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  1. Julian_Hands

    Help With Cycling & Long Acting Insulin

    Thank you Tim2000s, I'm trying my hardest to control this but it really is not straight forward, my BG level now is 6.7 and will be keeping tabs on an hourly basis to see if I can get any better clarity and make more informed decisions on my Long acting and short acting insulin levels. Really...
  2. Julian_Hands

    Help With Cycling & Long Acting Insulin

    Juicyj you may have resolved my issue, this morning I cycled to work and the halfway point is ironically at the top of the mountains so no more real climbing after this point. I left home this morning after taking my Novorapid and eating my breakfast, with a BG of 11.6mmol/l. I stopped halfway...
  3. Julian_Hands

    Help With Cycling & Long Acting Insulin

    Thanks Juicyj, I have suffered with BG spikes and I try to leave like you with a raised BG up to 10mmol/l. The problem I've been having is after getting to work last Friday I had a BG of 6.2mmol/l but 1 hour later it spiked to 13mmol/l with no carb intake, this mythed me and had to take...
  4. Julian_Hands

    Help With Cycling & Long Acting Insulin

    I'm not sure if anyone can help but I'm struggling to control my BG after I commute to work on my bike (each way the commute is 30.3km with 290m elevation) . I've tried reducing my long acting insulin by 4 units but this doesn't resolve the situation as I get spikes that I have to counter with...
  5. Julian_Hands

    Type 1s: What Is/was Your Blood Sugar This Evening And This Morning ?

    Last night I was 5.3, This morning I was 4.1
  6. Julian_Hands

    How Long Have You Had Type 1 Diabetes?

    I've had it since I was 4 and now 45, better nowadays with fine needles, my parents we're always worried with me having bruises from the old glass syringes and nail needles.
  7. Julian_Hands

    Hoping To Get A Pump

    Thank you for your valued response. I'll speak with the hospital and see what's on offer, thankful for the technology available now a days to make the control better, just wish my old practitioner would of been a little more educated. It does feel like the only advice you get sometimes is that...
  8. Julian_Hands

    Hoping To Get A Pump

    I'm a type 1 diabetic and 45 years old after having type 1 diabetes since I was 4. I saw my hospital practitioner a couple of weeks ago and thankfully due to my be Agamatrix Wavesense Wireless blood glucose meter and the iPhone app, it has given me the data I've always needed to show the need...
  9. Julian_Hands

    How Far Can You Push Yourself?

    Hi Steve, I'm a type 1 diabetic for 40 years and have started to commute to work on my bike (30km each way). Reduce my long acting insulin by 4 units the night before and have to closely monitor my sugar level during the day. I've only recently (since Friday) managed to get hold of an Agamatrix...
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