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5.9 at bedtime, 4.2 at 05:12, so had a dawn snack and turned down my basal. 6.0 at 08:30. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I did two hours housework. Doesn't sound like much compared with running club. But I lowered my basal and it still brought my blood sugar down a lot. Sent from my iPad using DCUK Forum

OK, I didn't see any total on the bottle and got a bit alarmed that the OP might get a nasty hyper. I prefer the labels that explicitly state the total for the bottle/pack as well. Sent from my iPad using DCUK Forum

Well, duh! No, in all fairness it's good to draw medics' attention to this. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

You need to be careful about leaving needles on. The insulin can actually dry up inside the needle and prevent you getting the correct dose (or any dose at all). I won't tell you the long story about how I learned this, but learn it I did. I would have done the low carb then jog home. Or asked...

I think lipids are related to many factors: blood sugar, diet, exercise (LDLs), other hormone levels (thyroxine, vitamin D). Maybe some other stuff too. It cannot be wholly or mainly dependent on ketosis or any other single factor because there are millions of people with good high HDL and low...

No irony in that. Apparently, farmers' profit margins are too low to pay a living wage to British workers but not so low that they can't pack up and move to another country? They're either lying or bluffing (oh wait, bluffing is lying). I was a remain voter but I understand why people voted...

As well as the online course above - which will show you how easy carb counting is - you could read Think Like A Pancreas. It might be a lot to take in all at once at this stage. But it is a good resource to have to hand and you can learn about things like ratios from it, rather than necessarily...

It gets easier! Simply because you feel much, much better and have a lot more energy. And you turn a lot of good practices into good habits. It CAN get much worse if you neglect it. So, look after yourself. I'm 54 and I've had it 49 years and I'm still well, fit, strong (and fabulous according...

No. If it says 'of which x are sugars', they are already included in the first figure. Just count the first figure. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I think rants are fine. If I'm not in the mood to read it, I don't. And I think multiple forums are better too. As a Type 1 I don't object to being grouped with Type 2s (by the unwashed and semi-literate 'normies') but I do like a separate space where we can discuss our very different...

No, it has 3.7g carb per 100g of product. You have to do the math. If there is 200g in the container, multiply 3.7 by 2. If there is 170g, multiply 3.7 by 1.7. If there is 460g, multiply by 4.6, etc, etc. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Were you diagnosed recently? It sounds like you may be in your 'honeymoon period' - still producing some insulin sometimes. If so, you may find people on the LADA board helpful because they are in the same situation. But if you are still producing insulin sometimes, you still may be able to...

Yes, if you read carefully, the first four or so can be achieved by exercise. Then they are recommending a low-fat diet, then a few drug treatments. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Is there anything wrong with 6.1? It's a perfectly normal blood sugar. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

Yes, Think Like a Pancreas talks a bit about the effects of exercise on later blood sugars, so that should help. But well done. You made a lot of progress in a few days so clearly a systematic approach helps and your control was not as disastrous as you appeared to think at first. And a very...

Yes, we used to say IDDM or NIDDM - insulin dependent diabetes mellitus or non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus. But fashions change. Still, T1 and T2 have some validity in that people in each group have different tendencies. So T1s start with an autoimmune reaction and may progress toward...

Yes, but the majority of T1s do not have access to all that technology yet. It's quite a privilege. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

I've had that stinging feeling when it was kinked. But only once so I'm not expert. Sent from my iPhone using DCUK Forum mobile app

For a Type 1, insulin plus carbs is the ideal way to gain weight because it has a great muscle-building potential. There is an excellent article about this (posted by PseudoBob77) in another thread called Factors in Long term Survival for Type 1 Ds. It talks about the ideal diet and exercise for...