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  1. ce81ar

    Sudden increase in insulin requirements

    After settling down to work from home a month back I’ve had good control with my Medtronic pump and Libre and concluded that basal levels were pretty spot on. About a week ago I woke in the morning to find my BG was high and had been rising through the night. I assumed it was a bad site and...
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    Spoiled insulin

    This last summer with the higher temperatures I really struggled with persistent high blood sugars and eventually managed to narrow it down to the insulin itself (Novorapid) not working well. I changed from having my insulin delivered by post in a chilled pack, back to my local pharmacy because...
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    Yay, it's working!

    Just had my latest test results back and my HbA1c is down to 57mmol/mol. This is the lowest it's been since I left for university nearly 20 years ago. 4 years of working with a pump, 2 years with CGM and 4 months of low carbing and finally the results are getting into the right area. Am so...
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    Low carb diet effect on insulin sensitivity

    I am now well into my 3rd week of a low carb diet and am trying to keep below 50g carbs per day. I am T1 and have been on an insulin pump for the last 3.5 years which has massively improved my control, but I was wanting to see if I could improve it further. Whilst my overall insulin usage has...