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Oh , if she's been under someone else's care for a while, that's the simplest explanation. Probably, she'll get back to normal over the next week or so. It's really annoying, though, that the relevant factor only ever becomes clear in retrospect! Still, it's helpful the next time. Sent from...

He may be talking about the synthesizing of Vit D in the skin. Let's wait and see! Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

It sounds like you need to learn to alter your doses according to level of activity. And maybe switch your meals around so breakfast is bigger and dinner is smaller. There is controversy over whether the 'Somogyi phenomenon' even exists. Most people have a high blood sugar in the morning...

I think you might benefit from an online carb counting course like this one: http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/ Then maybe get a copy of Think Like A Pancreas. He tells you how to work out ratios, correction doses, etc. 4 units would be far too big a correction dose for me there. My blood sugar...

Yes, it's the essence of all -isms, isn't it? The psychological comfort that one is "better" than another and the claim that one has more right to financial resources than other because of some 'inherent' quality such as sex or colour or nation (very extendable list) rather than skill, ability...

Yes, but just accepting their presence in the UK is not evidence that the forces of Anti-Racism are in the ascendant. That's all I mean Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Hi again! It occurred to me today that a sudden rise in insulin requirements can sometimes occur because of a rise in insulin resistance. This happened to me a couple of weeks ago. I was a bit busy and uninterested in cooking for myself so I made a big pot of an olive oil dish (green beans, a...

I'm not saying it's terrible. I'm just giving you an idea of what a 'normal' adult is on. It is true that adolescents tend to use more insulin and then less when they stop growing. I am not sure exactly how much your daughter should be on. Her DN may be able to tell you if it's in the normal...

I was pretty surprised by the size of the drop! Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I walked a lot today. About 7000 steps (estimate because I didn't have my phone on me much of the time). Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

We get extra points for it [emoji56][emoji56][emoji56][emoji56]. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

And here's a report about Poles who come to the UK and think there are "too many brown people." https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/the-polish-plumbers-who-annoy-brexit-supporters-come-from-towns-like-this-one/2016/07/10/0ff923fc-3d4d-11e6-9e16-4cf01a41decb_story.html?tid=sm_tw I think...

They don't advertise the jobs in the UK. They use agencies who recruit in Eastern Europe en masse, then the agency takes a "cut" and the actual foreign labourers get LESS than the minimum wage, even though the employer APPEARS to be offering minimum wage. Foreign workers are then more "flexible"...

Weren't you the one that just told another T1 not to eat any sugar at all ever? Your advice is pretty inconsistent, to put it mildly. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

More housework today. I spent an hour cleaning steps, the outside steps, which were encrusted with figs that had dropped off the neighbour's tree since last week. So that involved scraping, sweeping, then (I'm not exaggerating) about fifteen buckets of water filled, lifted out of the bath...

Did you see my comment in my first post about how my own exercise goes in "fits and starts"? It did, didn't it? I disappeared for several months! [emoji15] In fact, in those months I did do a fair bit that I didn't log, including running and weights, but then I tailed off because i had a busy...

I think that is quite a high basal rate for a 10 year old. It's more than mine and I weigh 65 kilos and am 54 years old. I was (once) a 10-year-old diabetic so one thing I suggest is actually talking to her about whether she is snacking in secret. I used to do that all the time at that age...

Yes, you need to talk to her DN. She may be having hypos because of her insulin doses. Or it can be because of daytime activity. So a good thing to do is to log her activity when she's doing something energetic as well as her blood sugars. You soon start to see a pattern and can adjust her basal...

Just when I glance over recipes like that, I start to get that hyper-induced thirsty feeling. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Yes, I'm another one that has never had a problem with the sliding scale. And it allows you to just lie back, relax and get better. If you have an infection, all that extra sugar you've got in your blood right now is feeding it. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app