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On a basal bolus regieme your basal is supposed to keep you flat-ish when not eating (to bring you up) or bolusing (to bring you down. There is a guide on how to basal test here - https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/ - units are in mg/dL to convert to mmol divide by 18. Once you have your...

hb = haemoglobin Na+ = Sodium CL = Chloride [these are essentially just checking your blood looks alright with the right suff in it] WCC = white cell count [elevated WCC is a marker of infection] K+ = potassium [I think this is a kidney function check] CL - you already asked that, as above.

What medication are you on? What were your symptoms pre diagnosis? Did you have significant untried for weight loss? What were your blood sugars and ketones on diagnosis? It would be unusual for a healthy BMI 27 year old to be type 2. If there is a concern that the diagnosis may not be correct...

Humalin M3 contains 30% soluable (fast acting) insulin and 70% isophane (intermediate) insulin. Novomix 30 contains 30% insulin aspart (fast acting) and 70% long acting. So M3 and novomix are essentially the same thing. Are you carb counting? A mixed insulin regime requires a constant and...

Ive got no idea, sorry. I've never used a syringe. I haven't got a clue what you're talking about.

I think you're super bolusing wrong. A super bolus is supposed to involve stopping basal completely, or significantly reducing it and adding the lost basal onto the bolus. You are only reducing your basal by 10%, which is, frankly, pointless. If you're going low 2 hours later, you might need to...

Is 8 units your usual basal dose? What basal insulin are you using?

No. Type 1 diabetes isn't trested by diet. It's treated with insulin. Management of type 1 diabetes is done by appropriate insulin use. A type 1 diabetic can eat whatever they want, if they have the right insulin management techniques to deal with it. To learn more about carb counting, do the...

Have you had a cpeptide test to see what your insulin production is looking like? Type 2 diabetes is a condition of insulin resistance and hyperinsulimia. You may well already be producing more than enough insulin and adding more to the mix may not do you a lot of good, but simply lead to weight...

Given the target is to have a hba1c under 6.5% if your hba1c was 73% you'd be dead. Was your hba1c 73mmol/mol? The old school hba1c is expressed as a percentage, the new one isn't. How are you currently managing on MDI? Have you done all the basics to obtain control on injections? Have you...

What exactly do you not buy? There is a genetic element to type 1 diabetes, if you have certain variants of the HLA gene you are at an increased risk of getting type 1. It's well known that if there as a family history, ther is an increased risk of type 1. Once your first daughter was diagnosed...

C-peptide is a waste product produced when your pancreas makes insulin. If you were fasting, there would be no reason for your pancreas to make any insulin. You clearly don't have nil cpeptide as you aren't on insulin and you aren't dead. Ligers tide works by increasing insulin production.

1) understand that a low carb diet doesn't eliminate the blood sugar roller coaster. In the absence of carbs, your body wants to find glucose from somewhere. It will do this by turning protein eaten into glucose via gluconogenesis. This is a process that takes time. So you might have a low carb...

I think levemir is the recommended basal insulin for adults with type 1. Unlike lantus, where changer to the dose take 2-3 day to settle in, levemir can be changed and instantly take effect. So if your son was planning on having a particularly active day he might reduce his levemir dose in an...

Are you on insulin? What insulin? What dose? Please be cautious about adjusting your diet to reduce carbohydrate as your insulin dose may be designed to deal with carbs in your diet and reducing carbs eaten will risk hypos

Follow the sick day rules - http://www.nhslanarkshire.org.uk/Services/Diabetes/patient-info/Documents/Sick%20Day%20Rules%20for%20Type%201%20Diabetes%20Oct%2016.pdf - if you aren't confident or familiar with sick day rules, call 111 for advice. Have you taken a correction bolus for your high...

No. A person with type 1 has an incurable life long condition where their immune system has killed off insulin producing beta cells. Type 2 is a completely different condition of insulin resistance and hyperinsulimia. Someone with type 1 can become insulin resistant, but they can't ever start...

And are you type 1? The title of your question is tagged type 1. If so, you'll be taking insulin as well as metformin, so you can follow the sick day rules for type 1 to correct for your hight blood sugar. Part of following the sick day rules is to test for ketones when you see blood sugar...

Have you had you thyroxine levels checked? If you aren't taking the right amount then too little thyroxine can mean weight gain.

No typo, we're all dope. Or, I think I might have injured my ulnar nerves and I can't feel my little or ring fingers on my right hand! I'm hoping it will come back to life because I'm finding it fairly debilitating!