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Hi Juicyj, I've forgotten a few times as well, however, never this late! Old age creeping up on me :-)

Hi Jack, thanks for the reply.....been checking and it's gone from 5.5 before lunch, to 7.2 after lunch and now 9.2 and all within 2 hours....hope it starts to back up a bit, getting a little worried now!

Hi Kaup, Sorry! This answer might be too later now ......I've never needed a letter from the doc, and that includes travelling to the USA. Have a good trip!

Has anyone else done this? Well I did today....my sugar was slowly going up, and I felt strange (Hard to describe the feeling), Then I hit me....****!! I forgot to do my jab :-( And I've had lunch now.... Panic!! I have Novorapid just as a quick fix, and Mixtard for regular jabs. I hope I did...

Hi Kaup, I travel a lot back and forth to Thailand.....I keep my watch set to European time, and keep the same insulin dose....When I arrive, I then change slowly with time. I don't think big changes while flying is a good thing to do....And this works for me :-)

What a great forum where people can write about their experiences, and be open about them....Thumbs up to you guys! Thinking back to the age of 5 when I first got the dreaded big D..... I now feel more sorry for my mum having to deal with diabetes.....Bless her xx I would like to say one thing...

Thanks for the explanation Daibell.....That HBa1C reading was from the 3 years I spent in Thailand drinking alcohol every day, and eating rubbish.....I've got the BS under control now....between 4 and 6 now, and been like that for the last week or so..... The good thing is, I can still have the...

By the way my diabetic friends....I have sorted out the hypo problem. Eat a little of the un-forbidden food, such as one small potato, or one spoon of beans, maybe even a slice of brown bread......So excited right now, and!!! I can't believe I'm doing this.

Thanks for the replies guys, really appreciated! The beer question can only be answered on personal experiences. My experience, and we are talking years :-) That after a nights session out with the boys, it would take till the next day for the BS to rise; meaning I would need another shot of...

Thanks for the reply guys!!....OMG! After reading the link from noblehead (Thanks for that)...I was really heading in the wrong direction. Luckily after 3 years of living like a non diabetic (Beer, rum, pizzas, fish & chips) I've woken up to reality again. Luckily I came back to Europe to see...

Hi Dave, I've read a lot on the topic of drink, and to be honest, you should leave beer out all together.....it's like someone else quoted ''beer is like eating a loaf of bread''.....You might wake up feeling normal, but when your liver kicks in again, you'll see a big spike in your BS.....Not...

Hi guys, I have been given a HbA1c sheet on my last report that's written in Czech; However, I think the format is the same in English.... It goes like this.......(S_glukoza) Must be the glucose 8.5 mmol/l .........HbA1c 87 mmol/mol......The ''8.5'' I think is the reading from a test strip?, but...

Thanks for the welcome noblehead! I must admit, the only contribution I can add to this forum, is how not to be a good diabetic :-)

Hi guys......I'm a T1 diabetic for 47 years, currently on 2 injections (Mixtard) a day. Have been off the wagon, on the wagon for many years, but never have I been explained about the importance regarding the intake of food and drink. I have just come back from 3 years in Thailand (Will...