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  1. Adrian1981

    Work and travel affects my control

    Hi everyone, Just after some general advice if possible and to see if others have the same and how they deal with it? I have been trying hard recently to improve my bm control and although I'm in the early days of finding out the results I have one issue that is ruining it for me. When at...
  2. Adrian1981

    Eating little and often

    Hi everyone, I'm after a bit of advice if that is ok? I have had a rough few weeks where I was struggling to eat as it was causing nausea and stomach cramps and I was really off my food. I've now started on anti acid medication tablets as I was told I have hiatus hernia , covered in another...
  3. Adrian1981

    Annoyed

    Hi all, Just wanted to share my frustration with you. On Friday I started to get sudden onsets of abdominal pain. There were no other symptoms. The pain appeared in waves of around 8 hrs. On Monday night the pain got so intense, I had the urge to be sick and was short of breath. I took myself...
  4. Adrian1981

    Units per 10g of carbs?

    Hi everyone, I currently use 1 unit of insulin for every 10g of carbs I eat but in an attempt to improve my control I have focused on one point I've not really considered. I was wondering if people change their ratio when eating a food where the carb grams are made up of mostly sugar? For...
  5. Adrian1981

    Changing Needles

    Hi everyone, Can someone advise me on the frequency in which needles need to be changed on the novapens. I currently use a cartridge a week and change the needle then. Thats approx 21 injections per needle. Is this too little? Many Thanks Adrian
  6. Adrian1981

    Doctor says this , Hospital says that??

    Hi everyone, I am having trouble with my HB1C being too high. Its currenly now at its highest for 5 years. Although never below 7 , normally 8, it is now creaped up to 9.3. I get my diabeties monitored at the hospital clinic and at my doctors. I recently visited the hospital where i was...