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For me, the answer was yes and no. I had to take more insulin for a number of days, (7 to 12 possibly ?) but then things stabilised again, so I had to drop back to my original usual number of units.

No, you're not alone in finding that a hot shower has this effect. Prople have posted about this before. on other threads. I have certainly experienced a drop in BS level after a hot shower myself, though not so much as to be hypo. Doctors don't always kniw everything. We live with diabetes 24...

Keep testing and make sure you have whatever you use for hypos close at hand. The test results will be useful for the hospital people when you hear from them.

You must be shell-shocked with all that has changed for you in the past few days. I think you owe your colleagues serious amounts of thanks. Some people end up in a state of collapse before being diagnosed. You were lucky - if anybody diagnosed with diabetes can be described in this way. You...

Everyone's levels tend to be higher in the morning. It's because our livers produce glucose to give us the energy to start the day. This is quite normal.

I experienced low level ketones on and off over several days a couple of years back. The answer proved to be that I was not eating quite enough to balance the insulin I was taking, because I was burning up so much energy with extra unaccostomed exercise. I know this may sound bananas, but eating...

You're type 1 on insulin, so you are entitled to blood testing strips because you need to monitor your blood sugar to avoid dangerous highs and lows. If you are running out of strips before your next prescription because of how long it is taking to obtain supplies, I would complain to the...

The assumption that if you end up in DKA (or close to it) it is your own fault, because everyone knows female diabetics stop taking their insulin in order to lose weight. This was repeated by two doctors, when I was strugging with crazy BS levels after Hypurin Bovine Lente had been discontinued...

Sorry I didn't include the old brand name now. I posted this in a hurry, trying to cook, doing hand washing and tidy up all at the same time. Apologies.

Just found these this morning so bought a few. These were in Liverpool but probably worth checking if you're in any Morrison's supermarket.

The question is why are you considering splitting the Tresiba. What makes you think this would improve things for you ?

Well, my fasting blood tests stopped as soon as I complained to my previous GP that I was hypo on the bus on the way there. (I had never been asked for a fasting blood test between diagnosis as type1 in 1964 and some point after about 2010.)

She sounds just like my GP practice nurse - useless for advice and talks absolute rubbish.

Statins destroyed my short-term memory to the point that I was no longer able to put together a reasoned argument at work. I was made redundant as a result and completely lost my confidence. My memory took several years to recover fully, though the improvement started within 2 weeks or so of...

I don't have a pump, but can often feel I'm facing a Gestapo interrogation when I attend a hospital clinic. I have been accused of lying before now. Some doctors expect us all to conform exactly to the theoretical diabetic, who only exists in medical text books and ask me repeatedly to explain...

If I was embarrased by a sensor at that age, tellimg me about people like that wouldn't help. It would just make me feel that I was expected to be like somebody else, a person who wasn't me and clearly didn't feel how I felt. We are all different. I was diagnosed aged 10.

Good luck with your designs, Aaron. I wish you every success.

Thanks for accepting my decision.

Just to clarify, I don't want a pump - end of story. Don't want to discuss it futher.

I'm a type 1 and have been since the age of ten. I am now 68. I have arthritis (it runs in the family) and my hands are severely affected. As a result, I find insulin 'pens' too heavy to use, When I last switched insulin, the Diabetic Specialist Nurse insisted that I should use an insulin pen...