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  1. fairylights

    How low before you need help?

    Hi Noblehead - Thanks - I'll try the online course. Hopefully that will help me a bit and I'm reading Think Like a Pancreas - although I have to read each bit about 10 times and it still doesn't completely sink in ...
  2. fairylights

    How low before you need help?

    About a month or so ago my consultant changed me over to basal/bolus so I'm still getting used to it. I'm really happy that they've taken me off the mixed insulin which didn't work so well for me. I will get to go on DAFNE in a few months - I could have been on one now but it's a course that...
  3. fairylights

    LADA or just type 1

    I was diagnosed with LADA in May 2012 (at 50 and overweight), I went to GP, hospital and injecting insulin the next day. I did stop insulin for about 2 months as they said I was in the honeymoon period - but it didn't last long. Since then my insulin requirements have risen and risen. I am...
  4. fairylights

    Bydurion or Exanatide

    I have not tried the weekly injection but I have been on byetta (exenatide) since June (after being on insulin for a month following diagnosis in May). For me it is a wonder drug - I really had no side effects - maybe felt a bit queasy for the first week - but I found that if I didn't eat so...
  5. fairylights

    Honeymoon is over :-(

    Oh I will definitely be asking for a basal/bolus and when I last saw the consultant she did imply that that is what they would give me. But have just taken my BGL and it's dropped down to 7.8 !!!!!
  6. fairylights

    Honeymoon is over :-(

    Feeling really down tonight. My BGL has been slowly creeping up over the last month or so no matter what and today I have had 2 readings of over 16. So it's on the phone to the DSN first thing tomorrow and I expect I will be on insulin more or less straight away. I was put on insulin when I was...
  7. fairylights

    The take-away!

    I eat out quite often, Indian food seems good for me I usually have a poppadum with spiced onions and then a curry of some sort - have tried various and a spoonful of rice washed down with a couple of glasses of red wine. It's my favourite so I'm happy! Also go to nandos as my daughters like...
  8. fairylights

    Flu Jab

    My daughter used to have it due to asthma when she was younger (age 7-12ish) and she was okay with it. I had mine today - for the first time - and the Dr told me to wait in the surgery for 5 minutes as some people get an allergic reaction.
  9. fairylights

    A few questions

    I will speak to the GP about this when I go - it doesn't seem right that they want to put me on medication for something that they haven't even tested right!
  10. fairylights

    A few questions

    Okay - maybe I am still hopeful it might be type 2 - I expect because I hated taking insulin so much. They had me on humulin M3 a 30/70, I started on 10 units morning and evening, worked up to 20 then dropped back to 10 before coming off it. I hated having to eat when the insulin required me...
  11. fairylights

    A few questions

    Recently went for my first consultant check - had a list of questions which I asked but have now got more and it's 6 months until I go back! Can I have both type 1.5 and type 2? They say I probably have LADA as I was diagnosed with BGL of 33 and ketones. They also did some tests and I have...
  12. fairylights

    Just diagnosed - I need my eyes!

    Hi Stu I was diagnosed with LADA (slow onset type 1) at the beginning of May, my long distance vision was blurry and overnight I went from being able to see my computer screen at work to not being able to see it. I bought lots of cheap reading glasses and to start off with they helped by my...
  13. fairylights

    diet Coke?

    Tonight I was at the gym and when I got there I discovered that my dear daughter had pinched my headphones from my gym bag, so I had to listen to what was going on round about me. One of the instructors was inducting (?) two women who were both fairly overweight and the discussion got on to...
  14. fairylights

    Eating Out - Indian Food

    Well I had a poppodum, some spiced onions, half a dish of rice and my curry and a couple of glasses of wine and my BGL was 5.8 after 2 hours. Delighted!
  15. fairylights

    Eating Out - Indian Food

    Oh good. This is much better than I thought! They do do both a spinach and a fenugreek dish but think I will try my favourite which is a punjabi dish with mushrooms, onions and peppers. We don't normally have starters so will try my poppadom with spicy onions and a little rice and have a...
  16. fairylights

    Eating Out - Indian Food

    So I have now had diabetes for 7 weeks. After reading lots of posts I have been trying to reduce the amount of carbs that I eat - most days now it's probably between 60 -100g per day. For the first few weeks I didn't feel great and didn't want to go out anyway, and since then have been to a...
  17. fairylights

    NHS Scotland Diabetes On-line Records Service

    I registered for this last week and have received the letter for my GP to sign more or less by return of post. I'm going there next week so I;ll just take it then. But maybe they have speeded things up a bit.
  18. fairylights

    How did you feel about your diagnosis?

    How did you feel about your diagnosis? When I went to my GP I had already researched my symptoms on google so I was sort of expecting it. Did certain emotions come through? I was a bit panicked and worried - but felt pretty ill so hopeful that I would soon feel better. Was your diagnosis...
  19. fairylights

    merguines

    I have been slowly reading through the recipe thread and there was a recipe for lemon meringue pie which had a meringue recipe - haven't tried it though. Still trying to master a basic cake!
  20. fairylights

    Obsessed with food and numbers.

    Oh I hope it does. I am worried that I am too obsessed and then I'll get to a point where I've had enough and want to start something new. But I can't really afford to do that can I? I am starting to think about trying some low carb baking now!
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