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I too get very high reading in the morning. mine is due to severe dawn phenomenon, To overcome this I take an extra 10 units of Nova rapid on waking about 6am then at 8am I take my normal dose for breakfast

As a Type 1 with stage 4 CKD I have in the past traveled with my conditions not covered, not grerat I know. I am going to Croatia in July and have just had a VERY reasonable quote from these guys, with both my Diabetes and CGD covered http://www.freespirittravelinsurance.com/ Lorna

I do not need to be on a restricted yet. I watch my salt and fat content and my BP is now steady. Dialysis patients have to monitor their fluid intake and have a restricted diet but, fingers crossed, I can keep that at bay for a while. It has been suggested that saunas can help kidney...

I am type 1 diabetic with stage 4 CKD. I am 49 and VERY overweight, although I have finally started to lose weight! For the past few years my egfr has been between 21-26% but my last test ,taken just after Christmas, was down from 21 to 19. My hba1c was 8 which is high for me but my consultant...

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The flu jab is not a live vaccine and does not contain any of the virus Lorna

Kevin, you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers Lorna

Is is impossible to catch the flu from the flu vaccine, it is not a live vaccine. I have been having the vaccine for years now and never had any adverse effects. In over 90% of cases where people think they have the flu what they actually have is a bad cold. Lorna

I had mine last Saturday with no ill effects :) Lorna

Between breakfast and lunch for me is 4 hours then between lunch and dinner it is up to 7 Lorna

I get very high morning readings and it is not because I am going low in the night, it is because I am extremely insulin resistant in the morning. At the moment I combat this by taking 10-20 units of bolus at 6am then I test again at 8 before breakfast, if it is still too high then I take...

When my ex husband and I bought our first property I was refused life insurance so the mortgage had to be in my husbands name only Lorna

http://news.sky.com/story/1128593/diabe ... s-recalled

He needs to start taking care of himself, you can't do it for him. Complications are no laughing matter as I have found out now that I have Stage 4 CKD, he really needs to get control Lorna

A cure! Lorna

Why would anyone want to hack into an account on a Diabetes forum? What's the worst they could do??? Lorna

I was diagnosed in 1974 and my brother was diagnosed 6 weeks after me! ?I gave birth to my first daughter in 1988 and my second in 1989, neither are diabetic :D I used to worry when they were younger and I used to test their blood if they were ever ill but now they are in their 20's I have...

I have been Type 1 since 1974 and only had Ketostix added top my prescription last month following advice from the nurse at the hospital. Very simple just wee on it! Lorna

That is when I started shouting at the TV too! Blaming her type 2 for everything right down to why she has sore feet never mind that she is carrying an excess 15 stone!! I found her to be very self pitying and she really irritated me, surprising that she used to me a Nursing Sister!

I take 48 units of Levemir split into 2 doses then I take a ration of 2 units per 10grams of Humulin S but I also take an extra dose of 20 units of Humulin S on waking, usually between 05:30 and 06:00 am, to combat extreme inulin resistance. Lorna