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No not for me it doesn't seem to make any difference whether the cartridge has just been changed, is halfway through or nearly finished [emoji848]

I'm on Lantus and Novorapid. On the odd occasion I fall off the rails (like yesterday evening), I bolus for the increase in carbs but then find my blood sugars run higher for a few days until everything settles down again. It's as if the basal then can't cope. Does anyone else experience this...

I'm exactly the same. I use the Libre and your graphs could be mine! Had covid at the beginning of January and was bed ridden for a few days with it. Blood sugars were high which I accepted but 3 weeks since testing positive bloods are still all over the place. I do feel "recovered" and only...

Hello @Snazeh I was (am) in a similar situation. I take NR before meals and Lantus at bedtime, plus 1000 mg SR metformin morning and evening. My insulin-carb ratio has always been 1 unit to 10 g carbs. However, in the morning I was finding this was insufficient and was experiencing not the...

Thank you [emoji3]

Obviously eating some carbs is a choice I make [emoji3]. I have been counting these for many years now and it has always worked, up until now where my body seems to be more insulin resistant in the morning. Just to confirm my insulin ratio 1:10 g carbs at lunch and dinner (about 5-8 units NR for...

Not recently. About 20 years ago my body was diagnosed as being insulin resistant. I lost a lot of weight with Reductil (now withdrawn from the market) and since then I have managed to keep the weight off. As mentioned in my previous post, over the years I''ve been on various forms of drugs...

B'fast: 2 slices wholemeal toast - one with Serrano ham, one with Leerdammer cheese slice. Portion of Galia melon. About 50-60 g carbs Lunch: Wholemeal pitta, cucumber, ham, tomatoes. Fresh apple or stewed (with sweetener). About 50 g carbs Dinner: Meat, fish or poultry, veggies or salad, small...

I was first diagnosed in June 1994. I suspect that my pancreas now produces little or no insulin at all [emoji853]. So I'm on 3 x NR at mealtimes and Lantus at bedtime. I bolus 15 to 30 minutes before eating which works for lunch and dinner. I even bolused 1 hr before breakfast a few days ago as...

Might be something to consider if, at the end of my "trials", nothing else seems to work :)

Hi. I'm a type 2 diabetic and have been on insulin for more years than I can remember. During the night my readings are fine. As my HbA1c readings have been creeping up over the last couple of years, I decided to self-fund the Freestyle Libre Sensor and what an eye opener this has been. As soon...

Re: Success stories I had been on insulin (high doses) for Type 2 for about 10 years until a new consultant at the diabetic clinic realised my body had become insulin-resistant. I could do what I wanted, i.e. ate less, exercised etc. but would only lose about 2 kgs in weight. My BMI at the time...

Hi Jude If it's any consolation, I was diagnosed as insulin-resistant last July. I was taking about 48 units morning and evening of fast acting insulin and 78 units of Lantus in addition to 1500 mg Metformin daily. Although my BS were fine, my weight wasn't (BMI of 32) although it had been...