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Thanks for your reply - i'm seeing the doc tomorrow so will see what he says.

Looks like I must be the only one with acne issues on this forum. Interesting. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all, I'm going through a prolonged period of quite bad acne on my face. My BG control was not so good for about 3 months but is now back to normal due to a change in my insulin regime. I was wondering if there was any relationship between fluctuating BG levels i.e. going from high BG levels...

haha if only it was that easy. but thanks for your reply.

thanks. i do it often but it doesn't really help (slipknot etc.). cheers and take care :-)

and OK i know that's not a good answer. I'm sorry. I'm just getting so fed up of it all. Sorry!!! Ignore my post. Many other people have worse issues.

I'm so bored of explaining it all to all and sundry. I think I'll just get ****** instead. Thank you for the reply.

well decided against the old lightening connector - not cost effective for me. decided to go for the new iPhone PancriRepApp which actually replaces the work your pancreas does (or in most cases, doesn't) do. It's only £2.99 - bargain i would say.

hi all. i was just wondering what somebody does when nothing actually works to reduce BG levels? Is there a way to just kill yourself with all the insulin that you get given by the NHS? I wonder if that's what they're aiming at as they give me a shed load of it haha. Perhaps the new NHS...

Thanks for your replies. Still trying to get my BG down to normal levels but it's not going well. I'm hoping to go on basal/bolus because Novamix just isn't doing the job anymore. Just need to try to convince my nurse - again!! Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all, I'm currently experiencing higher than normal BG levels which I'm currently working on to try to reduce to more normal levels. However, I've recently developed some quite nasty boil-like infections on my face which my GP says is probably caused by shaving and exacerbated by high BG...

Sounds like a bit of a palava and not really worth £25? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi, do you have an iPhone 4 or 5? I have a 5s but I'm not sure if ibg star do the attachments for the 5s. I also read that there's some sort of adapter - do you know anything about this? Many thanks.

Hi and thanks for your reply. As mentioned earlier, my DSN seems to think that the issue is with the 70% slow-release side of this insulin. So if you're taking high doses of it, it won't just impact on short-relaease but also have a longer impact which could cause hypos - in my case, I appear...

Thank you Karen :-) Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi Karen, the issue (according to my DSN), is because of the 70% slow release side of Novamix and the low amount of carbs I take which she thinks is causing liver dumps. I'm seeing her tomorrow - just as well as I had my first BG of 23 today (since being diagnosed in 2007). I'm not sure what's...

I'm on 7u in the morning and 8u in the evening. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I tried that but my DSN said to lower my dose. She also suggested coming off insulin altogether which I don't want to do. I just don't understand why it was working fine before and now it's not. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I test 5-6 times a day. It was working great before but now I'm on constant 15 - 18 BG levels. Have lowered my insulin dosage and increased carbs but can't get out of the high BG loop (and I'm not going to eat a lot of carbs on a 15 level. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hi all, I was just wondering if anyone has used Novamix 30 and how they get on with it? I've been using it now for about 2 years and just recently my BG levels are through the roof and causing me lots of issues with facial skin infections. I'm seeing my DSN on Thursday again but would like to...