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If I forget my background dose I take it when I forget but reduce my dose. I take my background at 9am/9pm it's normally my daytime I forget because my work day has started and I get involved with something else then by 11/12ish I then realise I haven't taken, so given I have 4 units in the day...

Hi cz_dave, I started with a low carb diet about a 8months ago, by low carb I aim for no more than 70g but sometimes this goes up to 100g. I hadn't realised how great it worked for me until I let the carbs slide up and up to my pre low carb eating. My sugars are now much higher and it seems like...

Hi I get big rises soon after I've eaten but am trying to learn not to test as by my next meal it has gone back to what it should be. I've been told by my nurse to stop correcting as I am making myself hypo. So now I only check before meals and bedtime I am hoping by doing this I can get better...

At the beginning of the year I was aiming to eat less than 70g of carbs a day this worked well and my sugars were quite consistent. However I noticed when I ate lunch which was carb free that my sugar still went up, I have now come to the conclusion that protein for me without any carbs raises...

I always used to get a high spike after breakfast (2hrs) but when I tested before lunch they were always quite good. I love cereal and I'm afraid it's the one thing I really can't go without, so now I've started taking my insulin 30mins before I eat (had to test this for a few days to get the...

I miss just eating, not thinking about anything but just enjoying what it is I'm about to have - how nice.... I also miss starting my dinner/meals with everyone else as I need to test, work out the carb content etc then before you know it my brother in law is on his second helping and I've only...

Hi, I was diagnosed 7 years ago when I was 12 weeks pregnant, my consultant said that I was more than likely to get type 1 diabetes but the strain of being pregnant (with twins) probably bought it on sooner? So in my case it's more a case of stress on the body.