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Hi! Sorry I only just saw this. I am splitting my dose morning and night. I’ve increased it slightly this week, but also have been a lot more active and it’s made a huge difference to my levels. I think it might have been a month off from running that was the problem.

Oh good luck! I think a pump would really help. Some days I decrease my basal as I plan to go for a run, then life gets in the way and I don’t manage to go, or work is super busy and I don’t move from my desk all day. I’d love to be able to temporarily suspend basal etc to get around it.

Thank Thank you. I think because I was very active at the time I was diagnosed (training for a half marathon), my basal was fine. Now that I’ve been working from home for four months with my children here, I haven’t been able to exercise as regularly so I guess it could have resulted in my...

I think I’m still on a low dose, so I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me before now to try increasing my basal. Hopefully this will work ... otherwise it’s back to two injections for meals

Thank you - I increased my basal this morning (before posting) to see if that helps. I should have tested it first really!

Morning! I was diagnosed last summer and spent a month or so on novorapid before switching to Fiasp as I was struggling with pre-bolusing long enough. I’m now finding that for an hour and a half after eating certain meals my levels are fine, but then I shoot up. I asked my diabetic nurse for...

I don’t know if you’re still looking for advice, but to eat porridge for breakfast I need two things - a pre-bolus of 20-25 minutes, and an extra half unit to counteract my usual morning rise. I weigh out 40g oats (24g carbs) and use almond milk with no carbs, and add 20g Nutella. The whole lot...

You can do it! I was diagnosed last August (aged 35, type 1 / lada) and was put on injections the next day. I was off work on bereavement leave (bad timing), but was back in the next week, injecting at my desk. My colleagues asked lots of questions so they knew what to do if I had a hypo etc...

I had a similar experience to another person who has replied. Novorapid was taking too long to kick in for me, and with two young boys I was struggling to get the timing right as I’d forget to inject long enough before meals. I was getting high apikes that came down fairly quickly, but went up...

Oh really! You’ve made me so happy to know that! My little boy will be super pleased we can stay in the water for longer!

Did you use any extra sticky tape or anything?

Hello! Has anyone tried swimming for longer than 30minutes with the Libre and found it still works after? I’m wondering if the guidance is about the sticky surround not lasting, or the sensor itself. My son broke my heart when I said he just wants me to be able to stay in the pool with him for...

ahh, good old adrenaline

Hi! As others have said, that’s not a big rise at all for a meal with mash, so your meal dose was correct. You started off too high, so you need to ask for a correction dose. If I was at 15 before eating (this is my ratio, so please don’t take it as something you should do without discussing...

Thank you. I was wondering if that’s what happened. It felt a bit like when you have to get up in the middle of the night for a flight and feel all jittery! Not much I can do to stop it I guess.

Hello! It might sound like an odd title, but let me explain... I’ve been suffering with feet to the floor when I get up in the morning. I’m usually woken by one of my young sons, so am not waking naturally. Last night, one of them woke crying at midnight, waking me up and I jumped out of bed to...

Absolutely no need to delete it. I realised I was being hard on myself ... it’s a tough condition to live with!

This could explain why sometimes I feel like I’m getting things right when I get a nice flat line after a meal, and other times I feel like I’ve completely misjudged it and spike out of nowhere.

I’m so pleased with my team so far. I think I showed right from the start that I’m willing to learn and try things so I can adapt to a new lifestyle, and they’re embracing that. They put me down for the Dafne course two months after I was diagnosed, a month after starting insulin, and I honestly...

Since I’ve done the Dafne course they’re happy for me to make adjustments within 10% of the original dose - no adjustments the day after a hypo, wait three days for a pattern before adjusting etc. I just wasn’t sure which insulin type you meant. My team is pretty relaxed about things, which is...