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But 12.6 & 15.2 are MOST DEFINITELY NOT 'normal' postprandial readings. Unfortunately diabetes has a lot of grey areas and it doesn't sound like you have had proper testing for it??? Perhaps you could ask for a glucose tolerance test? To see how your body reacts to sugar, this would throw up any...

Hi heather. You've had an eventful few years then!? This forum is fab for info, advice & motivation! It must be really difficult to be on top of things with 2 tiny munchkins!? I've been t1 for 13 years, and have a 10 & 3 yr old, my diabetes has certainly taken a back seat a few times. My mum is...

...and, before my diagnosis (with t1 13 yrs ago) I was a regular at the docs with recurrent infections, boils, cystitis and no one once thought to look into diabetes. Took months, and only came to light after a health check with my employers health insurance. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

You're certainly not being paranoid, those readings are not 'non diabetic' blood glucose levels. Esp the post meal ones. You need some professional, medical advice & support, your doc is being ridiculous! Can you ask then to refer you to a diabetes specialist nurse, either at surgery or...

Shelley...yes I think you can say you don't want to go on sliding scale, someone posted something about that, was it further up this thread?!? Was all well in the end? Did baby do ok? what a lovely sonographer. Being t1 and pregnant is bad enough, being diagnosed with t1 is bad enough...being...

Ahh I see. How annoying! Coz all your other numbers are enviable! What about adding a unit to counter the post meal high, then an hour before lunch a little carby snack to prevent the hypo? I appreciate that it's easy to advise...the theory is one thing and the reality another with this...

Hi I've been using the accu-chek combo since August, it's great for flexibility, as in - being able to eat what you want when you want. A revelation for me, as I used to use too much background insulin in order to 'graze' but often ended up hypo and also feeding the background so not good for...

Every time I eat porridge for brek (had some today, yum) my bg levels are stable til lunch. Should eat it every day really! It's the only food I can rely on keeping me steady, I'm on an insulin pump so can input the carbs I eat precisely, but it's still the only food that I know what I'm gonna...

Hi Got any readings from today to compare with? Spot trends etc? Looks like you've got a higher insulin:carb ratio in the morning, like a lot of us. Which just means you need more insulin with breakfast. for example, if you usually use 1u of insulin for every 10g of carbohydrate, your need is...

My mum has been t1 for nearly 39 years, over the past 10 years her insulin dose has increased dramatically, she has tried metformin but doesn't get on with it so was taken off. She is overweight (not ridiculously, but has been for years) and I said ages ago its like she's type 2 aswell. But no...

Hi. I'm t1 (13 years) and hba1c is usually in the 6s. My latest was 7.1, which I feel was higher than I'd like, but doc says that's great. Whichever doc I've ever seen says great control. However, I also now have background retinopathy (since 2010 after being pregnant with 2nd child) and the...

Well that's encouraging, but still too high ay? I know you've got to give it a chance, see what happens tonight, but looks like there's still room for a couple of extra units. (I'm only saying what I'd do in that situation) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Is it about trials? My kids are going to be involved in a trial to assess whether they are likely to develop type 1, and if the results shows they are, there are trials of vaccinations that may prevent development...wonder if its referring to that? I'll find out exactly what's involved and post...

EVERY time? apart from the time the OP was taken in. Or the other chap who posted a similar account of treatment (I.e. having both told the police they were insulin dependant diabetics and both being refused their meters to test with despite one of them feeling distinctly unwell and the other...

I've only read the first 2 pages, I'm such a sap, I've got wet eyes if you know what I mean! Aren't words lovely? Words that mean something are even lovelier. What a nice thread. :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Oo I'm gonna have to watch...thanks for the heads up. Heart sinking...know what you mean, how sad. Very interesting , i've just gone on a 'drive' to stop driving everywhere and walk kids to school. It's 1.5 miles to one then 1.75 from there to preschool, then just over 1.5 home again. It's been...

Shelley, sounds like scary stuff :( I have to say every hospital experience I've ever had (not v many, and most pregnancy related) always eats away the trust I have for their care of my diabetes. I just pray that if I need to be in hospital I'm in a fit state to look after my own bg levels...

Well done! My last hba1c was exactly the same. I wasn't thrilled, I want to be 6 point something, but my reaction to your figure was 'fab' so I'm not gonna beat meself up too much! We're under NICE guidelines, whoop, Go us! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hale & smidge, great numbers! Now that I am aware of SD it will really help me focus on trying to keep it under 1/3. Good to have a goal! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

If levemir is supposed to be flat then maybe it's better to have it 12 hours apart? To cover the whole 24 hr period consistently? But I'm by no means a levemir expert so don't know that is necessarily the case??? Sure other experts can pitch in... Yeh try your increased dose tonight without the...