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Whenever my BS levels go up or down quickly I get severe headaches. I recently started insulin and my levels have gone from around 16mmol to 4mmol and I've had the worst headaches I've had for a long time. They are much worse in a morning and so I can only guess that my liver and insulin are...

I'm not ready for more injections, I'm struggling with the two I'm doing and I really don't want anymore so I guess I will have to sacrifice the flexibility for now.. My friend also wants me to start going to a netball class with her once a week (we used to play on the school team) but I'm...

It was awful, hope I don't keep having them :-( Felt a bit weird today and my hands went a bit shakey so I tested and my BS level was 4.1mmol so hopefully it means I will have good hypo awareness.. This was just before lunch after hoovering the whole house lol so the exercise may have had...

Hi Smidge, The diabetic clinic recommended mixed insulin but said I could do basal/bolus if I wanted but - ur right - I chose the option with the least number of injections per day and went with the mixed. I set my alarm for 3am and it had dropped from 5.4 to 5.1 so not too bad but this...

Took the increased evening dose at 6.30pm and my bs has dropped from 16 to 5.4 so now I'm too scared to go to bed.... Is 5.4 too low to go to bed on? I'm scared it will keep dropping?

It's now been increased to 17 before breakfast and 17 before evening meal... Let's see if this brings it down. Saw my lowest level in months today at 7.2 mmol but it was only achieved because I didn't have time for lunch so it wouldn't have been that low had I ate anything :-(

I'm on a mixed insulin regime, not basal/bolus, and it has been increased once already and she is calling me today so may increase it again. I have ketostix so I check for ketones every so often it's just frustrating that it seems like a lot of insulin with no change but maybe 26 units a day...

I was never low carbing as such, just low GI carbing really so no different to what I was doing before I started the insulin..

Insulin has been increased from 9units twice a day to 13 units twice a day and levels are still not really coming down...didn't realise how bad it was, can't believe the DSN left me on Metformin for so long when I'm still sitting at 15mmol even though I'm taking over 20units of insulin a day!

I have recently had to begin insulin treatment for LADA and have just sent off my DIAB1 form. Along with this form I have also sent a complaint letter regarding the discrimination against type 1 diabetics as opposed to type 2 diabetics. I am all for road safety but sulphonylurea tablets that are...

I think this could make a massive difference to some autoimmune sufferers and some more than others too. For example, I don't have any anti islet cell antibodies, I am IA2 auto antibody negative, it is the GAD antibodies I have that have caused my diabetes and so maybe for people who have LADA...

I've taken it, it's not making much of a diff to my levels tho at all so I think they will increase it. They gave me the pen and showed me how to use it but I had to wait for a prescription from my local surgery to get the cartridges and needles, they didn't get me to inject myself whilst there...

Well I have been to see my consultant and, as expected, the insulin has arrived. 18 units of mixed insulin (humulin?) 9 in morning and 9 in evening.... Just concocting my complaint to the DVLA now regarding sulfonylurea users to try and establish some equality up in here! PS.- I haven't...

C-pep won't give any indication of autoimmune diabetes at all. It will show if u need insulin though so is useful for treatment, but not diagnosis. Just depends on what you are hoping to find out really.

Lol I guess u haven't heard of the "dead in bed" syndrome then Smidge hehehe! Now that scares me! Pretty sure it won't be basal/bolus thingy as he said he thinks I will only need one or two jabs a day maximum. My levels never go above 20mmol no matter what I eat and so I'm obviously still...

Hey there, My consultant told me that c-peptide is not reliable as it's not insulin per se and so is just an indication.. My c-peptide doubled from diagnosis to 6 months after diagnosis so it is a funny one! I would definitely get a test done for GAD and for IA2 antibodies as they are the two...

High BS levels don't kill beta cells directly, rather high BS levels can draw attention to the beta cells which are working crazy overtime, making the antibodies attack them on a greater scale.... Or at least this is the most accepted possibility according to the consultants. Also, just because...

Paul...my Hba1c speaks for itself...I do not need to go in there demanding insulin and acting like I know more about his job than he does.. It's clear my levels are dangerous and unacceptable and so he will prescribe as necessary... In all honesty I think, due to the fact there is no proper...

I don't want to go onto insulin so I'm not going to try and convince him I do. I am going to explain that my levels are not acceptable and ask him what he can give me that will get them down to acceptable levels and to be honest I don't think there is anything he could suggest but insulin. My...

I got my referral through and it's for October 13th..not immediately but better than three months I guess.. Shall see what he says when I get there...