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Your liver naturally releases sugar into the bloodstream and metformin helps supress it, but sometimes the liver releases more than usual. Saying that, you being thirsty could indicate dehydration and that can cause fluctuations in sugar. There are many things that can cause sugars to rise for...

I liked Levemir, good luck and I hope its a smooth transition :) it was really easy I thought to switch. I will see how I go on this and if Endo doctor has any queries when I see them at end of october

I know, I was on Lantus when first diagnosed. 3 years in they put me on Levemir twice daily, the same time I completed the DAFNE course as it would help with that. Now on Abasaglar, I still take it twice daily, because I haven't been told how I should take it properly, my GP just said like you...

The GP insisted because it was cheaper, and also mentioned Levemir being in short supply in my area. I have a hospital appointment soon so will dispute as the GP seems to think it is a direct replacement for Levemir

I use my buttocks for long acting and my thighs, and it stings like aaaah! I have tried slowly injecting the plunger and quickly, nothing. And this is because I feel I have been changed to Abasaglar recently and the pens don't agree with me, never had an issue with Levemir, or NovoRapid, I...

@evilclive I recently decided I didnt want to mess around with type 1 diabetes as much as I have done in the past, and have been more meticulous as a result, I don't go too crazy though as I want to avoid hypos at all costs! Some days if I do everything right I can stay between 4-6mmol/l, other...

I am extremely cautious driving with diabetes, blood meter, sweets and emergency I.D all in my car. Lol I guess it isn't so bad on a bus, still bad though! Thankyou! I worry a lot about it though, my blood sugar optimal readings for myself are 4.5-7.5 and hypers after 8.5 but this is likely...

100g of starbursts is about 80g carbs, 1 starburst weighs I think 3-4 grams?, so about 3.5g carbs I think, so I ate 2, which is 7g carbs. It's a learning curve I guess I mean I didn't eat them to treat a hypo because I wasn't hypo, just to push it above 5

I used to do this after I stopped eating Glucotabs, I think I have just gotten lazy with using sweets, I will try this again, thanks.

It's a hassle, but id rather be safe than sorry. I will hopefully know better next time.

@Alexandra100 In all honesty, I don't think it would have been such a hassle if It wasn't for me feeling like I had a hypo but it was probably because I was wearing a jumper, stressed because I was stuck in traffic, sweating profusely, and it felt hypo related, however its so diffucult to...

True, I still have a few bottles of the full sugar version in my fridge, I doubt very much after they are gone that I will ever use lucozade again, I do prefer liquid as it reacts quicker imo. Thankyou for the advice I will look into what you wrote above

Hello, I was a little vague. I had safely pulled over after 30 minutes of driving at 5:45pm to check sugars at 4.7. I only ate 2 to raise sugars above 5, I don't usually take starbursts to raise my sugars, but that is all I had. I checked 1 hour later while shopping as I had a headache and one...

Well I have been told from my hospital team on a DAFNE course about Hypo treatment which included Jelly babies and lucozade or orange juice, lucozade tabs. I wouldn't waste NHS money having glucotabs on prescription, I usually buy some from the chemist, but ran out and starbursts were all I had.

I was told this from a nurse so I have been misinformed my bad

My blood sugar was 7.8 before driving, I went driving and was stuck in traffic for 45 minutes, 30 minutes into it, I checked my blood sugar and it was 4.7, so I ate 2 starbursts to raise it above 5 as driving below is illegal... Then checked it again and it was 7.6 , so 2 starbursts raised it...

Possibly doing nothing wrong, you may have a very slow metabolism. Not sure if having type 2 affects weight loss medication symptoms etc? What is your daily calorie intake roughly?

God **** it you guys ! This just reminded me I had a flu job slot last wednesday! Oops :banghead:

Welcome to this forum, best place I have found for information and help, as well as lovely friendly people :)

You're correct an Endo is much better at managing diabetes than a General Practitioner, the GP was more bothered about managing money. Surely they should know from the Notes on screen, knowledge and 20 years worth of learning and experience that Detemir and Glargine are 2 different medicines...