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Thank you, I will get reading and arrange another appointment with my DSN to get some further guidance!

I suffered with lumps in my legs/stomach and found that all of a sudden I would get very low sugar levels very quickly.. My GP believed this to be down to the needles being too short and therefore not getting through enough of the muscle. The lumps have now stopped after using the longer needles...

I have also not heard of basal testing.. Is this something that my consultant should be discussing with me?

Hi @donnellysdogs sometimes yes the readings do mostly spike around these times. However sometime 4-6 hours after eating lunch my levels will start to go higher out of no where.. I have been told that this is the liver releasing sugars as it thinks the body needs them but I am not sure how to...

Thank you all so much for your advice!! @noblehead I have taken my bolus insulin 20 mins before eating this evening and although I have still spiked to 14.4mmol the spike itself has been less dramatic than before.I will continue to experiment with leaving more time and hopefully this will allow...

Hello all, I am totally new to any sort of Diabetes Forum so forgive me if this question has already been asked.. I have been a type 1 diabetic for 21 years and only within the last year have been moved over to 4 injections a day, previously I was on two injections and mixed insulin. I now use...