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Ok so just dump them then, seems a terrible waste of resources.

Yes I have done that but while a couple of addresses did come up apparently they no longer take them, hence the reason for posting here.

We have several unused glucometers in the house. Does anyone know if there is a charity we can give them to or do we just throw them out. Thanks

Apologies, he had hospital appointments in the early days & then when we moved to a new area was discharged to the sole care of our healthcare centre which did appear to be normal.....im hoping he is on the verge of agreeing to be referred to the local hospital but with my hubby its baby steps!

He has been diabetic for 25 years, to start all was good, but then we both got caught up with life, 3 young children one of which had his own medical needs....wrongly I presumed hubby was doing all his own checks etc. We have always eaten healthy which I really think is what has helped until the...

I agree with what you are saying but we are not in a position for him to take off 5 days. The stress of that alone would cause him major problems. I’m still feeling there is very little out there to help partners and I don’t think I’m going to get any help here either.

He hasn’t had night time hypos for some time as his bloods were high hence the reason why I asked the question as his bloods are much lower now that I’m on board with him. He wont/can’t go to the course as in our area it’s 5 full days and he is self employed so can’t afford the time, also I am...

He isn’t relying on me, he has been diabetic love your reply....I’m actually feeling really isolated and feel now that I’m wrong in some way to try and help the man I love....in fact it’s nearly as if being type 1 is a private members club, sorry if that sounds flippant it’s not meant to...

Is there an area on here which gives support to partners?

I will get a copy of that. He doesn’t solely rely on me, we are doing this together.

Not heard of that before.....no think he has just been in denial for the last while but I do think he wants to fix things now but he won’t go to the specialist nurse as we have had problems with her before....we aren’t the only ones

I get that, but I need to do something, breakfast & lunch he generally eats a similar diet and I am keeping a journal of everything so if I am away he has that to reference from.

He is now adjusting doses because I’m carb counting for him.

Definitely not willing to join himself. He has responded well to my input and I don’t think his bloods are as bad as I originally thought, I just don’t know what acceptable levels are before going to bed. It’s scary.

He won’t even look at it!

no....the last couple of nights he has been 6 , 4.3, 4.3 my problem is trusting that this is ok, going to bed bloods at 6 woke & they were 2.6. Going when they were 2.6 when he woke they were 3.1 last night going to bed they were 4.3 so I asked him to have a slice of toast they were 8.8 this...

He takes 34 units of lantus at 10pm, about 12 units in the morning ( not lantus) 14-16 with lunch and about 18 at dinner.

It’s actually my husband who is Type 1 diabetic. His control is awful so i am trying hard to sort him out but I worry about where is bloods should be at night as he has suffered a couple of bad hypos during the night.

Hi, I hope it’s ok to ask this. Generally what are people’s blood sugars at before going to bed? How quickly do blood sugars come down? Thanks