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completely! I'm 51 and have had Type 1 for 46 years. Both my daughters are grown up and live away, one has ADPKD, which I support her with as much as I can. My other is a primary school teacher but doesn't earn enough to live on so I try to help her out as much as possible. I live on my own...

Hi, thank you for responding -yes I understand the dosing I just am concerned I'm wasting so much insulin on test shots. The internal mechanism of the flex pen is different, it's spring loaded and internal unlike other flex pens where you turn the dial and the trigger rises out of the...

Started taking Tresiba 4 nights ago, not sure if a test shot is nessesary as with other insulin pens as the dosing system is internal. I do test shots but it pushes out about 6 units of insulin, seems a terrible waste! Please help

This all just proves you need to be more informed than any medical person. I did the DAFNE course and one of my fellow diabetics was a GP who thought there were no carbs in fruit!!!!! I always refused to take aspirin, under considerable pressure from my consultant, and am glad I stood my...

there is no such thing as an essential carbohydrate - read Dr Bernstein's 'Diabetes Solutions' - if you've always low carbed then it's a validation if you've not then it's a revelation I've low carbed all my life (except for a disasterous few months following the DAFNE programme), I've had type...