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Good news theres hope i'm taking Levimir 45 units night and 42 morning i wake-up up with BG 14+ most days but i gain control down to BG 8 by evening meal but there are lots of adjustment.

Thanks for your support. i had a problem with dawn phenomenon when i was on lantus but now i use Levemir twice a day with humalog it helped but i need to take suck large dosages the levemir only seems to work with me for 8 hours leaving me with weak background insulin and having to adjust BG...

Hi i am going to start my training on the 17 feb. i've been type 1 for 41 years and no what you mean about gaining a real good BG . I wish you all the best with the pump .I am the same and would also like to hear other peoples experiences when starting out . let us no how you get on Good luck

just got a letter today after being told i qualify for a pump 2 years ago and the reason i could not have one is theirs no trainers/clinics in my area.i have done the dafnie courses and everything they needed but still no pump. BUT TODAY THE LETTER ARRIVED starting next month i will be...

I take 20 mg of Atorvastatin once a day .i no that it will give me bad joint pain if i eat citrus fruits. but it seems to be getting worse i'm not sure but it seems that now i get pain when eating dark green veg like Kale. I try to eat a healthy diet but its getting to the stage when i...

i just like ask about if anyone has had been fined more than once for not renewing exemption cert. this follows on from my last post . I was told i had to pay for a prescription i had 3 months ago and i'm wonder if there could be more chargers in the post for the last 30 years ..No one told...

Hi people not been about for a bit but i would like to make people aware of this fact. i came home today and i had a letter saying that i was being charged and fined for not having a currant exemption cert. i got the fine dropped but had to pay for items i cant believe that they cant sent out...

Sorry people I will put my type in the future i forget that type 2s don't have the very fast hypos that type 1s can get. i have lost some of my hypo awareness signs and can go as low as 2.5 before i realize. that's why i treat with Dextros

In a way this is good. now you know the sighs of a hypo. And what to do . Eat something high in carbs as quick as you can DEXtTRO's tablets are always in my pocket. When i was on the building i would Hypo 2 or 3 times a day. If there is someone about tell them whats happening. ( BUT be careful...

Hi Tigger i was thinking about giving up with the forum after some silly comments but this was because i was having one of them bad days when the world hates me and i will make sure i will hate them back harder. i still have mood problems and still say why me. You will get uses to it. So now we...

dawn phenomenon Its one off those things that a lots of specialists seem to gloss over. I think its because it is very hard to control because it happens in your sleep. You go to bed with a good BG and wake up through the roof ( and a wet bed ) Its Your livers fault its trying to keep you a...

Everyone with type 1 must feel the same' unless you use something like pump/combo to smart device Lucky You. i use a nano BG monitor which is quite small but why do they need to make the test stripe pots so big and the finger pricker is the size of an insulin pen And as for insulin pens i only...

Hi i had this problem last year i had been talking to the doctors about this, and was getting no wear.until i met a new exchange doctor from Germany who said it was dawn phenomenon she totaly changed my insulin and said i should be on a pump.I would be if i was in Germany? something i had asked...

Hi Thanks for the reply i love the picture of the dog i had one just like it the best friend i every had

I do have low blood pressure at times. never when the doctor takes it. i take my own with a good monitor and often its 115/45 and at my age of 52 i think that's la bit ow. The brain scans on the 20 of this month lets hope they can find it ? i 'll try to post the results if your still about

I have been having hearing problems for a few months i went to the Doc and he sent me to the hospital. the hospital now want to give me a brain scan they think it might be diabetes related. I did have a hammer fall off the top of a ladder and hit on the head but was not KO and after a sit down...

Hi App people you all seem to be very young.. some of us old people? have been playing this diabetes game for over 40 + years. when we boiled needles in a saucepan and tested urine sugar levels in a chemistry set not something you could put in your coat pocket.(YOU don't no how luck you are...

i don't do apps but use the site i think your find there lots of people here who wont shut up. we'er not to fryghting that's why i put on this picture and no one of me

I seem to have a problem with citrus fruit, i love it but it causes me terrible joint pain i have talked to my GP but he seems to be more interested in next years new Mercedes i think it could be something to do with my medication But i'm not a doctor and definitely can't afford a new Mercedes...

Have been waiting for a pump for over a year now, t meet all the criteria and was referred by two hospital consultants. only to be told that the specialist nurse team are not yet a pump center and it looks like the hospital and GP and nurses are not all in sink with each other as they did not...