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I have never claimed to be the perfect person or diabetic I doubt they exist... however I do accept that I have responsibilities to myself and my partner / family. If you want to drink and eat **** and have poor control go ahead and do it.. frankly it doesn't both me.. if you want to die young...

Or you could grow a pair become a man and sort your life out? rather than ranting like a drunk self-pitting idiot?

DannyH... Diabetes as with many things in life sucks big hairy monkey balls.. no one wants it but unfortunately sometimes we have to cope with things or do things we don't want to.. So first step is the shock tactic... go read this thread: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=12551 If your not going to give a...

I am going to have to disagree somewhat... whilst we should encourage everyone to try and achieve the best blood glucose control that they can.. everyone should be aware of the risk that they run... fact of the matter is the higher your average blood glucose the higher your chance of complications..

Blood glucose targets to be honest are a personal choice... I run of the opinion that the 'average' normal person has blood glucose in the range of 3.5 mmol/l - 5.5 mmol/l 99% of the time and thus maintaining this level would most reduce the impact of diabetes.. Clearly maintaining such tight...

If you want to eat without raising blood glucose then fats are your friend.. cheese or something similar will be fine.. you need to be a bit careful with too much protein if you are low-carbing as your body will convert that to glucose.. probably at around 40-60% of its weight.. i.e. 10g...

I have no experience of Humalog.. but Apidra is slightly faster acting than Novorapid perhaps 15 mins or so... the real difference is the tail.. Apidra in me stops pretty much around the 2.5 hour mark.. I can / could use it to be more aggressive with +1 to +2 hour post meal readings without fear...

JP83 that's an excellent first result!

Mine is cooking now! yummy...

My basal requirements went down around 45%..

Re: what does everyone use to get cannula sticky plaster off The Animas Insets that I have been using aren't to bad to get off and I have been using uni-solve to remove the residue.

Sorry you miss understand my post.. yes ketone when not properly processed in the body can cause problems.. this becomes evident in DKA where due to dehydration (due to the kidneys attempting to remove excess glucose) ketone can not be properly processed and cause the blood to become more...

That is my dinner tonight sorted Cheers Patch!

I think you are confusing ketogenic and ketoacidosis which are TOTALLY separate 'conditions'.

Being diagnosed as a teen myself I can well understand how your daughter is feeling.. diabetes is a lot of get your head around.. its also frankly as total and utter pain in the backside.. especially as a teenager... as a parent I think you need to try and be supportive but not pushy.. at the...

Those are looking really good Biohazard

corker what you are experiencing happens to us all to an extent and is called the dawn phenomenon... basically what happens is at around 4 - 5am your body begins to prepare its self to wake.. a whole load of hormons are released into your blood stream such as; epinephrine, cortisol and most...

No idea reference the record.. but I have eaten three meals now that were less than 25g carbs and each time I have seen less than 1.0 mmol/l movement in my blood glucose... so now I have the CGM which seems to be working nicely overnight I feel a bit more comfortable in running my BGs tight.. so...

Re: Would you prefer to be on insulin injections or on a pum I don't think I have seen a sensible portail of type I on tele or in a film! Going to work and the like isn't so bad as I have my laptop carrier.. although social do's I tend to fill up the other 1/2's handbag :)

That's the 2nd time in a week you have made me spill my coffee... On a totally un-low-carb related note (well kind off!).. my attempt at eating Chinese and maintaining sensible sugars with my pump is on a total fail tonight.. although the CGM is getting a good work out! Last day of carbs...