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I still haven't been given any advice by them on how to bolus for protein and fat- been told to 'figure out how to bolus properly for carbs before we start worrying about protein/fats' - I can understand what they're trying to say, as theoretically figuring out rules for protein/fat bolusing...

I'm inclined to agree with you 100%. The nurses and nutritionist have been under the opinion that they don't affect blood sugar much, but I think this is entirely text-book. My blood sugar spikes hugely after protein/fat, especially if I haven't eaten carbs for a few hours- I've been trying to...

I know I've felt confused for a while now- I keep doing what they tell me and I seem to be getting worse, sometimes better, then worse again. They thought they had the right basal after the first test.

I'll see if I can find em mate, they were conducted with small fat/protein meals with non fibrous veg- namely spinach/beans/brocolli. On one or two occasions I had to jump ship due to treating hypo. I'll try and find the results.

I've done 2 separate basal tests under medical supervision, feel like I'm going round in circles a little. I have been only correcting with meals doing the correction doses with meals that the Aviva Expert calculates which is why it appears I'm doing varying insulin:carb ratios- forgot to...

What if it were the case that I'd do better with more basal, but a respectively lower bolus, as the high bolus doses cause a much more frequent spike- which could result in fewer ups and downs?

In the morning or the evening? Just to clarify: During 6 day blind CGM I was doing 28 units basal in the morning and 4 units at night (0 when I've been exercising). Now I'm doing 30 units basal in the morning and 2 units at night (0 when I've been exercising). Bolus remains at a ratio of 1...

Thanks for your reply Juicy. You're very right for suspecting injection site problems. This was the first thing that was suspected and checked. I can't inject into my stomach because of previous lipohypertrophy, the same with my bum. I was injecting into my arms before but was warned that it...

Thanks for your quick replies- I'll add my diaries below, had to just screenshot them as I couldn't export them properly: I hope this is visible and doesn't need a magnifying glass to see it.

For reference, Day Summaries: I'll see if I can find my food/monitoring diaries to accompany this.

Update: To summarise, did 6 day blind CGM- there is little that I could draw from this, difficult to establish patterns. Still feel terrible in general and all over the place. Results reflect this: My nurse has changed my basal from 28 units in the morning and 4 at night, to 30 units in...

Wise words, knowledge is power- knowing all different opinions gives as much scope to try all options available. By the way just wanted to add, I was referring to the different opinions of nurses and doctors rather than what I've heard from forum members. Everything I've heard here has been in...

Exactly, I second the low carb diet being appropriate and a carb intensive diet not being a natural thing. This is going off topic but I reckon the modern obesity epidemic and some instances of type 2 are caused by a society whose diet is carbohydrate focused. Capitalism is causing our food...

I honestly am a believer in a low carb diet being very beneficial to BG stability. I did this for a few months, zero carbs and I stayed absolutely perfect just as you described, stayed at a static 5-8. This was while exercising at high intensity and eating a healthy varied diet, so I feel...

Also today I was told the reason my Novorapid is taking 3–5 hours to do anything is because of problems with my injection sites and/or basal issues (which you have rightly noted Keeer). I was told that due to the amount of exercise I'm doing that I should avoid doing injections into my arms or...

I really like the speedometer analogy, that's the way I feel- like it's trying to negotiate an already difficult/fragile situation walking through the dark. They've said I'll be able to test the CGM but they're saying I'm a while away from being ready to do that and currently there's no point...

I'm also being told to do fewer tests- on average I've been doing 8-12 tests a day- mainly due to paranoia of spontaneous hypos and general unpredictable control. I'm told that doing more tests is pointless because it'll just make me more paranoid and worry about it more. I'm just being given so...

Thanks Himtoo, I really appreciate it. I woke up 16.8 today, at 10:58 I did a correction bolus for a 0 carb meal of 9 units novorapid. I jumped up to blood sugars of 20 at 12:03, had all symptoms of DKA including vomiting but still only ketones of 0.2. I was going to go to A and E but I decided...

My injection sites I alternate between my arms, legs (fat on back of hamstrings), bottom and sometimes abdomen. I've got a pretty low bodyfat and find legs difficult as it hits muscle. Abdomen I'm extremely paranoid as I've had lipohypertrophy before. I reduce my bolus ratio by 20% when I...

The nurses are great in general, but there doesn't seem to be any way of helping what's going on with my body with my current treatment. They say there's no point changing insulin type at this point in time as it'll just complicate things. The pump, to this day I still have not a clue what's...