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    Injecting to belly

    Hi guys. Has anyone have other places to inject rapid rather than belly? My one needs some rest. If I inject to butt will it make insulin absorbtion slower than it should be? Or if I inject to arm , will my sugar levels drop too fast? Please share your experiences
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    Blood sugar meter

    Hello dear diabetics! I have urgent question. I lost my blood sugar meter, where do I get it asap? Anyone had any problems or needed to wait until it gets delivered? I know they sell it in boots, but maybe if I go to walk-in, I get it for free? Please help somebody!
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    Smoking

    This is the subject i can't find on this forum, and yet it's interesting how many diabetics still smoke. I am a smoker myself. I have tried giving up ever since i was diagnosed..i managed to give up for a year, but then came back and felt happier smoking again. Now i am considering stopping once...
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    Getting the right basal

    I had my basal perfect for a long time but now something is happening wrong. I want to do a day without carbs to test it, but now i remembered in dafne course nurse saying that even if you don't eat in the morning you should get your bolus dose because when you wake up sugars just go up itself...
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    Merry Christmas!!!

    Hey, any ideas how to keep sugars down on christmas?? Mission impossible to me :D I have visited my diabetes dietician and i've been given 'festive food suggestions from carbs &cals'.. Instead of mince pies with cream they suggest having chocolate mousse...(no for that from me :p) or swap...
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    Jokes

    Doctor: -Miss, sorry to tell you this will not be pleasurable. Are you ready? Patent: -Yes. Doctor: -That will be 2000 pounds. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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    Dafne

    Hello people, Tomorrow is my first day on DAFNE. So i was wondering if anyone would like to give me advise on how to take the most from it.. Or if anyone has some interesting story related to DAFNE..or if anyone learned something really usefull..or met some great people who became a great...
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    Food that doesn't affect BS but it should

    I knew apples never affected my blood sugar much. I took a test at night time to prove it and here it is: (I took usuall 10 units basal before night.) 20.52PM - 3.8mmol/L After I tested I ate 1 apple. No insulin. 22.09pm - 3.3mmol/L After I tested I ate 1 more apple. No insulin. 02.46am -...
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    Feeling slow and lost

    Does anyone else feel like living in slow motion sometimes? Body weights 1000 kilos and your legs don't want to listen.. You keep forgetting things..like you go to take something and then you forget where you were going to ? And it happens 5 times.. Like you climbing up the stairs and you feel...
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    Increased appetite or loss?

    I was told by nurse just after the diagnosis that a lot of type ones lose their appetite, but for me the opposite-since i got diagnosed I can't get rid of wanting to eat all the time. Anybody experienced any changes in your diet?
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    What did you eat and not eat when you were a child

    Since i was a child i was not eating healthy..my parents were..because they grew up in those years when sweets and fast food was only being introduced to the world. And they lived in vilage growing they are own food..what can be more healthy than that..But i was born in a city and lived there my...