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Even worse when your on limited strips cause of you gawd darn GP, and you waste one because of Error!! grrrr!!

Baine of my life at the moment! If I have a healthy tea I wake up to healthy sugar readings, If I have a meal out or a larger than average meal, or higher in fat or protein, then I can go to bed with normal BS, and wake up with reading around 10 - 15 which really upset my day! Theres beena lot...

Good thinking... I know what ill be spending my lunch break doing!!

I really really need to find a chinese supermarket!!!!!

Ok A slightly naughty but fun topic - The takeaway.. So when you fellow diabetics have a takeaway - if you do - What do you opt for, what are the healthier choices for us to have - For example - Im opting for thai over chinese when the possiblity of one comes up as it seems a tiny bit better...

Ive lost 6 in a night!! althoguht its probably more dehydration as I could only manage half a pint of water all day! Hope your feeling better now!

I had a really bad stomach yesterday to the point I had to go home from work - It felt like food poisening but tracing back to what we had ate and everyone else had also had the same I think it was just a 24 hour bug. I tested throughout the day and even with the aid of insulin I just could not...

There are plenty of "poorer controlled diabetics" on here. Me for example. Like you Danny, Ive been a heavy drinker (Typical binge drinker) Smoker, and eater of whatever the hell I liked - Non tester with HBA1cs ranging from the 6's up to the 13s and 14s in earlier days. Now Ive suffered a...

So, Its beena really hard couple of months for me. I was found to have protein in my urine a couple of months ago, a raised level in my Us & Es and high blood pressure. My diabeties has always been erratic to an extent, swinging highs and lows. Plenty and plenty of lows :( too the point...

Please see an example below - Id be interested in how people deal with the below situation to wake up with a nice BG in the morning! So I eat a high fat / medium - high carb meal evening time - There are 80g carbs lets say and the meal consists of something like chinese food. I usually base my...

Really useful stuff all thankyou! As a matter of fact yesterday at lunch I kind of did try it! I ate and I was fine before my tea, had a healthy tea, gave my insulin then was high 2 hours after that... So I am begining to see this pattern. If I have a healthy tea and bolus as I should for it...

This is something Ive posted about before.. However im still stuck. When I eat a higher than normal fatty meal, my bloods are usually OK 2 hours after and 4 hours after but will tend to suddenly rise later on. Example - I test before dinner at 6mmol, test 2 hours after at 6-9mmol, test before...

Hi - Ive been a type 1 since age 8 and I know my Mom and Dad went through the same as yourself even if now they wouldnt admit it. I still rememeber floods of tears... And a lot of attention for me :) - If i rememebr right I was bought a new sega game gear for the hassle! So its just natural...

Hi, Has anyone experienced having sedation whilst being diabetic? I went to the dentist yesterday for some work to be done and as im petrified of dentists I opted for intravenus sedation which I was told was safe for me. All ngiht last night and this morning my bloods have been really high. I...

Hi! This is going to sound really odd, but I have experienced this too (Blood sugars have run high and when ive managed to correct them, felt low (But havnt been, running aorund the 4.5 - 6 mark), however... This has been my situation. Bloods run high, Correct with rapid acting Feel a bit low...

Split dosing the fast acting?

So, Another issue I have is dealing with large meals... I feel im fairly good at counting my carbs and dosing for the meal - Although im currently testing and tryign to get my basel insulin correct. This is my problem... I eat a big meal say on the weekend - Usually a meal out. (Chinese...

Ive got to be honest - Ive never even thoguht about it! I just do it - I do notice some friends stare in awe, and some may just turn their head, but all understand. Sometimes it prompts a few questions and brings it into the topic of coverersation. Injecting 5 or 6 times a day as I do - I cant...

Lol I have found this too, but on the odd occasion i seem to be the other way waking up to high blood sugars. Although this could be the kebab I forgot i had had the night before ...

Thanks for the replies... ! Em - thats pretty much how i manage drinking, test and adjust (Recently anyway) Int he past I have just drunk and not worried about it - But im on a get healthy mission. As of late I dont drink too much now, The odd beer. Maybe a glass or two of wine at the weekend...