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Anna - why do you think Levemir worked for you this time? I'm just curious as I know you said you didn't feel good on it before - and wonder what's changed...?

I have to say my GP is brilliant - and if already established a good relationship with her - so when my consultant flatly refused to prescribe porcine insulin to me (despite him knowing I'd stopped my background insulin which was Levemir) - I made an appointment with her. She didn't give it to...

Happy news - congrats! :-) x

.... brilliant advice from @noblehead - that's what I did in the early days too... you're on Lantus aren't you...? Do you take it in the am or pm...? Tricky to adjust if you've taken todays dose already - but if you take it at night then you *could* have a couple of drinks, and reduce your dose...

Thanks guys - my head was spinning earlier.... was in danger of looking like I was an extra in the exorcist - at least Halloween appropriate...!! :D;):):D

Ohhhhh..... I think he's American - so that makes more sense!! :-) *however* I'm still a bit confused - I'm walking round my kitchen looking at packets - and notice the dietary fibre of almonds is almost exactly the same as the carb content: ie if I did subtract the dietary fibre then the carb...

Just a thought - as it was a friday night - did you happen to have anything to drink with your dins....? Like a glass of wine or similar....? Just cos even a glass can cause me to have night time lows - so just a thought :-)

OK - so really confused now.... I'm just getting the knack of carb counting (I thought) - I have a small electronic scales and its really helped.... So I guess I'm thinking about it a bit more - fine tuning my ratios etc if you will - and I'm also reading Think Like A Pancreas.... last night I...

Honeymooning still....?

... I agree.... :-)

@noblehead - literally LOL-Ed at this! 'What is error ****** 7?!?!?' :D Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

https://www.jdrf.org.uk/news/latest-news/breaking-news-encapsulated-stem-cells-implanted-in-to-person-with-type-1-diabetes-for-first-time After the recent, brilliant news, I knew the next step was the need for the cells to be encapsulated in order to protect them - I assumed this would take a...

... This is exactly how I felt on analogue insulin... I don't know if the two are related for you, but I noticed you said you weren't taking your insulin consistently before, and now are - so that's the only reason I mention it. Two months on analogues and I felt terrible - one month on...

I'm a bit surprised / confused by this article - as IGF-1 is strongly linked to cancer, particularly in over 40's (lots of info on google). Given that peeps with autoimmune 'stuff' are also at higher risk of cancer, this theory doesn't make sense to me... At least in terms of, it seems a risky...

Not that I'm on a mission to say it's to do with the accucheck - but - I just found this.... it's four years old - but it does run true to the cross checks I've been doing with three meters the last 48hrs with an accucheck mobile, a freestyle optimum neo and a freestyle freedom lite.... the two...

Well done on stopping smoking :-) I used to smoke (like a lil chimney) it's not super-easy to stop and stay stopped at first - I felt worse before I felt better - but your body will defo thank you in the long run :-) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

.... if it's any help, I cross checked my Accucheck-mobile with my Freestyle Optimum Neo all day yesterday and today as I suspected the mobile was out as I keep feeling REALLY low at anything in the 4's.... the Accucheck was at least a 1.3 higher consistently - often 2 points higher, and a...

Thanks for that feedback @logindetails ..... Hmmmm.... :-/

OK.... so.... since I've been on insulin, I've been using the Accu-check mobile - I really like that it's strip free as it makes it really easy to test when out and about etc.... Anyhoo - there have been lots of times I've felt low & wibbly - but my meter says 4.something - so I've thought...

@noblehead - that link is really interesting... I inject my long acting into my backside - but I use the fleshier bits - ie lower - than this pic recommends... Do you know why they recommend higher up...? Have I been injecting 'bum shots'; literally... ;-) :D Sent from the Diabetes Forum App