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Hi all, Just wondering what everyone uses as the carb value for raw potato? (Just normal big potatoes) I've been using 0.2 per gram for ages but think it's a bit low (can't even remember where I got that from). I can find values for boiled / jacket / mash but can't find just normal raw...

I was reading an article about the benefits of Tea vs Coffee the other day (rock and roll lifestyle and all that) and one part of it said that drinking coffee with a fatty meal can increase the blood glucose spike (in non diabetics) to almost that of a diabetic person. Looking back at my...

Hi All, Apologies if this has been mentioned before or is common knowledge but after using the libre for over a year I've just found out that there's a monthly free shipping code. Apparently it can be given out by hospitals but it is also availiable on the Freestyle Libre Users Group on...

Hi there, Quick question, does anyone know the useful life expectation of an insulin pen (I don't mean the pre filled ones I mean the ones you put a cartridge in). I've been using the same pen for ages (obviously changing the cartridge!) and always do a test air shot but I have no idea if it's...

Sooo I normally consider myself to be a well behaved and organised diabetic, today not so much! Woke up at 6am 7.2 (happy with that). Had my two rounds of burgen bread / bacon and my normal morning bolus and toddled off to work (after checking I had my checker and Apidra with me - always do...

Hi All, After a bit of brain storming :) I've recently found that my levels have gone very unpredicatble for example yesterday I woke at 7.9 had my 2.2CP breakfast and 5.5 units to cover it (1 unit about 15 minutes before eating to try and stop the spike). Felt rough when I got to work and did...

If only I'd scanned 10 minutes earlier! [emoji3]

This is just a guess but I think one of the Chinese restaurants at the Trafford Centre put quite a lot of sugar in their sauces... [emoji15] Sent from my GT-I9195 using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Quick question, does anyone else have a very short bolus duration? Since getting the libre I've noticed that if I inject a correction (or bolus for a meal) my levels seem to drop for about 2 hours (starting almost straight away) and then level out (or start going up)... For example night...

... OK that might sound like a daft question to ask on a diabetic forum but bear with me! I seem to react drastically if I have any food that has Dextrose listed as an ingredient. For example for lunch just I had 1 Oat bap and 50g nuts (33g carbs total) only to scan an hour later after feeling...

Hi All, Just wondering what your take on the best way to rotate injection sites was ie do you change site every injection or inject in one site for a day and then another the next etc...? I snack a fair amount and split my insulin before / after meals so if i change site every time I can be...

Morning all, Just after everyone's opinion on what could be causing an odd level rise I've been experiencing for the last few days / week in the evenings and during the night (sorry it's a bit of a long post). I have tea at about 6 every night during the week (last night we had chips so I had...

Hi All, Just ordered my next libre sensor by phone and the guy told me that we can now order up to 6 sensors per time. There's no price saving in the sensors themselves but you do only pay the one P&P. Thought I'd pass it on as I didn;t know and if I'd ordered ove rthe internet, like I...

Hi all, just a fun (ish) topic to highlight that everyone has the odd bad control day no matter what they do. This was mine yesterday (still not really sure what causes it, although swapping my nasal pen and upping my basal dose by 1 seems to be bringing me down again! )

Just wondering how common this is. If I eat a low GI / hi Fat meal I can find that my insulin can start going in before my food leading to a 2 hour dip rather than a 2 hour spike... I know that the whole point of having low GI and combining fats with your food is to slow down food absorbtion...

Just a quick question, does anyone know where I can buy a pack of blood glucose test strips for the freestyle lilbre? I don't want to get my prescription changed just yet as I current have the mobile cassettes for the Accu-Chek mobile and I don't think they'll give me those back should I start...

Just wondering if anyone has tried pukka teas? I qfanxy giving them a go (especially the cinnamon one! ) but there are no nutritional info on the packs at all. I would think the carb / sugar value would be close to 0 but there website does say they use licorice for sweetening so there might...

Hi All, Quick question, does anyone have any rough guidance (published or personal) regarding at what blood glucose level your insulin resistance rises (for corrections). I've found recently that I need more insulin to treat a higher hyper but I've yet to work out what the "cut-off" is ( I...

Hi All, I've been gradually increasing my lunchtime ratio all week trying to get my pre tea reading as close as I can to my pre lunch level and was just wondering what rise from pre lunch to pre tea would you be happy with, given that there is so much that can impact levels that getting it back...

Hi All, I'm currently trying (with mixed results!) to put on a bit of weight. I seem to have without really trying gotten into a low(ish) carb diet which whilst it does seem to be cutting out some high results means that I'm stuck at about 9 stone and have, as the diabetic nurse at my doctors...