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I am resigning as moderator as you may have noticed. You can check the general discussion for information on that should you wish. The last thing I would like to say to you all and ask of you before I go is the following: Please can you take your own experiences with moderation and...

I have resigned as moderator this evening. My real life situation is very different from when I started as moderator and I have for a while found that I lack the time to contribute. Also for me it has been very difficult to understand exactly what has been going on lately and I have found...

Hi all, Just a short woohoo!! from me. Today I felt great, so out for a walk. November was sunny here today. Had planned 5 miles, but then towards the end of those, I thought why not do 5 more, so I did. Then towards the end of those, my feet were a bit sore, but I had forgotten to get an...

As this isn't a question or anything, just a small sigh, I'll put it here. I'm on tiny amounts of insulin, LADA and all that, and now this evening I double injected my Levemir. Now I suppose I can finally join that club? Sigh, though, might be a long night and a tiresome day tomorrow.

BS 15-25 range. Urine ketones medium/large. Fever. Nausea, some vomiting. Thirsty, hungry sort of - need 'energy' but too darned tired to eat, feel weak, on-off confused - drink loads, pee all the time. Called NHS Direct (other country, same difference) - reply: Stop testing, you'll just upset...

Lost weight, cool. Then converted some weight to muscle it seems. Reduced insulin from around 45 units to 30, all in good order. Losing more weight. Slowly. It's autumn. I'm a slow beast in winters. Last week or two, hypo after hypo after hypo - 2.2, 2.5, 2.3, 3.4. Clever that I am, I think...

Hey folks, Now, I am LADA. I have tried really really hard to convince my endo that I need a 0.5 unit pen. I'm not getting it, though. I need 16.5 units of Levemir. 16 is too little. 17 will send me hypo when I move around. Tough sh/t. Now which option do I pick? I need 0.5 units of NovoRapid...

Hi all, Just wanted to share this, which had been worrying me a bit for the past while: Eventhough I have diabetes and have had a lot of surgery to my tummy region already, I will be allowed to have abdominal plastic surgery once I am done losing weight. I had been worried the infection risks...

Hi all, It's me again :lol: I am a low-carber. Low for me is in the area of 50g/day. I have no intention of changing this, really. Why? Because it works. It allows me to keep a relatively narrow control while losing weight on insulin. That's really enough for me. Apart from that, omiting...

Hi all, Thought some of you might have some advice on how to avoid blistering when walking? I haven't been too concerned about it until recently. Obviously, when diabetics have somewhat impaired wound healing, I wouldn't want wounds, and I suppose especially not on my feet. However, I have a...

Hi all, and you LADAs especially. I've been having very good control on minimal insulin and low ish (-50g) carb for a while now. Suddenly, however, that is not the case - my fasting blood sugars are creeping up over 6 again and I struggle to get my bolus right. I am guessing I need to adjust...

Hi all, Just wanted to say that I just got my results back, and while there is still some way to go I have managed to: Lower my hbA1c from an average blood glucose in April of 11.1 to now 7.5 - still work to do, but on it! Lower my total cholesterol from 4.9 to 3.9, and halve my trigs. LDL...

Hi, composed a wee verse - the melody if you feel like humming along is the Matchstalk Men song from ages hence by Brian and Michael. I must inject my insulin in fatty bits below my skin and parts of me I wish I didn't own. I sometimes wonder 'bout my thigh when I go searching with a sigh for...

Makes me sad to see how people argue sometimes. I know I may be sticking my hand in the hornets nest but sometimes when I bump into one of those posts where people accuse each other of lying, I feel so down-hearted. I don't think anyone lies. I think we are different. Couldn't we make an...

Hi, Going for a bit of a walk tomorrow to celebrate the fact that it's now a year ago I could walk again - will try for 18 miles. Should land me properly in all sorts of lows, have reduced my insulin today and will tomorrow too, see if I can avoid hypos. Any other advice from anyone - apart...

Hello all, As I mentioned, I've been thinking about whether I was LADA/1.5 for a while as things don't add up. Results are now back. C-Peptide of 1.08 GAD-antibodies 561 IU with a ref value of 25 IU. As I understand this, I am making insulin at the moment, in around normal quantities but...

Hi all, Low carb and ultra low carb and stuff - in combination with insulin. I have been doing moderate-low (75g day) carb conscious eating for about 4 weeks now. However, I have a problem with my mood and wanted to try ketogenic diet for that reason - or at least low enough to see if it...

Hello all, I was wondering about a1c results. Basically, how much of this results comes from the last month, and how much from earlier? Is there an approximate formula/rule of thumb? I think I read somewhere that so and so many percent was from recently and only a fraction from 'before', and...

So, results are back from my GAD and c-pep test, but I can't get told what they are because the endo doc is not in until next week and no chance I can get the numbers from them until then.... Look, I'm an intelligent young person already on insulin... Give me the darned figures already...

Hi all, Been doing lots less exercise for a few weeks post surgery, today I was feeling great, so off I went for my usual 5 mile plus. Armed with my normal juice in my pocket, just in case... However, my water bottle I forgot by the kitchen sink. So what happens...? I trot along, it's a bit...