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  1. Deadeye_Pete

    Renewing 3 year licence - number of hypos

    Hi all, I've got the 3 year licence renewal paperwork through. Since I'm now using a Dexcom, I've been able to run my BG level at a lower level, averaging 7.6 mmol/l and not the 10 - 15 I was before. However, I do get more low warnings and more hypos. How do DVLA take this into account? is...
  2. Deadeye_Pete

    GP just told me not to drive. Help

    Ok, so I've just come back from my gp appointment where i said that i had a hypo while driving without being aware i was hypo. The doc said not to drive until fitness to drive has been assessed by the diabetes team and has referred me for an urgent consultation. Now I've got home and...
  3. Deadeye_Pete

    Twice daily insulin & carb counting

    Hi All, I'm on a twice daily insulin (Novomix 30) and I find myself eating to my insulin dose and not adjusting the dose to what I eat. I have some variation in my dose; usually +/- 2 units depending what I eat. Do others find the same problem on a twice daily regimen? I'm trying to get an...
  4. Deadeye_Pete

    First HbA1c since diagnosis

    Just got the result of my first HbA1c test after diagnosis. 47mmol/mol (6.5% in old money) Quite chuffed with myself. Now for all the christmas carbs... Pete
  5. Deadeye_Pete

    Hello, I'm new here

    Hi all, I'm Pete, Following a recent episode of acute pancreatitis, I'm now a new diabetic, T3c I believe. Except my GP is calling it T1 even though I've got almost no pancreas left. I'm still waiting for the dead remains of my pancreas to be drained and then to have my gall bladder...
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