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Hi Jamie I'm planning on going travelling in 6-7 months time and although I'm at the very early stages of saving/planning where I'm going to go.... my main concern is do I take all my insulin with me, and if so, where do I store it? Or were you able to get it when you were in USA or Australia...

I'll definately be seeing my gp then, was starting to get paranoid!! :)

Hi I've recently been getting bloodshot eyes and I'm not sure whether its to do with my diabetes. I had my diabetic eye screening a few days ago and the photos of the back of my eyes came back fine, when I asked the lady that took the photos whether it was my diabetes she wasn't able to...

I'll bear that in mind next time I have a chinese, my BG about 2-3 hours after seems to be lower than the next day when I wake up, it just rockets throughout the evening!! Learn something new every day eh?! x

Peanut butter - YUM!

That sounds like a challenge I'm up for, is there an actual recipe for it? X

Hi all, I'm trying to cut butter out of my diet on my toast in the morning and am desperate to find a low sugar/sugar free jam that doesn't severely spike my sugar levels, I know that no two diabetics are the same but I'd welcome suggestions from everyone! :)

I'm really looking forward to it now and pray it has as positive of an impact on me as it has Rhinne! x

10.4 today, highest it's been for 9 years grrrr!!!

This thread has really pushed me to do the course, having been to my diabetic clinic today and told that my Hba1c was 10.4 (the highest its been for years although i'm gyming, eating healthier than ever and taking more care of myself - raging with fustration) I was told that i MUST attend a 4...

I took your advice and spoke to nhs direct, they've advised me to keep eating carbs and test at 1am when the insulin will probably peak. Thank u for your help :-)

Hi all Need a bit of advice, I gave myself my slow acting insulin (lantus) thinking it was my quick acting. I had my daily 18 units of slow acting at 930am but have given myself another 9 units about an hour ago before my dinner, panicked and then gave myself my 9 units of quick acting (apidra)...

Hey, I was told to move from Lantus to Levimir which worked wonders for my sugar levels but I had a bad reaction to the preservative in the Levimir which created really sensitive red lumps where I'd injected. The hospital didnt mentioned Humulin to me - is this a long acting insulin like...

Hi guys The hospital have recently swapped me from Lantus (once a day) to Levimir (split twice a day) and my sugar levels have been really really good, my mood's better and I feel more relaxed as I'm not stressing about high/low sugar levels. I only swapped a week ago but keep on getting red...

this forum has really helped me as well!! I was told at my diabetic clinic yesterday that I'm being moved onto Levemir and was hoping there would be some more people in my position... which this thread proves that there is. :) after 20 years of diabetes I finally feel like I'm getting...

Thanks Carl, I might try taking apple juice into the gym with me and "sip as i go". :)

I've been going to the gym after work (5-7pm) recently and have a banana and dextro before I start exercising which seems to be fine and my glucose levels are normal 90% of the time when I get home.... The problem is later on in the evening, I try to eat pasta or something quite filling/slow...

Also what do you do with it when your on holiday??? x

thanks everyone!! I had a continual glucose monitoring device attached to me for 72 hours a while back and loathed it, I'm just scared it'll annoy me!! is it a wireless device? It's a really foreign peice of equipment to me! In the long run i know it will be alot more beneficial from what...

Hi there my doctor has mentioned maybe swapping me from 4 injections a day to an insulin pump, call me vain, but I'm not sure about the whole idea... does anyone use one and/or can tell me how big they are and the convenience of them? I'm a 24yr old girl and I keep having images of me walking...