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Thank you. Well, again, my total is 5.8, the Triglycerides is 1.1 mmol/L, and HDL is 1.58mmol/L, and nothing about LDL...There is some pressure from the GP to go on statins...

Thank you Daibell.

Hi, Triglycerides were 1.1 mmol/L, HDL was 1.58 mmol, and I wasnt told what LDL was... The doctor just says the 5.8 total, is too high for a diabetic and wants to put me on statins....

Hi, thank you for your response. Yes, occasionally I do a finger prick but not usually unless I feel the sensor is not operating properly. Sometimes a new sensor will wiggle about dramatically until it settles down....But even given what I think are frequently lower readings on the Libre, this...

Just received my A1c result and it is considerably higher than my Libre indicates. Libre says 5.8 (40 mmol/mol), and A1c shockingly says 47. I thought I was doing so well. Also, despite all my efforts with food and exercise my cholesterol is still 5.8 which it was a year ago. I can't believe...

Thanks, 'In Response', but I have never heard this expression, 'pre-blousing'. What does it mean?

I have read that a regimen of fasting can help to improve BG levels, or even result in someone with Diabetes (I am type 1) finding that they no longer need insulin at all..... I already go without breakfast, eating lunch usually around 12 midday, and this deals brilliantly with the Dawn...

Thanks again Ert. I can see you really know what you are talking about! What then is the point of the diabetic nurses and consultants encouraging a 'target' for BG, in my case between 3.9 and 10mmoles when it is pretty obvious that if I were to eat normally, there is very little chance of...

Thank you Ert. So this would seem to mean that I am overly concerned when it spikes at 30 minutes after a meal......So I am making this harder work than it needs to be? This might also indicate that my actual ratio might well be more like something like 1:10, insulin to carbs after all...?

I cant quite understand the following: I am on a very low carb diet, mostly salads, with fish, chicken or eggs etc. and only need 1 unit for each meal usually, and 3.5 units each day for Long acting levemir. Yet it is clear when I have something like half a shop bought lasagne which is about 46...

This could be writing the above! I too was misdiagnosed as type 2, the bg skyrocketed, was rushed into hospital with ketoacidosis, and now I am on very low carb diet too. I have one unit for most meals, bolus, and 3.5 units for basal each morning. My last two A1cs were in the pre-diabetic...

Very good Resurgam. Well Done!

If I have a cup of tea - any time of day - with semi skimmed milk (and Without any sugar or sweetener), my blood glucose also goes up significantly. I think it is the milk. After all, there is the type of sugar called LACTOSE in milk....? That will be what is making your blood glucose rise...

I don't take any insulin for animal protein....I was told that I didn't need any for protein or salads or vegetables. I am fairly new to this, but it seems to work okay...?

Despite putting myself on a largely plant-based diet, but with animal protein as well as other proteins, I have found in recent weeks, increasing problems with constipation! I have usually thought that the main answer is increasing fibre intake, but I know that with this plant-based diet, I...

Well Both....thank you for your responses...but I AM interested, and DO want to ask the questions! (or I wouldn't have posted the questions!)

I have read information on this site regarding life expectancy of Type 1 Diabetes females, but not about life expectancy of those with LADA. I am 67, and have recently been diagnosed with Diabetes 1, having previously, for the last year, been diagnosed as first, pre-diabetic, then Diabetes 2...

Oh. okay. I understood that the lancets were supposed to be changed every time or they become blunted. I can see why some might use them more than once. sometimes when the prick doesnt bring forth enough blood, or hardly connects, then I also re-do with same lancet as it does seem wasteful...

That's really good if you hardly use the lancets. I am meant to be testing blood glucose four times a day. How do you manage not to have to test Rokaab? Are you on a pump?

Does anyone have any recommendations about some relatively painless lancets and matching penlets? I have been using 'CareSens 28G 0.36 mm', but they really do make my fingers sore. I have them on prescription. I went into Holland and Barrett yesterday and a fellow type 1 sufferer suggested...