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Semglee is a biosimilar of Lantus. With Levemir being discontinued, the only choice left is insulin glargine (Lantus, Toujeo, and the various biosimilars of Lantus), or Tresiba.

Like others said, tell us what you are running into, and there's likely someone around who can give you a sense of direction, either on how to revise or on the subject itself! I'm trying to finally learn maths at 49 years old, and I found that the best help comes from people who know their...

Neat whiskey has no carbs, and the alcohol even has a glucose lowering effect for as long as your liver is processing the alcohol. Perfect choice from a diabetic point of view!

You only need to dress the upper half, unless you plan to walk away with your camera on. ;) Now this is odd, we have 'leverkaas' in the Netherlands, a direct translations of 'Leberkäse' or liver cheese. But the Dutch leverkaas is indeed made from liver, similar to liverwurst but finely grinded...

As far as I know, this is a blanket disclaimer because some diabetics have sensory loss because of nerve damage. This is a serious risk with anything heat involved, imagine drawing a bath and only noticing it's blistering hot after you get in up to your knees. Damage will have been done to your...

And another one who is very relieved to see your name in the 'members online' list, @Annb !

Thanks all for all the sound advice on both mushroom soup and dating! @Annb , your story was so touching and made perfect sense, and your mushroom soup tips, they'll be taken into account tomorrow! You made me spit out my drink, I may be somewhat unconventional in many aspects of life but I'm...

Adding bacon/rashers sounds very good, will do! @Annb I think I remember that mushroom soup is one of your staples, any tips and tricks?

Hi all, still reading or at least scanning, not writing a lot on the forum as busy with other stuff. I've worked a lot lately (7 days last week to save my colleagues from having to bike back and forth between bridges), and I'm still learning maths. Which very is slow going but also a lot of fun...

What are flu notifications? I get an invitation for a flu shot from my GP once a year, just one email per year and I can choose to go for the jab or not. I like the reminder.

That last part, cling on to that! You do have the tech and the experience, and although it may take a bit of time to find out what works, and it's fine if it's not perfect from day one. You may well find you'll like it much better too!

If you usually take 6 units of Tresiba and you already took 2 units, taking 4 units makes perfect sense to bring the total to 6! Tresiba is a wonderful insulin in that it's very forgiving to timing. I take it before bed, no matter if it's 10:30 pm or 6 am after a party, and I can freely swich...

Can you ask for a referral to an endocrinologist? Basically, your diabetes is treated a s T1, because like T1's you don't produce enough insulin. With insulin dependent T3C it makes complete sense to be seen by an endo. You may be eligible to follow a DAFNE course to learn about dosing. It is...

High protein can definitely be a problem with existing kidney problems. Without kidney problems, it shouldn't be an issue. Kidneys do not like a lot of salt, but there is no salt in protein as such.

Hi @KK951 , welcome to the forum. Reducing your hba1c from 94 to 60 in only 7 weeks is absolutely amazing, well done! If it was me, I would want to see what happens first in another couple of months before I'd start to think about more medication too. I can definitely give you something...

Doesn't matter, my insulin is kept at fridge temperature in winter a lot of the time. (I like to have fresh air in my house so 5 degrees is no exception at night, nor is under 10 during the day.) Room temperature is only because for some cold insulin stings a bit and because it means you can...

Assuming you use a glucose meter (stick your finger and insert a drop of blood), I've used different ones throughout the years but none of them stopped working after a few months. If you use fancier ones with bluetooth, can it be you just need to change the batteries?

This is very interesting, as I'm looking into changing from U200 to U100 (because of refillable pens with a memory for last dose), and theoretically the dose should be the same, an insulin unit is an insulin unit, U100 is just more diluted than U200. I'll have to be patient though. While my U100...

Which Humulin are you using? Rhere are different types, it should say on the pen. How often do you test your blood glucose? Gaining weight with high numbers can be difficult. If you're doing well on low carb foods, have you tried increasing the calories by adding fats like cream, butter...

Finding the right insulin dose is a matter of time and trial and error. How are your insulin doses being adjusted? When do you see those higher numbers? Fasting or after meals? If you use a cgm, it's much easier to spot patterns around food than if you rely on fingerpricks. What insulin(s) are...