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I just bought this necklace (love that the cupcake slides across) https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/182426647/type-1-diabetes-stainless-yes-i-can-eat?ref=listing-2 ... and this for my keyring: https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/188195348/funny-type-1-diabetes-stamped-on-mirror?ref=listing-3 - I'm...

Good advice as ever - thanks all :) - not done any basal testing yet; think my 'ladies holiday' was affecting readings so wanted to wait for that to settle... ;-) I think I'm getting there - thanks partially from all the help on here! :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Thanks @ealingr! Good advice... And thanks for the encouragement :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

PS: @Spiker - I think I read at some point you posted a really cool graph which showed peak rates for Levemir....? I can't find it now - but I'm pretty sure that cos I'm on a relatively low dose, it means it's only likely to last around 6-8hrs in my system - do you remember if I've got that...

Hi All... So... the monitoring and experimenting continues.... currently I've switched from Lantus to Levemir - mainly as I am hoping to have a baby in the not so distant future and my consultant said that Levemir is better during pregnancy - but also as I want to ba able to adjust my basal...

Ah... This too shall pass... Love that saying! ❤ Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi @smidge - I just wanted to let you know this info is soooooooooo helpful, thank you!!!! I'm brand new to insulin - literally 2.5 weeks in; started off super well but last week or so numbers have been awful - I couldn't sus out why! As my 'ladies holiday' ;-) is due to start tomorrow, pretty...

PS - love your blog @ElyDave - especially liked the "in a non pancreatically-challenged individual" - I'm going to call myself pancreatically-challenged rather than t1 from now on... ;-)

Thanks so much for your replies! Gosh, I'm all over the place since starting Levemir - still trying to figure it all out... Not had a drop since I posted this and now my numbers are horribly high.... oh the joys! Really good to know splitting is the way to go though @jack412 & @stinky25 Am...

Thanks @ConradJ ! I've started insulin and switched to Levemir since this post... doing lots of basal testing at the mo; oh the joys! At the moment the switch seems to have made my numbers generally go up - but it's only day four on Levimir so still testing.... good advice though for once I'm a...

Hi @novorapidboi26 - I'm curious - what do you mean by "can sometimes be a bit nippy...?" I'm brand new to insulin (2.5 weeks) and did about ten days on Lantus, then saw my consultant last week and he changed me to Levemir - since the switch my numbers have been terrible - but I'm trying to...

Also watching :) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all... If you've seen any of my posts recently you'll know I'm still super new to insulin (2 weeks) plus a bit scared about night time hypos - not that I've had them, I just live alone and the thought of them frighten me. Anyway, on Tuesday I saw my endocrinologist and he switched me from...

@Daibell & @DunePlodder - n'aww; it really made me smile to hear that you think I'm doing OK... it's all so new to me I've no benchmark - so I'm massively grateful for your words of encouragement, thank you :-) @jack412 - interesting... will google... :-)

PS - wow - just opened the links - those workbook look great, thanks @jack412 !

Ah.... fab advice and tips as always - thank you! :-) ... and @mo1905 I've read some people inject earlier and didn't understand why: this makes sense! Will give it a try... :-)

... whilst I was honeymooning I did a seven day green juice and green smoothie detox. Bearing in mind I wasn't yet on insulin; my numbers went quite a bit higher for three days, then dropped significantly. I think I would be pretty wary of doing it now I'm on insulin as I think the drop after...

Hello.... so, I am on day ten of insulin - and I'm just wondering: overall I'm not having too many swings and my numbers are coming down - but two hours after a meal I'm in the 8's and 9's... three hours after and I'm back in the 6's; and by my next meal I'm usually in low 6's or 5's... is this...

Hahaha! @Hooked - good for you! :-) x

Generally wanting to make exercise my friend again... I used to do moderate exercise before diagnosis; nothing crazy, some sprint training, some shorter runs, swimming and Bikram/Vinyasa flow yoga... But as I came towards the end of my honeymoon and pre insulin, all of these would make my...