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I have spoken with nurse this afternoon ! i have had to increase 3 units of background/long acting i have Abasaglar long acting and i have Humalog for meals ! i will speak to nurse again on Monday to see how my readings are and if having any hypo's i will have to start reducing the 3 by one unit...

Thank you so much for reply ! My sugars are finally back to acceptable for me today ! I am very careful and very wary of increasing or reducing my insulin ! i would normally have phoned the nurses if i had the concerns as i did last-night but because of how late it was i was unsure what to do ...

Thank you so much for reply ! My sugars have come back down today started to come down at 5am ! I have background insulin also fast acting but i am so reluctant to use extra units of fast acting as i do have hypo's normally early mornings ! I only ever eat 2-3 slices of Milk roll bread as i...

Thank you so much for your reply . I am feeling more at ease today after such a restless worrying night , Thank you so much x

Hello i have type 2 diabetes if i get a high glucose it is normaly about 17.1 Tonight i checked my sensor reading at teatime it was only 5.5 which is excellent for me as i never go below 10.0 ! I felt tired but only because i did not get much sleep lastnight i dozed off for just over 1 hor and...

Thank you! No i eat very much the same meals always, i have small amounts of carbs if i do have added carbs at evening meal i don't tend too change the Adamalog as any extra is only one small /little baby potato or a slice of milk roll bread which has very low carbs, I do have a bad reaction...

I realized and replied as to what insulin i use! I am sorry i did not think until after i posted! i am on between 18 to 20 units of Abasaglar ! once a day and between 17 and 19 units of Admelog before meals i have reduced it this past 4 days to 16 units and i am soo confused that after evening...

Sorry i have to depending on how high my sugars go change my Abasaglar ! i react badly to big changes so i am always told to change up or down by one unit at a time .

Hi i am on between 18 to 20 units of Abasaglar ! once a day and between 17 and 19 units of Admelog before meals i have reduced it this past 4 days to 16 units and i am soo confused that after evening meal i get a hypo with in 1 hour. Thank you for replying .

Hello i am wondering if anyone can help me understand why after my evening meal with in 1 hour my sugars drop below 4 i feel so Shakey and sick and my eyes get more blurred than normal, I have decreased my insulin that i have with meals to see if it will help but it has not helped ! i feel like...

Thank you so much for the reply ! i know we have to plod on it just feels so lonely and i appreciate your reply !I will try and contact the nurse again i am dreading using a larger needle and that is something that has never been mentioned by the nurses or consultant . Thanks again for reply .

Hello everyone, Hoping everyone is coping as best they can. I am just wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction! I am on insulin base /i use once daily and other each time i eat , i have spoken with nurse as we still are not able to be seen but every sight/site i used in stomach...

Hello thanks so much for message, I started on low dose of Insulin in mornings and evenings, then the dose was increased slightly week1 , then increased again second week again this week increased , I have had to increase my carbs but no weight gain so far thank goodness, I have had 2 low sugars...

Hi thank you for the comment, I am on my 3rd week of Insulin now , I have been having it increased each week , I have had a couple of low sugars, I have had to increase my carbs as they said I was not having enough , I thankfully have not put any weight on up to now , it is hit and miss at the...

Thank you so much , I am so pleased they found a level that seems to have helped for you ,, I seem to be going very low in the night, the nurse asked me to have something before bed but also to take emergency hypo pack as she called it and leave it at side of bed also if I go out take hypo pack...

Oh yes I am on them I will mention it thanks so much .

Thank you , yes I am seeing nurse in morning will definitly be asking more questions ..

Aww thank you for the reply, my biggest fear is hypo's and have had 2 this week,, I am wondering what I can add in between meals I have already added extra fruit but that is doing nothing at the moment, I will make sure I ask tomorrow Thanks again.

I did panic when the nurse asked me to add more to my diet, she said its ok don't worry about weight gain we have a tablet we can add to stop that , I don't like this starting point I hope it works out , I just want some energy ..

Thank you all so much for the replies , this is day 4 on insulin, I have been started on low dose twice a day at moment as they said I don't eat enough carbs , I have to see the nurse again tomorrow as they will want increase she said , I don't know if there are any kind of side effects I just...