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Hi, I appreciate you’re taking necessary steps to try and prevent needing insulin, that’s great and I’m sure there will be a wealth of advice and help available to you on this site regarding that. But one thing I did want to say is please don’t be afraid of needing insulin, it’s not a life...

Hi Elena, Ive had 2 lots of laser treatment to my right eye, the most recent was at the beginning of this year. I found the actual treatment uncomfortable but tolerable. I was a little afraid of having it done incase of potential side effects but given that risk or losing my sight I decided to...

Brekky: 2 fried egg, loads of chestnut mushrooms and slice of wholemeal bread toasted lunch: wholemeal soft pitta, chicken, boiled egg tea: lamb, swede, sprouts, 1 tiny yorkshire pud. Vanilla quark for pud .

Thank you so much for taking the time write such a lovely reply , that in itself is a great help. X

I’m Hi Ellie, Thanks for your kind reply ( and for having made it to the end of my lengthy post! ) My pancreatitis was a number of years ago and was attributed to the poor control of my diabetes, as for its effects upon my insulin resistance, I’ve no idea but I imagine it could have had an...

Hi, I’ve been on a basal bolus regime since last October, after a shaky start I’m now used to the foibles of insulin controlled diabetes and have managed a consistent lowering of my HbA1C.( now standing at 53) I’m hoping to have a HbA1C well within the 40s within the next couple of month. My...

Well done on your Hba1c results! That’s tremendous. I had mine last week and isn’t it such a relief when you hear the numbers are going in the right direction! I started on the high 70s in October gone and I’m now down to 53, and have recently been able to reduce my amount of insulin. Hoping...

Thanks so much for the info @chrisbug. I like to try and anticipate any potential pitfalls to these kind of things.

Thank for your reply Michita. Glad to hear your treatment went well

Hi all, Hope everyone is well. I’m due to have the first process of a root canal procedure done tomorrow. Was wondering if anyone having had personal experience of having this done noticed any change in their blood glucose levels afterwards or after invasive dental treatment of any kind...

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Hi everyone. Hope everyone is well and coping as well as can be with the current lockdown situation. Jut a bit of a whinge from me today, got my Hba1c results back after starting a basal/bolus regime back at the very end of October following a case of DKA caused by ( what they advised) was...

9.3 following a bad dream. Still busy titrating my Lantus dose to the appropriate level but it’s moving in the right direction.

Hi, I’m relatively new to Insulin ( about 6 weeks in) and I’m busy trying to titrate my insulin levels up to the correct levels. As you will all know this is very much a trial and error process and blummin confusing at times too! ( I will save that rant for another day) Ayways I’m currently...

Just had the millionaire shortbread skinny sauce swirled into some Greek yoghurt, was a lovely after lunch treat.

Really pleased to hear your levels are within the normal range and you’re feeling better overall. I hope in a few years time I can be telling other newcomers the same.

Sorry you didn’t have the support you needed, can only imagine how difficult that must have been for you. Hope you’re in a better position now. Have a great weekend.

Thank you all so much for your kind replies. The fact that people will make time to reply and advise and offer their own experiences is a great help in itself. Gonna speak to DSN at some point today hopefully, I think they may be getting tired of me but there’s always something else to ask...

Also my DKA was a euglycemic one, in that my blood sugars were around a normal level when the DKA occurred.

Thanks for the advice Jo, I meant to add I am no longer on the Dapagliflozin as they attributed that medication to the occurance of the DKA. I had the tests to confirm I was defintely a type 2 prior to commencing the Lantus and the consultant is convinced I’m type 2 as was the hospital...