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After 6 months of daily injections, I'm now over it. I can inject while juggling knives and it doesn't bother me anymore. :)

4.5 isn't terribly low. I'm usually in the 4.4 - 5.1 range. It does take a while to get used to being in this normal range after spending months/years at higher levels because your body has adapted to thinking high numbers are where you should be. I suspect your doctor will just say that...

The floods of tears could also be the way you're reacting to being diagnosed with a chronic illness. You're still very early on in your diabetes journey, so you can expect odd feelings to flare up now and again.

What are your meals like these days?

It doesn't sound like you're evil -- it sounds like you tried and did your best. You can't push a mountain. He has to want to be healthy. You're in a terrible situation, but your conscience is clear. You tried, and you tried more than most people in your situation would have.

Your doctor sounds like a ****** doctor.

Diabetic ketoacidosis. It's a shortage of insulin that happens mostly in Type 1 diabetics. I'm Type 2, and I was hospitalized with a DKA in February after two months of extremely rapid weight loss for no apparently reason -- that's because the body is desperate to try to cope without...

If it is a DKA, your husband needs to go to the hospital.

That amount of weight loss over two months is a sign of a DKA -- his blood glucose may be too high for his body to process food and his blood may be going a bit acidic. I presume you have had his glucose checked in that two-month window? Another sign would be frequent urination. Whatever it...

If the next step is injections, full steam ahead. I much prefer my injections to the Metformin they tried me on.

I have a note taped to my Lantus case to remind me. I know not to use the one with the note on it unless it's bedtime.

If it's not your glucose being too high, there could be other causes. This could also be sleep apnea. It too would cause tiredness and dry mouth.

I love MyFitnessPal, though it doesn't track glucose readings.

Really depends on how many strips you have access to. If you only have one strip a day, you'll have to be strategic. If strips are not an issue, try before each meal and then 2 hours after each meal so you can start to see which foods elevate your readings and keep them high vs. the foods that...

Sounds like your Lantus dose is too high since the lows are happening well after your Novorapid should have worn off.

Wine causes my glucose readings to be artificially low for a few hours -- then they shoot right up. Clearly our bodies handle wine differently.

My desk looks straight out a huge window. I have now learning to save these appointments for the afternoon, otherwise I'm in for a very uncomfortable morning.

I'm in Canada and I'm type 2, but my team told me I'd be in every three months for the first two years and then we'd see after that.

I'm a T2 on insulin. I was on MDI, but I cut out the mealtime insulin and have been able to cope with exercise, a low-GI diet and my daily Lantus. I have edged Lantus down to 8 units a day. I tried going without it for two days, but my glucose levels were creeping up. With Lantus, I'm...

Love the OneTouch Delica. I originally had an Accu-Chek Softclix and switched because the Delica was a finer gauge.