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Hi Jonny, I posted an identicle post to yours 6 months ago, but via advice through these forums and others Im now getting well on top of things and starting to have a much greater understanding of my Diabetes. Im on the same insulin regime as yours and I have tackled thigs in the following...

If the Lantus is holding you steady @ 5.30 PM then might it be that its not lasting its 24 hour course, rather than not being enough units? There fore timing issues ? Have you tested through the night to see when it starts to rise?

Its something that only hit me the other day... Why dont I spike on a weekend, but I do when im sat at work doing nothing. Then I realsied... Weekends are spent running after the mrs and her kid, walking the dog and doing stuff , keeping physically active and I really think this makes a massive...

Ive just posted else where regarding this. I too have been switched to apridra, and have found it very unpredictable. Somedays its like injecting water, and some im hypo within 15 mins. My post was along these lines.. I dont feel im getting on that well with apridra since switching. I find...

Klang, I read it that Sams spike was up by 7mmol... not his reading. So say he was originally 7mmol before eating, after an hour, it had shot up to 14mmol... I think I read that right anyway..!

I've never been offered the oportunity to do the Dafne course. I was put on the basal bolus regime about 8 year ago, and told to match carbs to insulin. And that was that. Over the years Ive leant to count carbs using scales, reading packets and from experience. Im not saying Im always great...

Igoring the chart... My results were as follows.. Morning test 6am - 7.2 7am - 5.6 8am - 6.7 9am - 5.9 10am - 6.1 11am - 6.1 12pm - 6.9 13pm - 6.3 14pm - 5.4 Afternoon test 12pm - 4.7 13pm - 4.2 14pm - 3.6 - cancelled Evening test 16pm - 6 17pm - 6.2 18pm - 5.6 19pm -...

This is my basal profile, according to my first round of testing .. Its literally a join up the dots job as there are a few times missed, and a little inconsistant possibly due to the testing been done on 3 different days.. 0 represents my starting point at each test I have done. For example...

Isnt it a great feeling when you get such positive encouragment from people on here in the same sort of situations as yourself, and things turn out to be not half as bad as you first thought.... Just being able to talk helps so much

cheers noblehead.. you've been really supportive since i joined

lol, I did feel like I was been nosey when I typed that. Thankyou for the congrats, I feel really good today! Benny

I joined this forum a few months ago to help get my sugar levels under control. In 3 months when i first started posting on here (Approx) my hba1c was 8.3, today I got my results back as 6.4% this is probably the best its even been in 20 years of diabetes! This year is my 20 year aniversary! :)...

With you there Ihs, Im fairly happy if my basel holds me over ngiht now, as long as I counteract the trends with adjusting my bolus to suit. Obviously for this you need to know whats going on. Im still learning about myself and how much i need at different point... I was honestly getting really...

I wouldnt go changing anything straight away, give the new dose a couple of days to settle in maybe, and see what happens tomorow if theres a pattern emerging of highs after breakfast then you know something needs to change? Could it have been something else sending your blood sugar up, stress...

If you have lowered you lantus, could it be that this has thrown your fast acting out of sync now meaning less carbs too insulin ratio?

And Kt, could you tell me more of your treated Proliferative retinopathy, how you were diagnosed, treated, and how your doing now? Hope you dont mind me asking :)

Thanks Noblehead :) The eye doctor told me that it was the right eye that had these vessels, but I have read elsewhere its usual for both to suffer..? How do peoples experiences of this pan out? Im hoping if the worst came to the worst, I could live with one good eye!

I hope so, Its my worst worst fear losing my eye sight. It was a new doctor to me, ive been to a lot of different ones due to moving around so much. Im remaining as positive as possible and Im looking forward to getting in for the referal and getting the ball rolling. Its the waiting around I...

Retinopathy... Ive always had minor changes possibly backroung retinopathy, but non of my doctors have ever labelled it that. I was been kept under tight supervision by doctors a couple of years a go, checks every 2 months, however the problems seemed to go away / reverse and they put me back...

Surely everyones rule is going to be totally different... thats why it makes no sence, and if you can make it back fit, then you already know the information its trying to tell you anyway? My rule considering i use 30 U insulin & i eat 150 carb a day is...... duh duh duh duuuuuuhhh "the 300...