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Your waking blood sugar is good. Perfect even. But wow! 7 units for 40g carb is a BIG dose of insulin. No wonder you hypo. Most young men have more muscle mass and better insulin sensitivity so they tend to need lower boluses, unless they are eating great quantities of carbs, or they are very...

Yes, Paradigm 715. I think multinationals often assign different product numbers to different regions.

Yes, I was assuming you were diabetic already. I think you definitely should get this investigated.

There are a number of reasons for the roller coaster. It could be one of them or all of them together. The trick is to find the reason/s by elimination. If it's your basal rate that's wrong it has the worst effect (in my experience) and once you get it right, you start in the right place to sort...

Yesterday 5.6, today 4.7.

Sounds like you have exercised yourself into greater insulin sensitivity and muscle mass. This is a great thing. However, it will only feel like a great thing once you've dropped your basal insulin by a unit or two, and probably reduced your insulin to carb ratios at meal times. Right now, your...

I find it takes quite a while before I can focus again afterwards so don't expect to be able to read any bus numbers! Ideally take someone with you. Otherwise be prepared to sit around for a while till you can see properly.

What are your blood sugar levels normally? If you often run high, you might be having a false hypo. Alternatively, you may be having another problem, such as with your thyroid, which is not directly associated with your blood sugar. I agree that feeling like that while washing up is really not...

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Very interesting. According to that the standard deviation goes up to just over 160mg/dl - approx 9.0 mmol. I reckon my friend probably had something sweet on her finger.

Thank you very, very much. That was very helpful. As I said, I am using the latest pump available in Turkey. Manufacturers do not generally distribute their latest models in developing countries. Beggars can't be choosers, as they say! So, looking at the info you have given I may start looking...