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Hi Folks I need a little advice from anyone who has either been as misfortunate as myself or similar. on August third i had a seizure at around 8am in the morning. i woke feeling strange was unable to verbally communicate and didnt respond to my partner during conversation. i mangaed to put my...

I have found that with my pump i have a profile set that generically speaking works for a wide spectrum of daily activity ranging from going to work or going shopping with my wife to taking my baby girl to the park. however when im running out my bouncy castles for hire the energy exerted...

Im am still sorry for my lack of understanding and for making naive comments like that but thankyou for pointing me to information regarding how alternative sugar sources can be obtained from proteins and fat, it has enlightend me. Although i do have new questions but i believe they should be...

i appologise for clearly offending you all as a type 1 diabetic i do not understand at present how to associate an appropriate insulin doasge to protein and fat intake i am only aware of how to deal with carbs. i appologise for suggesting that carbs are the only way forward as you have clearly...

hi folks just thought id add a few more worms to the can this may help types 1s only as im not fully aware of type 2 control just yet. carbs can be counted and there effects can also be estimated but there are reasons for your readings all being different and its based on how the carb responds...

took a long time to write this so kinda covering whats already been said sorry... loss of hypo symptoms i.e sweating, confusion, panic, anger, etc can come about after frequent low sugars. you see the brain thinks that this lower state of sugars is normal for your body state and thus stops...

hi there just took a look at a jar of honey in the cupboard and the values say that in 100g of honey 76.4g is carbohydrate and of which sugars is 76.4g this suggests that this honey is very fast acting sugar and 75% of the product is simply sugar based this is no surprise to be fair. however...

hi here is a suggestion try using different monitors with the same blood sample i.e different makes and models will give different readings but on occasion can give vastly different readings. no doubt you have been offered a pump with a monitor for specific use with it possibly a roche model...

Hi It really depends on when you see the specific change in your blood sugars. for example if its only evenings that you see an increase in blood sugars then change your settings to comply with this time frame. if however you find that during working hours in the week you are goin low then you...

Re: Evening highs - Some ideas Hi There may be a few contributing factors here, some that spring to mind: Carbohydrate and "of which sugars" values dictate how fast the sugars will respond in your blood stream. For example a slow release carbohydrate will have a value of lets say 100g carbs...