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Hello, Ok, so I've been type 1 for a couple of years. I'm 47, slightly overweight and looking to trim down. I currently take 26 units of basal in the morning and I take 2 units of bolus for every 10g of carbs. I have some questions that hopefully some of you can answer. 1) If I intend to...

Hi all, So I've been out of the honeymoon period for perhaps a year or so, I'd settled on 25ml of Basal that I used to take in the evening but a couple of months ago I switched to taking in the morning to avoid night time lows. All good. I'd used a ratio of 1 unit of bolus to every 10g of...

Hi All, I'm male aged 45 type 1, diagnosed last year and I think my honeymoon period ended quite quickly as my levels are quite stable. I'm on Apidra and Lantus and I carb count. For the past few days I've been really irritable. My bloods haven't been any different really but I've experienced...

Hi all, I was diagnosed type1 late in 2013. At first I was started on 26 units of Lantus per day and a 2 unit to 10g of Apidra. Over the past weeks i've gradually had to reduce this as I'v had several frequent hypos day and night. I'm now on just 6 units of Lantus and a ratio of 1 unit of...

Since being diagnosed, every medical professional that I've come into contact with has said that I need to be on a Statin. Yesterday whilst with my Doctor who I trust implicitly and who isn't one for handing meds out willy nilly, I asked for his opinion. He explained the role of Statins to me...

Don't you just hate it when you've had weeks of near perfect sugars, regular, perfect out of bed figures thanks to a well matched basal, accurate bolus dosages and then out of the blue WHAM! you're hypo, you're high, you're hypo! It started when I reduced my Basal slightly last night as I...

Is it possible to have a "bad batch" of needles? It seems that out of the blue, the box I'm currently using has some bad needles in. They almost feel barbed as they go in and occasionally draw blood. Maybe 1 in 3 are hurting quite badly whilst the others glide in. I'm rotating sites etc and it's...

What are you T1 peeps using to carry around your stuff? I currently have a little case that came with my meter and to be fair it isn't bad and fits almost everything I need inc testing sharps, strips, meter, glucose tabs, needles and theres a tag outside to slide a pen in. Sadly it will only fit...

Hi All, I newly diagnosed ( 6 weeks ago) as type1. I'm a male aged 45. I've started to carb count and seem to be settled on 12 units of Basal (Solus) and a ratio of 1 unit of bolus (Apidra) to every 10g carbs. I've lost around 1 1/2 stone since being diagnosed. I've just bought a new bike (...

Hello all, My name is Steve, I'm a 45 year old male and I don't mind admitting that I'm very confused and a little afraid. To give you a brief rundown, after noticing a marked deterioration in my vision and after having three eye tests in the space of a month, all of which were different I...