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A simpe question.... is it safe to reduce insulin a little if blood sugars reduce and stay low? Can't ask my nurse as she is the only one we have and is on annual leave! And anyway, would rather go to those who really know about diabetes, ie the patients. Thank you.

I only started on insulin, once a day low dose increasing every fourth day by two units, ten days ago, but already the area around where I inject in my abdomen is sore and uncomfortable. So I thought maybe I'd give my thighs a go with injecting, but on the various forums, when I raised this...

Can I ask how many carbs you aim for each day and how they are divided up?

and am confused. I saw the nurse this morning and she told me what to do, how to use the pen, but when I read the info from the manufacturers o the pen, it was different. She didn't mention anything about setting it to 2 and tapping to rid the pen of any air and making sure I got the full dose...

numbers, what do they all mean? My nurse said we should get the number down to 50. Fifty what, her explanation didn’t help me much, mainly because within a few minutes if her telling me, I’d forgotten! It’s an age thing.... And if any of you have routine appointments with diabetic nurse, are...

Can anyone explain why I have severalhypo symptoms yet reading was three times normal ones. It's usually low, so this panicked me abit! Thanks.