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Please can anyone help my friend with some advice? : Hello Everyone, I currently live in Ireland and am thinking of moving to the USA in the next few months. I'd like to know a little more about the healthcare provisions there for diabetes and hope you can help with some advice. Can I get...

Thank you so much for your reply. I started the new insulin two weeks ago. Still early days yet. It is still working to its own time duration. I have found it helps to eat very little to keep my levels good. I've lost 4lbs and am not overweight (8 stone 8lbs now). The problem is there is NO...

Hi All, I've had quite a nightmare changing from beef to analogue, started the changeover in December last year, and have been on 4 different insulins. Humalog is taking hours to work, usually 4 hours and not the 15-20 minutes. Last week it took 6.5 hours. Have stopped eating carbs as a result...

The time lag is a constant problem. I was overseas last week and more active but still had the same problem. I have stopped eating carbs as that doesn't help matters at all.

Unused is in the fridge, used is outside. Thanks for the link, will try that! Have had no medical support and feel like I am flailing with no help. I hate this new regime so much! Feel mentally drained and nobody gets it. You were in a Surrey dance college eh? Bless! Thanks for the tag.

Thanks, tried Fiasp but will ask about Novorapid.

Thank you, yes checked that but it has been ongoing since I changed in December last year.

I'm not sure why this is in T2 as put it into T1. I was on 2/day until Dec and rotaate legs, bum and have minimal lumps. I just don't know what is going on.

Am I the only one having issues with analogue insulin in that it is taking hours to work? I was told that it was because I have had T1 almost 45 years, but several people have said that is a load of rubbish. I am on Humalog and it is hitting my system after FOUR hours. I am starting to think...

My blood ranges from waking 4-6 and then lunch 5-7 but then it goes haywire afgtre lunch which is light and is in the teens. I don't eat much and yes I inject short acting 7-10 units a day but this increases depending on how high I come in pre-tea. I rarely test during the night, but am around 5...

Sorry for the delay. Prior to this I was around units basal in the evening and 6 in the evening. I took less of the basal on the new regime and more short and it did not work so well. I don't understand why it is taking up to 4 hours for my short to work. It's all quite a challange and the...

Hello, Thanks for the tips that's really useful. I am fairly new to MDI was on 2/day since 1973. I am travelling to the USA and they are 6 hours behind. Sorry but I am a bit cnfused on what should do with my basal. I am on 22 units a day of Tresiba. How do you cope with jetlag, too...

I've found Tresiba to be a lot better and was put on that to avoid night hypos, which is a concern to me as a single parent. I'm coming in on very good readings, I started this year on 9 Jan but it took awhile to bed in as it were. How have you found the change from Bovine? I have never felt...

Hi Tony, I've had two consultants see me now. The first one dismissed the possibility of me having allergic reactions to two of the insulins I was prescribed and stopped as had allergic reactiosn claiming she "had never heard that before". This second one who is more senior, is the one who has...

Thanks Tony. Yes I have tried that but find if I cut back my Tresiba, I am just too high. I am also finding the Humalog is taking 4 hours to work and was to told it was because I had had diabetes so long. All in all, its all been a bit of a disaster. :arghh:

Hi Tony, I've been given very little guidance and been told to stop calling up for advice. Nobody has told me anything at all so its all come as a shock. I am on Humalog 0.5 units breakfast, eat no lumch or eggs so don't inject, evening is 4-6 units Long acting is Tresiba 22 units a day. Any...

Ahhh! Same, same!! I've had it nearly 45 and am still not on the correct dose. I have never felt so rough, and nobody has helped. I am currently going hypo on half a unit for breakfast, rang the specialist for advice and been told to stop ringing so have been struggling since Christmas. I feel...