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@jonmors - sorry I can’t figure out how to highlight the bit I’m about to reply to…. Your comment about “1”. Do you mean they were testing at 0.1 or 1.0? It would also be worth bearing in mind when you tested - if you tested a couple of hours after a meal and mid cycle of her last bolus, and she...

They are being totally negligent and I can only assume they don’t understand and they are trying to reduce costs. But, they are dealing with it as though it’s coming out of their own pockets, which is extreme. You would’ve thought once the hospital got involved the practice would comply and bow...

In answer to your question- I’ve never been able to stay all the time between 4 and 7. I pre-bolus by 20 minutes and when it’s working nicely I rise to about 11.7 and then come back into range throughout the life cycle of the bolus. It’s the best I can manage, for me - and 100% better than the...

Agree with everything that’s just been said…. However, another angle and pause for thought based on my own experience of low carbing for a sustained amount of time….. Slim type 1, great control for 11 years, insulin sensitive - under 20 units of bg daily and consistently 1:20 ratio for food. I...

Hi, Me too. Just turned a corner with blood sugars yesterday after a week of “sick day rules” and bolusing every 2 hours, and upping carb ratios and background. I’m still on higher than normal background and wonder whether at some point I’ll just suddenly crash as it becomes too strong, or it...

I had one that formed a really hard lump. I’d had to replace the sensor after a week of its life. It had been really accurate but then started telling me I was 2.8. When I removed it there was a hard lump under it. It took ages for it to re reabsorbed in my body but did eventually go away after...

Thanks to you both for your replies. At least I’m not alone. I’m not on a pump but, Marie, that sounds just awful when it’s nothing down to what you are doing and it’s a double tech failure. Juicyj- thanks for the dexcom suggestion and heads up. I’ve floated it past my consultant but I...

Hello all, I don’t post much but I’m an avid reader and I pick up such a lot of information from all of you experts. I’m having a really hard time with my type 1 after having 10 years of no real problems and a good quality of life and good hBA1cs and blood sugars. I’ve hit my 50s and think...

I changed trusts recently because I’d been receiving terrible care at my old one despite persistently asking for help. All they ever said was to take more insulin, but not listening to my massive problems to do with sensitivity and inconsistency. This had made me fear insulin. My GP referred...

Hi Nathan, The hormone thing is still a big question mark. But for me - so is the fasting / starvation mode issue this specialist says I’ve induced. Would you mind telling me how many times you fast or carb free, because I have been doing that too. Totally skipping meals in order to either test...

Hi, Reading your original post is like looking in the mirror at me. I’m in a bit of a mess at the minute. Like you, I’ve had excellent control and a great quality of life for 10 years and then the past 2 have been horrific. Exactly as you describe- I couldn’t be more conscientious and I put...

Yes, about a month ago I got through 4 in one week. All from different batches. All wildly inaccurate. Tried to stick with them to see if they settled in to no avail. Abbott replaced them all. It totally messed my control up for a week because you come to rely on the good ones and then don’t...

Good afternoon, Steve. I don’t do a lot of posting but your words really spoke to me. I’m so sorry for your loss. My husband has been having surgery and chemotherapy for the last year, so I know how devastating cancer is. It’s hard managing our condition through all the stress and worry too...

Hi, I’ve had the exact same problem this morning with a new sensor I applied yesterday. It was inaccurate from the get go but I stuck with it for 24 hours. It was about 5mmol lower than blood reading and had actually registered a “low episode” this morning when in actual fact I wasn’t having a...

Hi Izzy, I've been diagnosed for just over two years and taking levemir / Humalog. I switched from Lantus about a year and a half ago. I have exactly the same problems as you at almost exactly the same days as you during my monthly cycle. It's taken me all this time to get to grips with it...

Hi again. Ignore me... Looks like it was an old thread popping back up to the top for some reason. I was just interested as fallenstar helped me out when I went on to lev.

Hi guys, Really interesting thread. But can I ask fallenstar... R u back on lantus? Are you doing ok on it. I thought you were really settled on levemir. Kind regards.

Hi Sanober, So much of what you've said rings true to me. A question first....diagnosed last February so just passed the 1st year anniversary. I was told I was type 1 due to gad test, but my DSN kept referring to me as "weird and wonderful" - not an entirely helpful description. As I was 39 at...

Thanks for your replies. I'm booked in for DAFNE in June....can't wait! In the meantime I'm going to concentrate on getting basal right again as a first step. I really do hate this feeling of not being in control. Onwards and upwards" :wave:

Thanks, Noblehead. When your basal changes, do your bolus ratios too? Or is it just that your basal need is greater so you are taking more bolus to compensate until you get your background sorted out. At such time, does your bolus go back to your normal ratio?. I know that might sound like a...