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I would suspect it's the adjustments of hormone levels increasing your needs, 2 units on the basal over the day isn't much of an increase.. When I was younger, diabetic could only be given the mini pill, other pills, mirena coil and implants were all no, no's due to possible impact on blood...

Hi Stoney.. I hope I can make some sense, but at the moment I'm a bit sleep deprived, as my daughter went into early stages of labour Monday dinner time, the hospital dash seemed pretty imminent, until Stan decided perhaps not, and now playing the maybe I might, nah not just yet game! It seems...

iHs, has covered most area's to look at, is background correct for those time, bolus rations etc.. If you using the bolus wizard, stacking shouldn't be much of a problem as the bolus wizard should factor this in, a calculation of, IOB (insulin on board) meal bg raise, target range, insulin...

Re: Arrested for drunk in charge when actually Hyperglycaemi Mish That's an interesting indeed.. I had wondered what they would do about my insulin pump if arrested... Because in one way, it could be used as a weapon and in various ways you can easily self-harm with it! due to the insulin...

If I go through some of the area's where you can fine tune a pump a lot better than using injections... Because of the ability to fine tune with the pump, must people find that their total daily dose (TDD) drops... A lot of this is due to the background insulin.. With injection even with...

If she's got a problem, tell her to look the other way! If she requests that you remove yourself to the toilet to inject, I would totally refuse, ask her if she would eat her dinner of the toilet seat! If she won't then ask her why she expected you to carry out an injection in an high risk area...

Re: Arrested for drunk in charge when actually Hyperglycaemi Mirf Well it's a hard story to believe I must admit.. Mod Edit (Pneu) I've actually had DKA 21 years ago, I spent my pregnancy in and out of hospital, I probably spent more time in hospital being treated for DKA than I did at...

Re: Arrested for drunk in charge when actually Hyperglycaemi I wasn't diabetic at the time, and I faced no court proceedings... Just a greater understanding of the law, and perhaps how a police officer might translate a piece of law in situ.. I had ridden my motorbike to my local pub, decided...

Re: Arrested for drunk in charge when actually Hyperglycaemi Sorry But if you want anybody let alone a police officer to treat you with any degree of respect and courtesy, then you must be courteous and respectful to them! Which by all accounts it sounds as though you weren't! Your reactions...

What a load of rubbish that is... There are around 96 different forms of dementia, but one thing that is common to most suffers, is weight issues and the ability to maintain weight... Dementia even if the suffer loses mobility uses up a lot of energy... So they need a high calorific diet...

It's the same with Humalog, it's licensed for 6 days use in the cartridge... But I fill mine up full each time, and change when empty which for my use is best part of a month... I've not had any problems with doing this..

You do still have a choice when it comes to meters, what ever your PCT says! As the right of choice is within the NICE guidelines and the PCT can not chose which parts of the guidelines it will uphold or ignore! To do so it's illegal! But you do have to proof, that you have foundation in your...

If you going to read Taubes, then you really need to get his 'Good Calorie, Bad Calorie' book and not the 'Why We Get Fat, and What We can Do about it' The 'Why We Get Fat' book is basically an edited version of the Good Calorie' book.. The 'why we get fat' version omits the research...

Yes others do get queried over testing and a lot have quite a battle to obtain their strips.. I I've had problems in the past, but my consultant soon sent a letter to my GP on my behave, and I do regularly have to battle the 'Prescription Manager' who seems to think that 50 strips a month is...

Sorry but I agree that a 'Formal Complaint' is unwarranted and a total over reaction to the situation... You have made him aware of his mistake, and it responded to his error to rectify it ASAP... I doubt if he will be making the same error again. Don't forget that your driving licence is a...

Hana Diabetes in pregnancy is a different ball game! In fact and I know this by experience, in pregnancy you can go into DKA at a lot lower blood glucose level, in my case if my blood glucose hit 8mmol/l I started to DKA and was admitted into hospital, put on a sliding scale until ketone's...

Some of your post meal readings, could be down to the Protein and fats you'll eating.. A low carb diet, replaces the missing carbs with Protein and Fats. About 50% of Protein breaks down into glucose and impacts on the blood glucose, in a more traditional diet the amount of protein you eat...

If a book is expressing a controversial view point, the author usually uses a 'sales pitch' style of writing mainly because they've got to 'sale' the idea to the reader! Another problem, is that normally the author concentrates his/her theory around a singular subject/risk factor in the case of...

It really depends on what the applications form says! If the application form asks you if you've got a 'medical' condition then you Must inform them of you diabetic status, not saying anything could lead to dismissal as any employment offer is based on the information provided in you...

My first pregnancy, was before I was diagnosed with diabetes, I lost my twins at 5 months not easy, as nobody could say 'why' as such, I say as such because they had a theory that it was something to do with a tilt! It was a very traumatic time as I know they were identical, and I'm an...