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I agree with all the above, however, I would not let the cabin crew pop my insulin in the fridge these days, having done this once many many years ago on a flight to australia and discovering that the fridge in question was effectively an ice bath - the insulin seemed to work, but the boxes...

Looks broken to me, try another comparison test later on (they will want 3) and see how far off the two sources are, then ask for a replacement sensor if it's still too far off.

I have dawn phenomenon which starts as soon as I wake up, if it's not hot (as the past few days have changed things) I'd take probably 3.5U novorapid as soon as I get up to cover the dawn phenomenon and two cups of coffee (2x5g CHO) and then expect to be somewhere half decent once I've done the...

Rises post-exercise are quite typical. As @JoKalsbeek says this is almost certainly due to your liver having upped it's glycogen->glucose conversion rate while you exercise. My feeling is that the post-exercise peak size depends on what exercise intensity you're doing (so how much the liver is...

I also have the Carbs and Cals books and app, I also find it annoying that lots of things are now locked, however you can usually find an equivalent and use that instead (I take all of the numbers with a pinch of salt in any case), I also do what @In Response suggests, which is to just know how...

I used to get cramps when I just drank water on anything over about 60km, I used to talk little salt packets out with me to deal with it, but have since switched to using electrolyte tabs in my water bottles (I rather like the Wiggle own brand lemon ones if you're in the UK) for anything that...

Or to take the earlier idea to its extreme, split the dose and take ~1/2 in the morning and ~1/2 in the evening, then you can tune the behaviour a bit more. This is what I ended up doing as I would run low overnight, though I wouldn't then go high unless I overtreated the hypo(s). The going high...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gluconeogenesis - I don't know whether this is mediated by insulin, presumably if you have some level of insulin on board/ability to produce it the low levels of glucose that are generated this way will be stored pretty quickly, but I've not looked into it as much...

I used to bring back a month's worth of used syringes from Australia rather than try to find somewhere to dump them, much easier these days with only needles to dispose of (though unfortunately I'm not in Australia very often these days either!) I did tend to clip the needles with one of those...

It was more a question of what the total bolus was, bigger quantities of insulin with a given error on the carbs counting (for whatever reason) -> larger resultant changes in blood sugar, the actual ratio is not really important (re my question) as long as you're happy it's about right. I use...

How many carbs/how much insulin did you take for your dinner? If the quantities are large then any inaccuracies in carb counting/insulin absorption/carbohydrate absorption will have a larger effect. The overnight downward trend, which is what it sounds like, might be too much basal, or it could...

I remember the chemistry set urine test set too, though I assume I quickly moved onto the strips (it's a long time ago and I was quite small). I didn't have a blood test meter for many years, instead I stuck with the wipe at 1min and look at 2min (iirc) strips, though when I was younger I didn't...

Yes, you can halve the dosage of lantus and split the dose, or combine it into one injection. The duration of this insulin is ~24h so this works, though the insulin activity is not completely flat (some slight peaks and it tails off) so you may find doing one or the other works better for you. I...

If you dilute the blood it will change the glucose concentration - the same thing happens if you have wet/damp hands when you test

I was diagnosed at 7, I wasn't let out of the hospital without being able to inject myself (I vividly remember the room just off the ward where I was first presented with syringes - to be used at least twice - and some vials of insulin and had a first "stab" at it.)

I'd aim for <80g for a meal, though I do sometimes have larger meals (like this evening for example). FWIW I typically eat 35g for breakfast, 50g for lunch and 75g for supper. I also snack lots (and cycle lots and have a BMI of 22.9 apparently, so am not worried about weight, except when I think...

I had one of these iirc: https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8065643/blood-glucose-tester-germany-1999-blood-glucose-meter I never throw (tech) stuff away so must have a box of miscellanea somewhere. I'll post some pictures as and when I find it. I did find these though, the...

I don't use it (I'm on MDI) but have read about OpenAPS's method of handling unannounced carbs, which may be heading in the direction you're looking for, see e.g.: https://github.com/openaps/oref0/issues/297

I cycle. It depends. What time of day are you going out @Emmaline, do you eat/dose beforehand, do you reduce basal at all? If I ride hard my blood sugar will go up, though not vastly high just because of that, if I ride less hard it will drop. Once I've been out for some number of hours it will...

@dougscrewe does Nutracheck sync with other apps? I had a look on the website but couldn't see anything relevant (I may well have missed it, sorry)? I'm also curious about apps in general, and what's available that does sync/export data easily.