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    Need of insulin and Metformen

    I need a little advice here please. I normal take Novarapid and Levemir insulin and also Metformen. Before I started my paleo diet my BG was always between 9 and 17mmol. I have now been on my diet for just under a week. Now my BG is between 6 and 9mmol (Even after meals) Because they where so...
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    Plant based diet.

    I have always had problems with high Blood Glucose. (Between 17 and 22mmol) in the last 8 days I have stopped eating meat and dairy products and have started a plant based diet. I was taking Metformen 4 x 500mg per day, Levemir (30ml in a morning and 32ml in the evening) twice a day and...
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    Recycling

    Not sure if I am at the right forum here, but I am concern the amount of plastic being used for insulin users, I take insulin 5 times day. I use the Novarapid Flexpen and the Lever Flexpen. I have been told to throw them in the waste bin when they are done. This troubles me because there will be...
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    Just started insulin

    I have just started using insulin, 5 times a day. 12units of Levemir first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Novarapid 4units before each meal. I was on Glicazide before I started the insulin. Shortly after injecting the Novarapid and having something to eat. I start to get very...
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    Type 2 HbA1c ?

    Good morning all, I am new to all this. Can anyone tell me how I can get to know what my HbA1c is. I have seen a lot of information regarding HbA1c but cannot understand how I get the results. I have kept all my BG counts and have read that you have to a average from them. Sorry if the...