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  1. Robyn@29

    What happened with my BG levels?

    It might be worth taking off the needles once youve finished, the needle being on breeches the seal of the pen and air is getting in, probably wont affect your levels but will stop those bubbles getting in :D Sent from my SM-G935F using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app
  2. Robyn@29

    Type 1 Opinions please (needles)

    For me its not about cost, if the cheaper ones were as good I'd use them... On that point I just trialed the freestyle libre it was brilliant, deffo need this on the nhs, would only need test strips for driving, so a pack would last for ages and less injecting as your more aware if whats going...
  3. Robyn@29

    Type 1 Opinions please (needles)

    They were just what I was given... I dont really know what difference it makes :S 1mm shouldnt make much difference tho??
  4. Robyn@29

    C-peptide readings and understanding my results

    Hey, so I spoke to the doctor on the trial and basically they measure the c-peptide as its is released at the same time and in the same quantites as insulin from the pancreas, almost like a shadow of insulin, however it doesnt run out doesnt get used up, so when they measure c-peptide levels...
  5. Robyn@29

    Type 1 Opinions please (needles)

    Thanks everyone for your advise the BD ones are my preferred needle. I'll talk to my gp and get then changed back. And i dont know why 5mm it's just what I've always used/been given... Omg, cant imagine having to use 12mm needles!! 5 is deep enough thank you!! although i have no problem and very...
  6. Robyn@29

    Type 1 Opinions please (needles)

    I dont want to bias the convo so i wont tell you with way round these are but one of these is what i first got prescribed by the hospital and the other is what I've been swapped to by my gp because its cheaper. What recommendations/experiences do you have of either needle? The new one seems to...
  7. Robyn@29

    C-peptide readings and understanding my results

    Thanks, yh so im a newly diagnosed type 1, and i just found my reading to be quite high. The nurse dis explain some bits to me, she said my readings were the highest she'd seen on the trial. She also said she'd seen people who had been even more recently diagnosed, fail the test, so levels lower...
  8. Robyn@29

    C-peptide readings and understanding my results

    ***copied from my facebook page*** Calling all doctors/nurses/diabetics..., I need some help understanding a result I've had. So ive been part of a medical trial for my diabetes. To get on the trial my pancreas had to be working to a specific degree or better. They were measuring c-peptides, i...
  9. Robyn@29

    Sun burn

    I'm part of a treatment trial at Guy's and my next visit is Wednesday so I'll ask my doctors n let you know :)
  10. Robyn@29

    Nose bleeds

    Thanks, good to know, but this was just after I'd eaten lunch n hadn't had the chance to inject yet :S so I doubt I was low, if anything I was on my way up :S lol
  11. Robyn@29

    Sun burn

    I consider myself to have olive skin, it used to take a lot to burn and would go brown really easily. Only diagnosed in October so this is my first diabetic summer, only been in the garden on n off for about 2 hours this morning, so it was quite cool and I'm really burnt already... :( anyone...
  12. Robyn@29

    Nose bleeds

    Hi, I'm not taking anything other than my insulins it was just weird and tbh I was stood there thinking oh **** this isn't stopping and having visions of a paramedic being called :S eeek
  13. Robyn@29

    Nose bleeds

    Not saying it causes nose bleeds but when I was diagnosed they said illnesses might hit you harder and that I might bruise easier/take longer to heal, so was just wondering if the bleeding and not stopping for longer was linked... and the whole bleeding from both nostrils, never had that before...
  14. Robyn@29

    Nose bleeds

    I don't normally get nose bleeds, just the occasional when I overheat. I've only been diabetic since October and haven't had once since diagnosis, But today at work I had one that wouldn't stop for over 15 mins and I was bleeding from both nostrils, which has NEVER happened to me before :S...
  15. Robyn@29

    Type 1: I'm a horrible diabetic

    Hi there I was only diagnosed 4 months ago, the though of all those charts and graphs scares the **** out of me, so I didn't even attempt to get my head around it, instead I got myself a little notebook and just keep a record of my levels, what I eat and what I inject. That's it. I eat what I...
  16. Robyn@29

    BG

    It takes a while for your body to get used to it. I guess you've been high for a while, I used to feel panicky at 4.7 but now I sometimes don't feel anything till 3.6 you'll get the hang of it. If you keep within target for the most part, you'll eventually feel normal down to the 3s :D
  17. Robyn@29

    BG

    Not sure what type you are, but I'm a 1, my nutritionist told me my target is between 4.5 and 7.5, but to only eat if I go below 4 and even then only 20g of carbs, which is basically an extra small can of coke or 4 jelly babies... not much at all. I'm also currently on a treatment trial and they...
  18. Robyn@29

    Levemir - lumps :(

    That seems to be the concensus, gonna ask the GP for longer ones... so far mine have stopped tho, only lasted a few days, with the occasional short term lump, think the longer needles will help :)
  19. Robyn@29

    Hb1ac - what does it mean?

    I was diagnosed in the beginning of October. And I don't know my Hb1ac but I know my BG was just over 40... I could find out at my next appointment. I also know I was at 6.8 on the 16th December... :)
  20. Robyn@29

    Hb1ac - what does it mean?

    Well I do have quite a lot of hypos, but it's always when I'm at work, I'm in the process of working them out of my daily routine... lol I'm lowering my levemir and knocking a unit off breakfast and lunch when I'm working :) I'm getting there :) my hypos are always self reversed, I never need...