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Hi, I too bought a 'hypo watch' out or curiosity more than anything and after it was set off by a cool breeze from an open window and from heat when my arm was snuggled into my other half's back I gave up and now it lives in the drawer next to my bed, with my emergency jelly babies ;-) If my...

I would imagine it's due to insurance, I lived in the USA for x2 years and it is tough to get insurance cover for an 'expensive' , pre-existing condition such as type 1 Diabetes due to all the equipment and drugs (insulin) the insurance companies have to provide. When I lived there, as I was a...

I have to agree with the 'batch and freeze' method, although I totally understand why people use ready meals for ease and convenience, they are sometimes too quick and easy to pass up! My daughter is a fussy eater and we have our own ready meals in plastic tubs in the freezer. She's on school...

mmmm, yum, I want some honey on my lips, hypo or not! :D :lol: :P

Blimey, I think you're all a bit bonkers :lol: when I'm hypo, I struggle to remember my own name, let alone have clear thoughts! going hypo on purpose scares the living bejeebus out of me! :lol:

Hi Copecod, that is great advice but I think the OP was more about when you wake and are not able to reach across and get your glucose tabs/jelly babies or whatever as you are in a state of '*** is going on?!' :P it's happened to me and I have jelly babies in by bedside drawer, in my sock...

Oh I wasn't bimbling this morning, but I have bimbled in the past :lol: I think you've hit the nail on the head with your exercise point, your BG can continue to drop for hours afterwards - I'm currently involved in a research study (working with Sir Steve Redgrave's Doctor no less!) and during...

Hi Luke, I hear ya! :lol: all that you have described has happened to me in the morning, I've woken up and functioned normally although feeling 'low' and registering below 3 but then I've also woken and felt dazed and confused and have taken a while (sometimes hours) to get going and self...

Hi ya, sorry, didn't realise you are on a pump (me too!) so I would suggest fasting tests as it could be your basal but more than likely your ratio's or even your insulin sensitivity rates. I'm sure you will be able to live alone and you are doing the right thing by seeing your Doc, chin up! :D...

Hi Adrian, Sorry to hear you've been suffering lately :? I wonder, what basal rate are you on? Do you split the dose? Also, what is your bolus ratio or do you use a fixed rate every time? Do you carb count? Reading your post, your 'fits' could have been caused by many things but it would be...

Let's revisit this in 18 'years' shall we?! I'll make a note in my diary :lol: :mrgreen: 8)

Great tip, works every time!

Oh my fingers don't hurt, but they are calloused in places but then I do test 10 times a day so I kind of expect it! :P I see it as a minor by product of type 1, bigger things to worry about like the price of diesel and whether my daughter is doing enough revision for her GCSE's :lol: 8)

I love the NHS, they do so consider the practicalities don't they?! :lol: :mrgreen: I wish they would add 'actually, even if you do use the sides of your fingers, they too will callous and become painful after 10 years or so but not to worry!' :lol: :P

My GP - 'hmmm, high glucose reading in your urine, you have Diabetes' Me (13 and obnoxious) - 'I'm NOT injecting myself.' (I'd read the book Sugar Mouse you see, without realising I was on my way to being diagnosed so obviously, I knew all about it :wink: ) My GP - 'we'll see about that!'...

you've probably tried this but as a 25 year type 1, I too have the calloused finger tips so other than the obvious rotational finger tips teqhnique, I try and use the side of my fingr rather then the top? Does that make sense? I test numerous times a day (far too many if you speak to my GP!) and...

gorgeous in Bucks again today :D

ahhh but I'm at work, not in Aylesbury, so I'm approx 10 miles from the big City!! Although I suppose to you lot down there anything north of Watford is the Midlands :lol:

What a glorious day! 20 degrees and sunny (where I am in the SE!) just been for a lunchtime walk and all is good :D what's the weather like where you are?

Hi There, ref: your question about what your BG should be, it's a very personal thing. You have the NICE guidelines above but some people find 7's and 8's too high and others find 4's and 5's too low. You need to find a level which works for you and then aim to maintain it by adjusting your...