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Migraine? Very common in teenagers and can make you feel very sick. A friends daughter suffered for many years with just sickness, no head pain. Please don't assume the cause is diabetes.

Well done you. I would kill for figures like yours. Remember you get good nurses and bad ones. I think you have a pretty good handle on how diabetes works, trust in yourself. I suspect when you see a consultant you will get a pat on the back and a gold star. Keep it going.

Yum, my dark medicine!

Hi noblehead. I am fairly certain there is insulin resistance. I was diagnosed with poly cystic ovarian syndrome 20 years ago, which I am sure you are aware it linked with insulin resistance, weight gain and other fun things. I have just started taking metformin (again), though it is the bog...

Hi Ann, Thanks for sharing your experience. Dosing is a lot of guess work, but I am beginning to get a feel for it now. The answers to your questions are. Yes I am a relatively new type 1. I have slow onset type 1 (originally mis-diagnosed for 2 years as type 2). I have been diagnosed with...

I thought I would give you a wee update. I have gradually been increasing my early morning dose and have found a shot of 7 or 8 unit of novorapid as soon as a wake, followed by my pre-breakfast bolus seems to have done the trick. For the first time in months I have managed to get a 2 hour post...

Thanks to everyone for there replies. After listening to you all I have a plan of action. I will try the early morning dose. If I cannot get sufficient control with that, I will speak to my consultant regarding change of insulin and possibly a pump. Happy New Year and thank you

Hi Woollyfuller. When I was diagnosed with BG at 29! but I was mis-diagnosed as type 2. With diet and a few type 2 med my diabetes improved so much I had to almost stop taking all medications. I thought I had it all sorted, hmmmm. Then about 1.5 years later my BG started to rise and rise, more...

No matter what I eat or what my BG is before bed I can guarantee by the time I eat breakfast I will be 16-18 mmol :-( It seems to be my morning default BG, darn it!

Thanks Icarter, it does help. Unless the DN has a better solution I will try a routine similar to yours. I think, in the absence of a pump, that this is the only way to start the day with reasonable numbers. My main worry was what to do if active and the general rule of dosing prior to food. So...

Thanks CarbsRok. I will keep that in mind. I am going to do some intensive monitoring, carb free day night-time measures etc. next week once things have settled down after Christmas and go back to the DN with data. Then I can talk about insulin switching and pumps etc. Thanks

Hi yes but usually about 30-40 mins after get up, by then the damage is done :-( Breakfast is low GI, but still carbs, I try and moderate/low GI carb.

No it is the bog standard metformin. I was originally prescribed it because was worried that insulin resistance was starting as my insulin:carb ratio had doubled. I will ask about changing to the Met SR. Thanks for the tip.

Hi Folks, Over this last 6 months I have developed really nasty dawn phenomenon (DP); immediately upon waking I am often around 8mmol, an hour later when I sit down to breakfast I have shot up to around 16mmol. I feel like I am been set up to fail before the day even starts, it is very...

I never have a problem explaining to people about diabetes, after all it takes so much time when first diagnosed that it becomes a hobby or a second job! What I do have problems explaining to people is the emotional drain it has on me. Most people think and say, well you can take insulin eat...

My personal work and diabetes policy is fight the good fight when it really matters. Otherwise keep your head down and don't make a fuss if it something you can live with. The workplace can be a brutally cruel place to those of us who need a bit more support. A pretty sad state of affairs thanks...

My understanding is that diabetes is a registered disability. Disability is defined by your "everyday" condition but also by what your condition would be if medication was withdrawn. Although diabetes is a registered disability, any benefits are means tested (as with all disabilities). My...

Yes I get this sometimes and it has left me confused. However I now think that is the speed that your BG drops effects the severity of the hypo symptoms, i.e. quick drop = severe symptoms, slow drop = less severe symptoms.

My colleague, who suffers with ME has been called for jury duty and he is concerned that fatigue might be a problem if called. This got me thinking about diabetes, particularly when insulin controlled, is it reason for exemption from jury duty. Obviously people should serve if well and capable...

I have found the implanon (slow release progesterone contraceptive implant) has really help this pesky problem. My periods pretty much stop with the implant, my hormone cycle is less of a cycle and more of a plateau, which has levelled out my pre-menstrual insulin resistance. It works for me...