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Yes it can be! I was diagnosed as type 2 in 2012......as a 60kg 42 year old....fast forward to December 2019 I'm on full basal bolus multiple daily injections and being treated as type 1. Oh, and negative for GAD antibodies.....though that may not have been the case in 2012, when I wasn't...

Yep, mine was the same, I must have a look at it, think its on a shelf somewhere! I wonder what has grown in it. On that subject what does one do with one's used pens? Surely they can be recycled...but I'm guessing they're not!

I'm not sure what's wrong with it - but my second ever FIASP pen did the exact same. I came up with 2 possibilities: 1) it was left sitting on my kitchen bench and the sun was shining on it which probably heated it up enough, ever though it was winter. 2) It happened just after a rather painful...

I get no spike with this indeed 4 units usually lowers me a bit in two hours 30g porridge oats 15g chia seeds good handful of flaked almonds good handful of frozen berries good big dollop of peanut butter some cinnamon and as much unsweetened almond milk as you want to get the required...

Diagnosed T2 supposedly at 42....now probably T1/LADA at 49! Took me about 3 weeks to see normal blood sugar levels after I started insulin, now it's great (most of the time!!!). All the above is what I'm doing - follow this advice and it'll all come together, but you'll have wobbles and highs...

30g porridge oats 15g chia seeds Handful of flaked almonds Good handful of frozen or fresh berries Bit of cinnamon Good big spoonful of peanut butter About 200ml of unsweetened almond milk Thats about 40g of carbs

Yes I'd like the libre if I can get it - consultant reckoned I'd qualify when I first seen her, have been dealing with DSN since (which has been fine). Marathon running is fairly predictable if you follow one of the usual programs - half marathon x 2 plus 15 minutes is a pretty good guide. If...

So I had my first proper run (i.e outside) and my longest run since starting insulin therapy....so first experiment in the art of running and BG management - 6 mile run / 46 minutes. BG before 7.0 Took on 10g of carbs. 3 miles in 5.9 End of run 7.6 I'm pretty happy with that!...didn't die and...

Franc, I've run for years including one marathon in 2018 as a Type 2, now I'm on basal/bolus insulin and looks like I'm Type 1 - its quite new to me (just before Christmas) and I haven't run too far yet but hoping to get back into it soon, and train for a 1/2 maybe late spring or autumn. I...

I started insulin therapy just before Christmas, with gradually increasing doses its really only this week that I've seen BG levels returning to within range, still some adjustment needed though, so I wouldn't worry too much about high levels at your stage in the game. I found the gym including...

Sounds like a good plan to me!....especially the "I like to eat" bit....I have a shocking appetite and can't put weight on....

Diagnosed as Type 2 in 2012 having never been more than 76kg but dropped to 60 before diagnosed, ketones and in hospital for 3 days on drip and insulin. Usual Type 2 meds kind of kept things in check up until last year, but I was on ever increasing doses of everything - maxed out on metformin...

Like a hobbit! That would suit me, sorry if the Lord of the Rings allusion means nothing! Sounds lije a great plan.

Yeah i know, but because I'm new, i expect it all to be perfect and precise and predictable . It came down nicely before dinner, and more insulin would almost certainly have sent my hypo.

Indeed , i had a wonderfully measured lunch today to match my current 5 units..... I rose by 3mmol/l.... I do wonder if my Fiasp peaks too quickly, leaving me floundering with my slower digesting wholemeal bread? Or maybe thats just the way it is now and again!

Shannon great advice! Have Carbs and Cals really useful and easy to use (on £3.99 I think!) I don't have my ratios - but I'm keeping data to calculate them - on evidence so far, in my opinion at least the "common" 1:10 ain't gonna do it may 1:7-8 or thereabouts - but I think around lunchtime...

Yep seeing dietitian early February - will probably refrain rather than does until then. Have read fairly extensively on it and understand concepts well, but won't start it until I'm given the go ahead! :-) Re: fat etc. I've had "off the record discussions" about fat and some foods like lentils...

Great, thanks all - my BG skyrockets with even a small handul of crisps or such like - was just wondering how everyone dealt with that. Looks like avoidance or a cheeky wee jag is the way to sort it out! (which is kind of obvious really - but just wasn't sure if people were actually injecting...

Hi All, I'm not fomally carb counting yet, (February) but trying to get my head around a couple of things for when I do, but it's also relevant to where I'm at at the moment. I need to take breakfast early (6 a.m.) on weekdays and necessarily have lunch around 1-2pm. Now I can usually last...

Ok i have been treated as type 2 for years but am probably now type 1 and have started basal / bolus therapy just before Christmas. I havent ventured out much but have run on the dreadmill at the gym 5k followed by fast 400m intervals and it didnt immediatly decrease BG until later in the day...