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Hi All, I will be flying to Spain in a couple of weeks for the first time since starting insulin. Is it true I need confirmation from my GP to take needles etc in hand luggage? Also any tips about coping with injections 3 times a day while on the move and in warmer climes gratefully received.

Hi mrbroons, I was diagnosed type 2 six years ago and pretty much told to eat sensibly and get on with it apart from annual check ups as levels weren't too high and oral meds had no effect at all. It was a shock at the time as I was otherwise slim and healthy and my GP took some convincing too...

I guess it can take a long time for proper research to validate what is sensed by those who live and work with this condition and many other conditions too. I take the view that the jury is out, nobody really knows. I was caught out with the starchy carbs advice in the early days after my...

Fair enough you must go with what suits you best. Personally speaking I have very little or no resistance to insulin so metformin did nothing for me at all. I would question your consultants assertion that there is no evidence early introduction of insulin helps preserve cell production, it...

i don't think it works like that, I have come to understand that my insulin production will be quite random for some years until it ceases altogether. So the task is to manage the yo yo with regular monitoring and very minor adjustments of insulin and carbs. i used to fear the injections before...

This is the tricky thing about managing type 1.5 diabetes. Your pancreas will switch on or off insulin production quite randomly. I can only suggest you monitor your bloods regularly and try and be very aware of hypos. I can go for days eating the same breakfast and doing the same exercise...

I know my urine can smell different when levels are high, not sure why, almost like I have eaten asparagus when I haven't!

Can anyone shed any light on these changing targets for me? I had been reduced carbing for a couple of years and had got my hba1c down to 6.5 from over 9 by diet, exercise and post meal testing - non of the oral meds worked for me. DN was very happy about this however levels started creeping up...

Mine is also on repeat and the local council collect when full, I just call them and they collect on a Tuesday each week.

I agree, really pleased to see this. I am struggling with frequent lows at the moment while we try and work out what is the best regime. Small doses (5 units am. and up to 10 units pm.)of Humalog 25 send me low after two hours and my present regime of basal only (7units am. and 7 pm.) sends me...

Hi all, I am being switched from Humalog 25 twice a day to Insumin basal (no bolus)twice a day as I have been getting quite a few post prandial lows. I would be interested to hear from anyone else who has done this switch and hear how they got on. Thanks

I was fearful of injections before going on to them some months ago but now am very glad I did. BS is much easier to control and I can at least let go of the strict diet to some degree. I always enjoyed my food and am able to once again. The needles I use are tiny and hurt alot less than finger...

Hi, Tried filling this in but the survey won't register my entry on question 69, keeps showing an error message asking for a positive number which I can't make sense of as I am entering the amount of insulin I take that varies with exercise, as asked. Any clues??

I often have this problem especially in the evenings for some reason. I have the multiclix on the deepest setting and also find that warm / hot water helps, using the area up to the first joint of the finger also seems to give up blood more easily. I have heard that if you squeeze too hard other...

I would say there is a case for a type 1.5 subsection, this was mooted quite some time ago but nothing came of it. I do get a bit fed up reading about so many weightloss successes (all power to you that need to none the less) - Weight has NEVER been a problem for me and did not play a part in my...

I wouldn't have thought it was cost effective for a type 1.5 to go through the whole gamut of oral meds only to find that none of them work. Surely a saner and cheaper solution would be to test inconclusive diagnoses and go straight on to the correct medication ie: insulin, in however small...

Had mine yesterday and my BG levels have been erratic ever since, 16.5 2hours post prandial last night when I would have expected 6 or 7, over 10 before bed, 3.5 on waking this morning when again I am usually between 5 and 7, I halved my humalog 25 dose to cover breakfast and was 3.8 2 hours...

Hi, I use humalog 25 twice a day before meals. The ideal is 15 minutes before eating however it is ok immediately before or even straight after the meal. Alcohol is ok in sensible amounts, I have a couple of glasses of dry white wine of an evening which barely affects BG levels, sometimes it...

You could try Bayer Glucofacts Deluxe, it both automatically downloads meter readings and allows for manual input.

Always get mine from ebay sellers, around £8 - £9 per bottle which last at least 3 months.