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What would you say is the best way to do it , been woken before where the alarm has gone off at 4.5, had a biscuit ,snack, expecting my readings to go higher but they dont, all i want to do is to go back to sleep knowing that my bloods are in the 5s or 6s.

On tresiba 18 units on waking, novo rapid breakfast ,dinner evening meal.

Got my low sugar alarm set around 4.5 so I can react before it gets to low, when it goes off which is sometimes in the middle of the night i usually try to get away with 2 x glucose tablets and maybe a slice of bread and butter or a biscuit, sometimes it doesn't happen quick enough to where I...

Blood test if I remember correctly, was adout 6 year ago.

Type 2 here on metformin and insulin basal and bolus, Been on insulin for ni on 2 years, DN suggested carb counting which I've more or less got sussed, had my first appointment with the dietician where we discussed what I was eating etc, I got the impression that I could eat more or less...

Before breakfast I take my basal and bolus insulin, take a reading, have breakfast, take a reading 2hrs later and find that my bloods are showing high, take another reading 1hr later and finding my bloods have come down to where I would have expected them to be an hour earlier, any suggestions...

Checked bloods again this morning..8.2 before breakfast. 2hr check up to 13 4hr check dropped to 6.5 Is that OK regarding the carb counting. Thanks

Just checked again....just under 4 hours, it has dropped down to 4.4, time for a snack I think.

Ok

Will try that....

No figures pricking...

On 20 units of lantus before breakfast, novorapid breakfast, lunch, and tea, started off on 8 units of rapid with all meals but after discussion with diabetes nurse have decided to try the carb count when taking the rapid, still fumbling my way around it but need a bit of advice, breakfast...

Lantus 24 units first thing morning Novorapid 8 units per meal 3x day How do I work out how much to increase insulin units to the meals im eating, these are the doses my Diabetic nurse set for me, she did say I could tweak the rapid to suit but not by how much so to speak. Any advice...

Im type 2 , was told to take it 5-10 mins before food, try to keep more or less the same mealtimes .

Take 24 units of insulin and one gm of metformin before breakfast around 6.30am, take the same before evening meal which could be anytime between 6.00pm and 9.00pm, insulin is taken 5 to 10 minutes before meal, apparently its a mixture of fast acting and slow release, is it possible to alter the...

Must apologise, been type2 for around 5 year not 3, contacted nurse and enquired whether im classed as type 1 or 2, she said still type 2, put the weight loss down to taking empagliflozin when i shouldn't have been taking it.

A month ago my medication was .. Breakfast...2 x 500mg metformin, 2 x 80 mg gliclazide, 1 x 10mg empagliflozin, the same with evening meal apart from the empagliflozin.....contacted nurse regarding weight loss as i had lost a stone but could not regain the weight also bloods were up and...

Been a type 2 for three years but have been told by my diabetic nurse that i need to take insulin, going to be prescribed Humulin M3, 14 units before breakfast and evening meal then after 5 days up it to 16units, have been told to take my blood readings and insulin 30 mins before breakfast,if...

Have been eating bergen bread for a number of years but for some reason it doesn't taste like it did , unless its me, any recommendations for a different make of bread. Cheers.

Type 2 , Always check the label on the front of the food to make sure that the sugar content is in the green/amber , what figure should I be looking at regarding the carbs, most of the time the figures seem high. Cheers