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Hi there, just wanted to gather opinions on Fiasp, as I have recently changed over. In a bid to maintain good control, I typically eat low GI foods (brown pasta, brown rice, brown bread etc.) I have been finding that the Fiasp struggles to match the duration of digestion for these foods...

Hi there, Has anyone successfully split a bolus using Fiasp? I have recently moved to Fiasp and tried to eat pizza for dinner last night. I had previously managed this on Humalog by splitting my dose about 50:50 and taking the second dose an hour after eating. I tried to do the same last night...

Hi All, I just wanted to give an update of how my referral appointment went. Personally, I suffer from a lot of anxiety around these kinds of things (so I wanted to outline the process in case it might help anyone going through the same situation): I was brought in an met by a nurse who...

Oh and one more question on this that I’m hoping the community might answer I had a vomiting bug a few months ago that caused visible haemorrhages to my eyes (I.e in a mirror I could see new redness on the white of my eye. Could his have caused my background retinopathy to have worsened/progressed?

I have just now got my result letter: Possibly maculopathy, which I was expecting given that the screening technician mentioned that this was near my central vision. I have been referred urgently to have further assessment, I think that this is because I am attending a pre-pregnancy clinic...

Yeah, it might be that I need a bigger morning ratio now. I have taken a huge amount of humalog this morning to try and get the sugars down and it not helping. I can normally function on 1cp:4u for a bowl of cereal and a coffee pretty well. However this morning counting in corrections, I have...

I have recently moved to levemir from Lantus in a bid to combat some unexplained spikes. My only issue is that I appear to suffer from both dawn phenomenon and foot on the floor syndrome ☹️. I have been splitting my levemir 20u at bedtime and then 18u on waking. This had helped to calm my...

Thanks Darkhorse. My dsn has just emailed to say that I have changes in both eyes that require more investigation. This has just come as a big shock, given that my eye doctor looked at my eyes in January and saw nothing to worry about. I guess that knowing is better than not knowing. At...

Sorry to bump this one back up again, I’ve just been for my annual NHS screening. The technician said that he could see leakage in my left eye, near my centre of active vision. This is just 6 months since I saw my own optician and had the back of my eyes checked. I asked what next steps would...

I have been experiencing the morning 'feet on the floor' rise for over a year now, I mentioned it to the doctor a while back who just told me to take more insulin (helpful). On a normal day, if I wake with sugars between 4-7, I'll need to take around 5u humalog on waking to allow me to get up...

No, I injected and then waited 30mins before eating/drinking anything. I have been chatting in some other threads about changing insulins and think that you might be right about the insulin not working as it should. Can I ask what you were changed on to?

i think that might be happening to me too I can't remember how long I've been on it, probably over 10 years

Hi All, I might have posted something like this before, but wanted to pop a new thread on the board in case there were new opinions. Does coffee stop anyone else's insulin from working? This is a relatively new thing for me (noticed in the last year), I already have massive demands for...

I'm on about 40u at the moment, but my insulin needs are huge for some reason. I'm talking to my drs about changing the insulin that I'm on as lantus/humalog just doesn't seem to work for my needs anymore.

If it helps, when I was first put on to Lantus (many years ago) my doctor got the dosage totally wrong . I don't know what type of calculation was used but I ended up on about 80u of Lantus per night (as a average weight teenage girl)... queue major nighttime (and daytime) hypos. I followed the...

Thanks all!! I have noticed my meter is just a bit slow, I would say it's probably about 15-30 mins behind what my actual readings are. @becca59 - it is shocking to see, it just looks like I'm not taking insulin at all post mealtimes! It took me 6 hours to get into range again after lunch...

Yep, the insulin resistance is real!!! I've taken 10u humalog for correction since 3pm and my sugars have only dropped to 12 (with no food intake).

Hi All, I have my first 'illness' since getting my libre and it is showing be some interesting results... I have had a cold/chest infection for about a week and it is throwing my sugars wayyy out of control, far beyond what I would expect for a cold. My insulin seems to be really struggling...

Thanks for the reassurance @Dark Horse. Just back from the opticians, he did a thorough slit lamp exam and says that my retina looks very healthy and the likelihood is that the spot (which has gone now) was most likely a big ol' floater. Additionally, because I am short-sighted I am more...

Interesting...Do you eat these before bed or when you wake up?