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  1. Tranly

    Jogging

    We seem to be having a same experience! I am a new D, and there are no good quality medical services in the country where I live, and was feeling so exhausted with uncontrollable swings. But this forum has changed my whole attitude. I haven't tried jogging just walking 1H everyday but definitely...
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    Basal reduction for exercise - what am I doing wrong?

    Pls keep it up Dave! thanks for sharing your experiences in such details I was so inspired. Was feeling like running out of solutions and needed some light and help. From what I learned here I've been sticking back to my exercise schedule and monitor my BG closely, and so far so much better. I'm...
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    Novorapid insulin react very slow

    I fast and did basal tests and bolus and corr tests, but found my sugar slipped out of control and very difficult to regain balance again. Have anyone experienced the same? Does skipping meals for testings result in such abnormal fluctuations?
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    Novorapid. How long does it take to take effect and what's its duration?

    I'm diabetic for 6 months, is pumping Novorapid. Thanks so much for your interesting observations and sharing Tim2000s! My sugar was quite ok throughout the day until one night 4 hypos woke me up, so I decided to reduce the TDD and do the basal test and other tests as well. But after working...
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    Insulin needs changes when travelling abroad?

    Thank you so much Emaclean378! was so impressed AND inspired with your passion for traveling and overcoming the odds to make that happen. I would love to first travel Vietnam. If you come to Vietnam, I can tell you places to buy insulin and needles, which doctors to get medical help, etc. I've...
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    Anonymous Question Time Zones & Insulin

    Thank you so much for sharing copepod! it's so inspiring and encouraging to hear about your expeditions. I am newly diagnosed and often still feel so discouraged when thinking of doing what I have to do in life. I'm thinking of moving to Japan but there're so many things holding me back. I'm on...
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    Insulin needs changes when travelling abroad?

    I found this, but not sure how it applies to insulin pump users! http://www.diabetes.org.uk/FAQ/Travel-questions/ "Time zones and insulin: Journeys across time zones may mean that you need to adjust your insulin. All international flights eastwards or westwards involve crossing time zones and...
  8. Tranly

    Insulin needs changes when travelling abroad?

    Hi there! I have a big question over how travelling to a foreign country and living abroad (changes in the climate and other unseen environmental factors) affect our blood glucose. I am a type 1, diagnosed 6 months ago. When I had to travel a broad and stayed there for 2 weeks, my insulin doses...
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    Anonymous Question Time Zones & Insulin

    Thank you so much for posing the question! I have a big question over how travelling to a foreign country and living abroad (changes in the climate and other unseen environmental factors) affect our blood glucose. I am a type 1, diagnosed 6 months ago. When I had to travel a broad and stayed...
  10. Tranly

    correction boluses of 9% TDD

    Thanks so much for your sharing! I am so so grateful for your help!!! Esp. ElyDave for your recommendation for the book, I'm reading it and find it just what I needed. As a new pumper I'm still trying to work out the correct rates and settings to match my body's insulin needs. According to what...
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    correction boluses of 9% TDD

    Hi! I am reading "Pumping insulin" by John Walsh I just having some question about correction boluses.. The book says people with good glucose management need 9% of correction boluses a day (9% of the TDD). While correction boluses means there are fluctuations that we really can't do anything...
  12. Tranly

    Basal dose and varied TDD

    Dear all I just wonder if large swings in TDD are common when we have to travel to a different country. I mean, do we tend to have TDD varied across countries when we have to travel? I was diagnosed in Vietnam and was on MDI then. I had to travel to Singapore later for pump therapy and now I am...
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    HYPERS at night - pump user

    Hey!!!:) I just cannot say thank you enough for the priceless gems I got from the book as I'm sitting here confused, not about my sugar, but about this miracle! .. I think I'm meditating on it haha.. Yesterday morning I woke up at 2 am and test, it was 6.4, and again at 6am, 4.2!! couldn't...
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    HYPERS at night - pump user

    Thank you so much!! I have never been told of any basal testings like what you said.. and I surely have never been going through any test like that, though they put the sensors on me twice during that first period of time. I don't have an idea of how to go on a test like that, and I'm not sure...
  15. Tranly

    HYPERS at night - pump user

    Hi! I'm a type 1 pump user. I was diagnosed almost 6 months ago, and often feel so thankful for being with a pump now. I have been on pump therapy for 1,5 months and still struggling with managing my sugar with so little knowledge and experiences of the disease. Recently I have had some...