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I have recently been having problems with hypo awareness. I have found it necessary to do blood tests frequently and during the night. I thought from reading the advertising that the Dexcom CGM would be the answer. I am into my third period using the G6 system with my iPhone 8. Unfortunately I...

Lots of helpful comments to try to assist. I will add some if I may. Your fasting blood sugar levels should be around 6 approx before breakfast. If not you will have high blood sugars throughout the morning. Try this: get up early - 4 or 5 and test. If high and yours will be then inject some...

I have had IDDM since 1983. In the last year I have found Novorapid in flex pens to be problematic. I have a day or more when my blood sugars do not improve after taking insulin. I am forced to increase dramatically OR I throw away the box of pens and start a new one! I am not stupid and I know...

Insulins seem to have supply problems when more money can be made by selling them overseas rather to the UK market. My pharmacist is well informed about drug shortages. I tried Lantus and Levemir when they first arrived I thought being new they would be better! I may be a bit slow but after one...

I am not being pedantic. HYPO means too little. HYPER means too much. With a Hypo the blood has too little sugar. The brain needs more sugar than any other organ to function properly. Deprive it of sugar and it closes down. You feel faint to begin with and perhaps behave strangely - early...

Glad to hear Paddy recognises a Hypo. There are many quoted examples of this. There are useful pointers in this post. Firstly you did not suffer a diabetic coma. A coma happens after blood sugars have been dangerously high for some time - often days. The body responds to a lack of insulin by...