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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...

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..

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...

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...

I inject humalog mix insulin 75/25 twice daily. This morning my level was 6.3 I went out to make breakfast and before I ate and hadn't injected, my level had risen to 7.9. how could this happen cheers Kevin..

Hi. This is not diabetes related but I just have to ask if it's ok to press a doorbell with my sleeve during covid as I can't get an answer anywhere else cheers Kevin.

Hi all. I eat 2 slices of sliced cherry blossom spelt bread in the morning but can't see it in the shop these days so will be switching to ryvita dark rye bread. I'm wondering how many I could eat to make up the same amount of carbs from cherry blossom bread or do I eat less ryvita and reduce...

Hi. My humalog 75/25 pen holds 300 u but only rings up to 60 u. If it showed all units up to 300, then I would be able to calculate that I injected the right amount of units. Being able to read the beginning number would be a great help in case I thought I hadn't injected. Any replies...

Hi. Does anyone know why my skin is not sore when I press into it but sore when I bring my finger back up.... cheers Kevin.......it's actually to do with my penis. It's sore behind Corona but only when I'm withdrawing my finger from it. Pressing down on it does not produce pain...

Hi. I inject humalog premixed 75/25 twice daily. I've been told at diabetic clinic that my pancreas is producing some insulin again. So sometimes I get an inexplicably normal sugar reading such as 5.6 this morning which I never get. Then this evening I had a 4.6 reading. Ate my tea, went to shop...

I read online that sugar levels rise in cold weather. It's certainly the opposite for me. My sugars plummet when walking in cold weather. Cheers Kevin...

Hi...yesterday I attended diabetic clinic and was told that my pancreas is now producing some insulin which is unusual for me they said, being 16 years diabetic. Forgot to ask them do I need to be careful not to inject too much insulin. As the extra insulin could lower them further. I haven't...

Hi. I inject premixed insulin twice daily. I have a 4 mm kidney stone now. I'm drinking apple cider vinegar for it. I've heard it's good. I dilute it. I don't think there's any alcohol in it as that doesn't suit me. Any info appreciated. Cheers Kevin...

Hi. I inject humalog mix 75/25 twice daily. In recent times I've been passing stools 2 times in the morning within an hour or two. And they're solid stools not diarrhea.. cheers Kevin....

Hi all. I tested my sugar levels as usual this evening and was surprised to get 2 different results. Now I had this before but there wasn't much difference between them. This evening I got 9.0 in one hand and 4.8 in the other. I think the 4.8 was right as I felt like a hypo was coming on before...