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no .. i will see my gp next week and see where that leads ..or will just go back and order more every week.

I will go back to basics using my current ratios ..think i may have just got a bit lazy with regards carb counting ..back to my DAFNE books double check everything and take it from there.

ahhh i was always told to inject straight after eating as if i count the carbs on the plate and don't actually finish it all then i was in danger of having too much insulin. Think i need to do a basal test and rework my ratios. Get back to DAFNE basics. Good advice

hi i am a type 1 diabetic and have also done the dafne course. I work 12 hour shifts and have to work with two different ratios when i am in work i use a 1:1 ratio but on my days off i use a 1.5/1 ratio. i am not very well controlled but using the different ratios, makes me consistent i.e...

my diabetic nurse recently wrote me out a prescription for 2 x 50 strips and when i colllected it the chemist said they could only issue 1.

hi i am a type 1 diabetic (dafne graduate) and am getting really stuck in a viscious circle. I eat, take a test and take insulin to suit what i have just eaten, as soon as the insulin starts to work i have an overwhelming urge to eat again, so i eat take insulin etc...etc.. now would'nt you...

interesting thread. i am type 1 diabetic (dafne graduate) and recently went to the doctors to request test strips, i spoke with the receptionist who asked why i wanted to see the doctor, i said that i was not being given enough test strips, her reply was that i was given more than enough and i...

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sounds like great advice thank you ...

Yes the trigger was well before i was even diagnose after playing football and having that overwhelming urge to empty every cupboard in the kitchen, the insane sweats and shakes, now i realise even back then over 10years before diagnosis that i was diabetic.

Yes i realise i need to speak to a doctor, but that is also a problem, it is over 16months since i spoke to any doctor / consultant they said i would receive an appointment and never sent one..best get my bum moving and get back to the doctors and demand an appointment.

Hi i have a problem with being absolutely terrified of going hypo, i was diabetic for a long time before being diagnosed and the feeling of going hypo scares me to death, therefore i tend to run my diabetes at a high level..9 -10 and upwards....this has probably caused the weight to drop off...

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