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I'd give it a few more days to observe trends before making changes to your basal, because as we know there are so many other variables at work: who knows you may find other nights you go to bed at 8 and wake at 10 on your current basal dose. On that one days evidence it might be a touch too...

34 (or 5.3%) Dexcom G6, Fiasp and Tresiba are a good set of tools.

As it’s happening nearly all the time after meals - unless you nearly always eat low gi meals as Scott mentions, where fiasp’s release profile may struggle at 3 hours or so - maybe you could reevaluate your Tresiba dose. Your needs there may have changed anyway as you adapt to it or just change...

Hi, I wasn't sure if you meant you always corrected when high after food? or you mean you normally take your insulin after food? If the latter this will in explain why you are running a lot higher than you think - novarapid is just not quick enough for injecting after meals and your bg is...

(Mods - please delete if I’m not allowed to do this) Hi, I have a Freestyle Libre sensor that I will not use before it expires (on 30th Nov). As it was such a complete life changer for me when I started with Libre a couple of years ago, I’m happy to give it away free of charge - ideally to...

Agree with the extreme part, but there needs to be far better education at diagnosis around the role of carbs. I think the default advice should definitely be lower carb / capping carbs per meal, it just makes it so much easier to manage and balance. Explaining insulin is only half the...

I don't low carb myself, more like "lower" carb - so about 200g per day - I do like cake, crisps and beer! But I make this manageable by limiting any meal to max 50g carbs. For me the notion of eating whatever I want - and maintaining good control - is impossible. I'm also armed with...

Hi @Andy41 I also eat cereal as it is quick and easy. You may well be able to continue your current breakfast if it otherwise works for you and you like it. But you do need to adjust your insulin management to stop the 18 bs. What cereal is it and how many carbs (don't forget the milk!)? Is...

You can indeed. And then readings would be available from 9am on your timeline, after the warm up.

Hi, I've set my range to 4.1 to 8.1 and over last 90 days have been there 88% of the time. Tips (that work for me, we're all different, etc) 1. Carb count accurately. And know your ratios. 2. Lower carbs. More carbs requires more insulin which means more room for error which means more...

Hi @Froggychops Last summer in Greece (low 30s temp) I had a Libre and it didn't get on so well with the sun cream I applied around the edge of the material - it caused it to lift and come off early. This summer - not in direct sunlight - but the heatwave temperatures did make keeping my...

1. We don't know for certain, remember that non-diabetics can also have heart attacks, strokes, eye problems, etc. 2. The recommended levels in the UK are here, but again it will be no 100% guarantee that you will have no complications...

It's because we have sinned... we are sinners... we have thought immoral thoughts... we have taken the good lords name in vain. Only joking. No idea. It would be great if it could be identified as that would seem to be an important step towards a cure. My own diagnosis was in close...

11 with no short acting on board is certainly better then 20+ to start, maybe next time have a snack (eg banana) but don't bolus for it then start cycling. Then over those next 45 mins you'd hopefully stay flatter as the rising sugar from the banana is offset by the cycling. You need to...

Hi David, Great, ok they're good times you're on the bike and we need to keep active. To answer your specific question my approach is to start a longer ride towards top of my normal range (so about 8 to give a buffer), eating snack just before and then topping up with sweets / energy drink...

Hi, it isn’t really ideal if you want to continue to cycle in the longer term. How fast are you dropping? Over what time period and to what level? Eg is it 22 to 8 over 1 hour? When you start cycling do you still have short acting insulin on board (taken how long before if so?). How long is...

Having Type 1 diabetes... clearly nothing to do with anything you might have done. The kidney problems... he might be adopting a "tough love" approach and is genuinely concerned for you and wants you to look after yourself.

This seems a great reason to stick with it. All evidence suggests regular moderate exercise can help us all . Re seeing no change, depends what you are comparing against. You don't know what those measures you mention would be now if you weren't doing this cycling. So it is more than likely...

Hi, was the the 50 an estimated HbA1c from the Dexcom? If you compare the first 2 weeks of the trial with the last 2 weeks... Did your time in target improve in the last 2 weeks? Did your average glucose reduce in the last 2 weeks?

Will keep trying as I really want you to get this pump as I think only that will give you the flexibility you want! But for now you need to get the DSN happy using MDI. You need to clarify with them what are they looking for before they will consider you for a pump - Fewer spikes? Fewer...