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It isn't easy for any of us, but you have already shown that you could, and still can do it. I'd suggest that you don't worry about any immediate return to 'normal', but simply go for 'TATS' - Tiny attainable tickable targets. Record your BG levels and try each day to reduce your carb intake by...

Hit the nail on its head!!

I’m perhaps the odd man out, but I’ve found the L2 just as good as the L1 as far as measuring my interstitial glucose levels is concerned – there’s next to no difference between L1 and L2 and when I look back at the levels I recorded on the L1, and on the L2 the trends are pretty much the same...

There are three factors that will impact on your BG level and their precise relationship and impact is difficult to determine 1. Carb intake. 2. Medication. 3. Exercise Personally I’d have a try at controlling BG through diet (low carb) and exercise for a few months before...

We've not tried pickling whole cucs. But we do make cucumber and onion pickle by thinly slicing cucumber and onions and layering in a jar of malt vinegar. If we've got any dill growing we add a bit of that too. We've a lot of cucs coming on in our polytunnel at present so may have a try at...

It's a VERY fluid situation, but here's what I've gleaned while thinking about a trip to Greece we have planned in September. Rules for other countries may differ, and the situation at present seems to be in constant flux. Outbound: 1. A document certifying vaccination 2...

Try baby oil and cotton wool or soak in a bath and use a flannel and soap. I prefer the latter.

Hi Philip! One possible cause of your protracted loss of weight is a problem with your pancreas not producing the digestive enzymes required to digest your food. I had lost a lot of weight when diagnosed with diabetes and the loss continued until I'd virtually no body fat left to lose...

It would be useful to know the basis for your diagnosis and you GP should provide that. I would guess it was a HbA1c test that measured your average blood glucose. Diabetes is controllable and can even be pushed into remission by appropriate diet and exercise and also in some cases medication...

The CoFiD - Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset is about as good as you'll find and covers hundreds of foods. It was first established in 1940. Up to recently it was only available as an Excel spreadsheet (massive!) but has now been released as a searchable on-line database. For anyone adept...

I just use the reader as it's nice and light and small and fits easily into a shirt pocket. I upload to LibreView via a connection from my main PC. I do have a phone but only ever switch on when away from the house. The reader does everything I need.

Time of day and activity level can make a BIG difference to the ideal I:C ratio. I take 9 units with a breakfast of 35 g of carbs, but with my evening meal I take at present 5 units with a meal comprising about 70 to 80 g carbs. I often skip insulin at lunch as I only have about 17 g carbs and...

Personally I wouldn't worry too much. Your GP will discuss your results and make suggestions about the way forward. Going by your last result of 6.4 you'll either be regarded as pre-diabetic or as T2 diabetic and if it's the latter it's no big deal and the sooner you know about it, the sooner...

Hi Matt! If you can get a Libre 2 you can set an alarm to alert you if your blood is going too low. I set mine to go off at night if my blood hits 4 so I can then take in some glucose before I go into the hypo zone.

Prior to Covid lackdown I had reviews every 6 months at the hospital diabetes clinic where I underwent a full range of tests - HbA1c, BP, Weight, retinopathy etc. Under present circumstances I just have blood tests, urine and BP at the local surgery and then a follow up phone consultation with...

Much depends on how much you took. If you took the same amount as you would have taken for rapid you'll probably not have anything to worry about other than possibly going a bit on the high side with your BG. The effects of levemir are long acting unlike rapid which peaks after a short time and...

Here's another view of data that Libreview provides. This shows my AGP - Ambulatory Glucose Profile for 14 days. It shows that I tend to go low in the early morning before I get up and I also tend to go a bit high after my tea as well as having a short spike after breakfast.. I've been reducing...

I try to keep things simple and light. If going out for a meal or into town when we might perhaps decide to have a meal I carry my bolus insulin pen, reader and glucose tabs or jelly babies in a small shoulder bag. If heading out for a bike ride I carry just glucose, some form of protein bar and...

A bowl of instant oats; and if I've got my insulin calculated correctly I don't get a spike in my glucose level.

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