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Hi all. I've been switched from insulin treatment to a tablet named diamicron which is said to cause weight gain and hypos. I've been on the tablet for 6 months. I've experienced big weight loss which has levelled out. I haven't experienced any hypos or even anything approaching a hypo and...

Hi. I've been switched from insulin regime to a tablet named diamicron 30mg. As a result I've lost 10lbs in weight bringing me down to 10st. I feel ok and weight seems to have leveled out. I had injected insulin for 20 years previously. I eat less now as the tablet will only allow so much food...

Hi all. Happy New year. I was offered to change from insulin (2xdaily) 3 years ago but refused the offer at the time. But now I've suddenly begun to take a tablet for my diabetes and it's going well so far. So as at the moment, no injections. I was 20 years injecting insulin so there's always...

Hi. I'm an insulin dependent diabetic injecting 2 x daily humalog mix 75/25. In bed this morning at 8.00am , I checked my sugar levels. It read 6.7mmol. at 8.45 it read 10.1. I'm wondering how this could be. Any info appreciated. Cheers Kevin.

Hi all. Where I live is cool in the morning. I refer to my bedroom. When I check sugars in bed in the morning, they could be around 8.00mmol. but when I place glucometer under the bedclothes, I can get a reading of 2.00mmol less. So my question is. Which reading is the real reading? Cheers...

Hi all. When I check my blood sugars first thing in the morning, I get a certain result. I then place meter under the bedclothes and I get a result which is lower. First time I check , meter is cold but second time its warmer. Cheers Kevin..

Hi all. Posting again re my recent visit to diabetic clinic. I was informed by a doctor there that I could now use Metformin instead of insulin. This came as quite a surprise to me. I've been injecting insulin for 20 years!!!.so this change was to be made in a minute. I balked at this idea in...

Hi all. I visited my diabetic clinic last week. I inject humalog premixed 75/25 twice daily. I've been doing so for the past 18 years. When I met with the doctor, he said I was doing so well that he offered me to go on Metformin instead of the insulin this came as quite a surprise to me. So I...

Hi all. During this heatwave, I find that my insulin (Humalog mix 75/25) is lowering sugars very quickly so I'm cautious about injecting too much. I injected 9u in bed at night on discovering my sugars were 15mmol. In the morning it was 5.6. so that was a rapid drop. My sugars are a bit high...

I ate bread roll I don't usually eat but this evening I was back to 5.2 level...

Hi. I ate what turned out to be high sugar bread in the morning so by lunchtime my levels had risen to 14 mmol. I then injected 8u of humalog pre mixed insulin 75/25. It should be back down near normal this evening.

Hi. Does anyone have any information about needle-less injections. That's it for now. Cheers Kevin..

Thanks for your help. I wasn't aware that I might need to change to basal/ bolus regime. I won't do anything for the moment as sugars are good at lunchtime and teatime. Cheers Kevin

Thanks for your help. I'm 69 kg and 67 years old.

Hi all. I inject humalog 75/25 insulin daily. Now I find that after evening tea, my sugar levels keep rising so I inject 6 units to keep it down overnight. I need to eat a fair bit in the evening otherwise I would starve and I don't want to inject more insulin at teatime as it may drop too fast...

also I'm 67 years old now. And was 57 when I had circumcision. So maybe it's because I'm older .

Thanks for reply. The pain in my penis is located behind Corona where the cut was made. If I press it there's no pain but as I withdraw my finger, it's sore. I showed it to a urologist and she said a nerve may been cut and nothing she could do about it.

Hi all. I've had a problem with my penis glans since I had a circumcision 9 years ago. Getting an erection is no problem. Achieving climax is ok except I can't feel the part where semen exits penis. I feel everything before that. I'm just wondering is this connected to my diabetes. So that's my...

Thanks. It's possible. But it always comes down during day and evening. If I inject more insulin I will eat more..

Thanks Jo. I often wondered about it. So it's good to check it twice in the morning. Cheers Kevin