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I seem to have a consistent pattern of high fasting blood sugars. I tested at 1am and was at 6.1 so I don't think the morning high is due to a hypo in the night. So my thinking is that I need to increase my basal insulin gradually and see what that does. In my mind if I am taking a higher basal...

So I'm still learning about how to manage my diabetes and have learnt a huge amount from this forum e.g low carbing and have consequently got my HbA1c down to 40 from being in the 90s. I thought I pretty much had understood the basics but my blood glucose readings today have confused me...... I...

In July I was placed on insulin and told to start to take 2 units of insulin (novorapid) with each meal and 4 units of Levemir at night and to increase this each week by 2 units (both novorapid and Levemir) un til my blood sugar was in the range set for me. I did this religiously initially but...

Hi, I was diagnosed with diabetes (never confirmed whether I was type 1 or 2 by my GP) and placed on metformin back in 2016. I asked to be referred to a diabetes specialist nurse but was told it was unnecessary and I just need to "not eat sugary things". I asked if I should be using a blood...