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Dear Ellie Not sure what you mean It must be a bit like my type 1 nothing seems to work Just read an article about carbs and levels and it seems that you have to starve yourself in order to keep your readings level It’s bad enough already since am always feeling hungry

I have just downloaded the app to my iPad but it seems to be for type 2, is there an app for type 1 Also at 1st sight it seems very hard to navigate and you need a magnifying glass to read the words i dread to think what it would be like on an iPhone screen any suggestions

Dear Grant_Vicat Yes a carb controoled diet, the nurse said that i should have 60 carbs EVERY meal, if I did that i would look like billy bunter, so that is not on! readings befroe eating range from 3 to 20 No cold/virus am in good health have Asthma long lasting 16 units every morning Rapid is...

I have just downloaded the app to my iPad but it seems to be for type 2 Is there an app for type 1

I have just downloaded the app to my iPad but it seems to be for type 2 Is there an app for type 1

Why are my readings always jumping to high? Current reading i s 25+ I am Type 1 Seriously thinking of giving up all these measurements. No matter what you do nothing seems to make the levels consistant. I was advised that this could happen in the first year (Type 1 diagnosed in May 2021). You...

Thank you We have upped the lantus to 16 units and this has helped we are experimenting with the rapid insulin dosage

What are trophy points? I seemed to have earned 1!!

We have tried increasing the dosage but to no avail.

The 8 is the suggested normal rapid before breakfast It’s a number suggested by the nurse/dietitian The way I worked my ratio was by using actual carbs with the insulin dosage The basal of 14 units is taken every morning first thing Now I am confused What you are saying is that the normal 8...

readings today 14.5, 13.5, 14.5, 14.9, 17.9 everyone far too high. nurse said range should be morning 6 to 8, before lunch 5 to 10, before dinner 6-12 and evening 8 to 12 If the ratio is 6 to 1 and the normal breakfast dose is 8 units and i know that i am going to have 40k of carbs for...

Dear KK123 They did in fact misdiagnoe her as Type 2 first, she was supposed to have a test to see if it was type 1, the laboratory messed it up, the 2nd time she went for a test the lab said that she did not have a Dr's note, the 3rd time the lab said that it wasnt worth it. This started in...

Dear sleepster and response Thank you for your replies I have joined the forum on behalf of my wife who is 78 and was diagnosed with type 1 in May this year so I am still learning. Please advise what the insulin sensitivity factor is? She is not unwell and ketone reading is0.1 I have...

I am keeping records of everything and last dozen or so readings are high 12 to 18 there’s no correlation between readings, carbs , insulin or food eaten When readings are low just take suga etc and all ok What do you do when bg readings are high? Extra insulin does not seem to make any difference

Dear all We have kept records of all carbs, food eaten, insulin doses, times of eating and blood glucose levels. Now that we have that information what do we do with it? There is no pattern apart from the last 12 or so readings being high ie between 12 and 18 we have increased the insulin but...

Dear Ellie Here are the answers to your questions 1) Morning reading is never the same as the previous evening eg last 7 evenings/mornings 15.4/12.6, 13.4/10.3, 6.6/10.4, 12.4/10.9, 6.3/5.1, 7.8/7.2, 12.9/ 8.3 2)ratio I instructed to do 10 to 1, so if we know that the meal is 40 carbs...

My wife diagnosed type 1 at 78 years old

Woke up this morning with reading of 12.6 way above target Worked out breakfast carbs as 44, did 7units insulin reading before lunch was 12 way too high Worked out lunch carbs as 45g, did 5 units insulin reading before teatime was13.9 again way too high Couple of hours later reading went up...

Thanks Trevor I went onto the link and I still have a lot to learn, the more I research the more there is to learn, didn’t expect this in my late 70,s