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In reply to the tiredness question, a few months ago I developed a bit of lethargy and it resulted from my thyroid - so another thing to have checked out. I have been on Lantus for a long time and prior to my thyroid issues had loads of energy. In my opinion it appears that this board loves to...

I was a diabetic child and when my bgs went high (and dropped sudenlyish) I used to either lose feeling in my feet or hand/hands and I would also sometimes get cramps in them - happened a lot over the childhood years but stopped after about 14-15 years old. The bad temper was pretty normal too...

Have you tested him to check the effect of jelly sweets? Carbs and carbs from different diabetics effect their bg differently. I follow low carb and try for under 50g a day. But I'm human and love jelly sweets. I have tested my sugars and a few jelly sweets have less effect on my bg than either...

I went through a few phases like that in my time. First of all are you sure that you don't have an unknown infection. My body can sometimes act with high bg's a while before the illness shows any outward sign. I (other than for the above)in the past found my bg was highest in the morning in any...

I have been on Lantus a number of years and it originally took about 2 days to work properly. I have one dose at about 8:30pm and that works well fo me.

I rarely post and lurk a bit but feel that I have to ay something. I am a long time type 1 (about 34 years - with no complications so far) Hi,I am a long term insulin user of lantus and am very happy with it. Prior to lantus I was on various other insulins (Since I was diagnosed as a young...

I am a type 1 who lived in SA and my care was very good but then again I had very good expensive medical insurance. Things might have changed since I lived there - 5 years ago- if you get MI with your work , they contribute towards it and you don't pay an exobertant amount extra for a...

Double Diabetes exists and is becoming more prevalent. I am a Type 1 and have been for over 30 years who has recently been diagnosed with Insulin resistance/double diabetes/Type 2. Type 1's can become TYpe 2 (although will always remain TYpe 1 ). There are variations of causes of typ 2 - some...