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4.6 this morning. It always goes higher when I get up so it is 6.1 now even before I’ve eaten breakfast. Good morning everyone!

Read The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcolm Kendrick

Read The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcolm Kendrick. Then you will know the answer.

Mine was 38 mmol/mol

I used to have Medtronic pump but changed it to Tandem T-Slim when it came up for renewal. I prefer the T-Slim. I use it with Dexcom 6.

This converts to an average blood glucose of about 12.9 which is Diabetes. Mine was 18+ when I was diagnosed. My last HBA1c was 37 ( blood glucose of average 5.5) so you can get back to normal blood glucose eventually (about 4.6 for non diabetics). Most type 1s don’t get back to normal again...

Ooh! Have fun!

6.3 a bit high but I had Novocaine at the dentist yesterday and lots of stressful drilling!

Japanese Nori seaweed. This isn’t the same as sushi seaweed but has been baked like a packet of crisps. Comes in different flavours like crisps.

I have the same. I leave my basal as it is during the exercise as I (obviously) don’t exercise hard enough, but have glucose nearby just in case then give a bolus when I stop. My blood glucose jumps up immediately as I stop exercise. Livers are wonderful things!

Make sure the needle can be seen poking out through the cannula before you insert. Don’t push down when you place the insert on your skin Try to avoid your firm toned muscles I’ve found that these help. A bent cannula will not let the insulin flow correctly. You can usually tell within a couple...

It seems to me that all the diabetes official groups are still pushing carbohydrate as a good thing for diabetics! Please can we get someone on our side to keep our blood sugar normal. How much carbohydrate is ACTUALLY needed?

Dr Bernstein’s Diabetes Solution. Sugar Surfing These are two good books to start with. Both recommend regular home blood tests or CGM. I would say that you can’t keep well enough just with doctors tests.

Fasting blood glucose 5.5.

I’ve had a second shielding letter but NOT because I have type 1. I am taking immunosuppressants.

Google gastroparesis diabetes

4.7 before bed 4.7 before breakfast

Two boiled eggs; (breakfast) Beef and green peppers (tea time) I ate half a cake at lunchtime because that was all that was available but it was made from egg (I am on a cycling holiday in Germany and it is Father’s day today so all restaurants are shut where I am) but I did forgo the ice cream...

I’m going on a cycle tour for a couple of months. It is recommended by Diabetes UK that one take twice as much insulin and syringes/insulin pens as one needs for the trip in case of breakages or unexpected delay. Mmm. They don’t really mention pumps and CGM. For the period I’m away I will need...

So either 3. 7 or 20 per 100g !!? Does anyone actually know?