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@tim2000s thanks for taking the time to explain that. Really appreciate it! [emoji106]

So I take on average 60u total a day between levimer and novorapid so 1u should bring me down 1.6mmol. How long should it take to work if no food in the system? Or I guess that's an individual response? Also does my carb/insulin ratio have an effect? What I mean is in the morning I take 2u to...

The diabetes nurse at my gp clinic is useless. Shockingly bad so I don't see her anymore. The dsn at my hospital clinic is fantastic. She is type 1 herself. I see her 6 monthly after I see my consultant but can ring her at anytime [emoji4]

Highs- chest pains, thirst, blurred vision, headache, tearful, moody, angry, frustrated, fatigued, and after correcting my muscles ache. Lows- palpitations, headache, sweating, shaking, dizzy. Lows tend to affect me physically while the highs affect me more psychologically.

Fantastic @tim2000s thank you so much!

Can anyone tell me how I properly calculate how much insulin I need to bring me down with a correction dose and how many carbs i need to bring me up from a hypo? Can it be precise or is it just a rough guess? I usually take 4u if im over 10. And take 30g carbs for a hypo but when talking to my...

My hypos always take 30mins to come up. I used to follow the guidelines of 15g check again in 15mins but I was always lower then treated again the bam high teens! Now I take 20g and wait 30mins and I'm sure to have risen. Not sure how normal this is? I treat with jelly babies or orange juice

I'm Northern Ireland! Near the Giants Causeway!

Hi @Michik! I remember feeling like you when I was a teenager! I'd bet most teenagers feel that way if they answered honestly. Everyone is scared of asking someone out trust me! @azure suggests hanging out with her on a casual basis I think that could work and you'd feel more comfortable once...

Agree with @slip my gp wanted me to pay but my dsn provided free of charge and on the day. I would say though I've travelled a fair bit and have never been asked to produce it.

I've used accu check aviva nano since diagnosis. Simple and does the job [emoji4]

Hi Lynsey! I was a big comfort/emotional eater. I was diagnosed 6 years ago with type 1 and shortly after with depression. I am infertile and my husband and I will have to adopt and this also caused added stress. So the last 6 years i gained 3 stone through binging. My diabetic control was...

I can't eat crumpets as they spike me so much! 1 with 20g carbs will put me to the high teens whereas 20g of white bread wouldn't. I also can't eat cornflakes but seem to be OK with other cereals with the same carb amount. Mysterious

@fletchweb my husband is very much into fitness and I am the opposite! I am recently seeing the benifit of walking after breakfast and evening meal on my days off and am lucky to have his encougement. I'm going to try to increase my activity every day. Thank you

Martin @rockape37 I started my sensor 2 weeks ago this coming Friday and whilst hoovering just now I banged into the wall and knocked it off. I am so relieved. I'd become a bit obsessed with it and put pressure on myself. I'm going to give it a break for a week or so to see if I can make a...

I can't thank you both enough this morning @azure @Juicyj you've turned me from a crying mess back to my hopeful self [emoji8] I think I've felt the pressure building for a while and this morn it overflowed. I'm trying to do too much at once maybe. I'm going to focus on starting my day with a...

Thank you @Juicyj and @azure that's two things I'll definitely try..I can see that lower carb breakfast def makes sense and I'll wait for my correction to have worked beforehand. Will continue battling on. Nothing else for it [emoji4]thanks again xxx

My bg was 9.7 at 9am so I took 4u to correct and 7u for the 35g carbs. I kept checking for the arrow to go down on the libre but after 30mins it hadn't and I panicked with having the iob and ate then. 1hour post it was 16.2 and now it's 14.6 Should I have waited longer? I had it in the back of...

I've tried so hard this past year. I attended dafne in Feb and my average bg has gone from 12 to 9. Not great I know but I feel I've worked really hard to get it down that little. My last a1c in March was 8.9 and we hope to apply for adoption this coming year they want my a1c 7 or lower. I...

I had wondered about that but my bg at meal times and 4 hours post are very similar it's just the bit in the middle