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Argh, good point about the plum sauce!! :D I wouldn't have thought of that... :oops: lol Thank you! :)

Thanks for the advice :) Patch - I don't think I'd be happy trying to get the kitchen to make me something special! My mother worked as a chef for years, and I know what a pain it is when someone wants special treatment!! :lol: Plus one of OH's sisters is extremely judgemental, and I don't...

Hi all, I'm going out for a meal this evening - it's my partner's sister's birthday, and she's decided we're going to a rather nice chinese restaurant in town. (You know, the sort of place where the menu is in Chinese, the napkins are linen, and they look at you like they want you to leave when...

Hi, Just thought I'd report back on this in case anyone else is having trouble, as I managed to fix it last night. Compatibility mode didn't make it work, but thanks for the suggestion! Everything I have for the meter is the most up to date versions - drivers, software etc, and yes the meter...

Hi all, I have a One Touch Ultrasmart meter, which I love, and have just got the interface cable for downloading the results to my pc. Sat down and installed everything - the data management software from Lifescan, the drivers for the meter and the drivers for the cable - from their website...

Ah, that's useful info to bear in mind sugarless sue, thanks. I would probably have started subtracting fibre & got it all wrong! :oops: I don't eat much packaged food, most of the carb-values I'm using are coming from books where both values are stated, hence my initial query. Thanks!

Thank you Graham. I hoped it might be as that's often the lower value! :D Squishee

Hi, Sorry if this has been asked before - I did quickly search but didn't see anything on a quick glance. Basically, when you are counting carbs do you use the actual carb value, or "net" carb (ie carbs minus fibre) value? I'm a little confused, as some things differ considerably between the...

Hi all, and thanks for some really helpful replies! :) I had been on 2 a day of the Humalin I, but had continually raised morning bg. The point of switching to Lantus was that my specialist reckoned I'd be able to just take 1 shot a day, but that didn't work. Now my early morning bg is better...

Hi iHs, thanks for replying! I actually had my carb:insulin ratio worked out by my dietician about a year ago, but found that I was getting a lot of hypos so kind of ditched it... :oops: I didn't realise (no one ever told me!) that the ratio can differ at different times of the day. How would...

Hi Nigel, Sorry, I completely missed your reply! I've used Humalog for a long time. It's always worked very well for me, and seems to act very quickly (eg if I'm running high and inject a bit extra I can start to feel/see effects around 20 minutes later). I take it before I eat. This is a...

Hi Lucie, thanks for replying :) This is true, but to be honest it doesn't seem to make any difference what I have for breakfast! In the last couple of weeks my breakfasts have been: Toast Branflakes & milk Branflakes, milk & banana Banana, 3 ryvita & tablespoon peanut butter Scrambled egg...

Hi, thanks for the welcome :) I am trying to carb count, but find it very difficult. I am also trying to cut back on the amount of carbs I eat. Also finding this very difficult!

Hi all, I posted this yesterday with no response, so I'm re-posting in this section in the hope someone can help!! I recently (about3 or 4 months ago) switched to Lantus as my background insulin. Things seemed to be going fine at first, the early morning high blood sugars I was experiencing on...

Hi Sophie :) I went through a very similar thing at your age (I'm 28 now, and was diagnosed at 7 years old) - it kind of hit home to me exactly what being diabetic meant to my life, and I panicked. I went into denial, which is not a good way to go! 2 years later, I started university and ended...

Hi there, I experienced a very similar thing about a year ago - incredibly sensitive skin, like sunburn, but mine was on the top of my left thigh. It got so bad that wearing clothes was painful, and my cat got very put out as I couldn't have him on my lap :( I went to my GP, and he diagnosed it...

Hello Geek! I'm new here too, and also somewhat Geek-shaped :D Didn't go to T, but off to Sonisphere in a couple of weeks, can't wait!

Hello, didn't notice this section before! Suppose I should introduce myself - I'm Squishee, I'm 28 and I've been Type 1 since I was 7 years old. I failed to look after myself, until about a year ago when I was diagnosed with retinopathy. At this point I thought maybe it was about time I started...