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Hi, got the dieabetic clinic tommorow, i always seem to be high and always double figures in the morning, used to have ok control but seems insulin is not working so good, used to be on a certain type (cant remember the name) and it stoped working so good so got moved to lantus which worked well...

Ok im having load of problems, im always hungry and want to eat, my sugars have went to pot again seem to be about 10 in the morning but as soon as i eat even small amounts i end up around 20 two hours later, im on lantus 50 units at night and novo rapid, i think i need to speak to my dieabetic...

accu chek mobile I see there is a new monitor coming out which contains 50 test on some sort of tape, looks a bit like the accu chek compact plus and also comes with the 6 drum lancet. Looks quite good.

I am currently using levemir but have problems with insulin at tea, i need more than double the fast acting insulin than recomended, i have been told this maybe due to the levemir only lasting around 20 hours so i may be put on lantus, any advice helpful please.

Hi, im 33, dieabetic type 2 on insulin last hb1ac 8.2 im needing some life insurace, i take it ive got no chance of critical illness, not sure about death benifit, any help would be appreciated. thanks mark

Hi, can you eat penuts on a low carb diet and if you do will you still lose weight? thanks mark

Hi, anyone know if its possible to wipe all the results from the onetouch and start fresh. thanks mark

On the news today up here in scotland that there is a study going on in abeerdeen i think about how a high soya and protein diet is the best for men, says they found you can eat as much as you want and lose weight and also that it makes your far less hungry. Bit old hat as a lot of people on...

Hi, just wondering how much people have managed to reduce there insulin by when on i diet, i was taking 90 units of levimir but then went low carb, got insulin down to about 70 units but i never lost weight, i am now on scottish slimmers and have lost 8lb in two weeks, got levemir way down, only...

Had the dieabetic clinc on thursday 1st time i have been since went onto insulin 15 months ago, ended up seeing a foreing guy who was totaly useless, he asked me three times what meds i was on then asked if i had brought them with me, dont think he knew what levimir or novorapid was, anyway it...

Hi, had my eye screening a few weeks back, have now recieived a letter saying i need to see eye anspecialist and may need treatment, im looking for info on what could be wrong and what can be done. thanks mark

hi, i had tea tonight then took usual amount of novo rapid, i went for a 25min walk, when i got home i was at 3.4, is it normal for bs reading to drop down below set base insulin? im also low carbing.

Hi, can anyone explain why when low carbing your insulin dosage needs to come down, something to do with insulin resistance i think but why? Have dropped my levimir from 90 to 56 over the last three weeks and still going down every few days. Total nightmare as keep going low every few days.

Ok doing this low carb cause my bs were all over the place and had hbc readings over 10 for last 2 years, also i could not stop eating sweets etc had craving all the time(alot to do with sugar going up and down i think). Anyway now the wife is hassling me saying the diet is unhealth etc etc...

This may be a stupid question but how do most people know all there test results, i never get told anything, maybe my own fault for not asking, even if i did i would forget all those figures befor i get home. can you get copies of your results if you ask for them? Just asking as im trying to...

Ok so im on my second attempt at low carbing, my first attempt after xmas i was getting really bad headaces and only lasted a week, my bs did get better but went back up. I decided to try again and for some reason im getting on much better, been doing it for two weeks with really no carbs, got...

Any lo-carb sausages you can get in tesco?

Hi, been reading some stuff on here over the last week, whats all this low-carb stuff about and where is the best place to start? I take it 8 slices of bread a day aint good from what im reading?

Im taking 84 units of levimir at night with no other drugs, is this dosage too high? should i be using metformin? i usually sit at 6 for my blood sugar in morning but have no real control after breakjfast tea dinner even when talking large doses of novo rapid.