancy you can end up needing quite a lot of insulin, while your body is likely to be a bit more stable after the pregnancy hormones have subsided a bit. Good luck. I hope your doc gives your the support and help you need.

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I've just received this and thought it might be of interest to others on here, since there's quite a DAFNE fan base out there. The DAFNE User Action Group (DUAG) have submitted an e-petition to the UK Government for national funded education programmes for people with diabetes. The petition...

You're slightly on the high side for a non-diabetic, but as you say, it's not horrendous. There's various debates going on in medical literature about how to define diabetes and whether it should be done on an HbA1c test, but some doctors would define you as diabetic with that HbA1c. Others...

I changed relatively recently from bedtime to breakfast - best thing I ever did.

hey there and welcome. no it's not too late - and now you have a great incentive in the form of your daughter. Do you know if you already have any complications? Have you been going to eye screening etc?

you're right that some studies say we are more prone to depression. But I think the evidence shows it's not because of something wrong with our bodies, it's because we are having to cope with a complicated long term disease, and sometimes you can be trying really hard and it still goes wrong...

Interesting, and useful to know... standard DAFNE teaching is to start on a 1:1 ratio and then tweak it, and test only before meals or when you want to check for hypos/for driving. (pulling rank here: I'm studying it for a PhD :) ) - I'd be really interested in how they taught it with you, but...