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Ok, spoke to diabetic nurse. According to the NHS the risk of hypos is only in interaction with other drugs, of which Metformin isn’t one, and the risk of thyroid cancer is known but v. small. We talked about it and decided that the rewards outweigh the risks. So original question still...

Ok, that’s weird. Maybe it’s new info. My specialist specifically said I couldn’t hypo on this stuff. Might have to have a word…

My GoogleFu has failed me on this one, so I thought I’d ask the hive mind. :) I’ve managed to get everything back under control to the point that I no longer need insulin and can go back to pills (Rybelsus once a day, Metformin twice a day), and it all looks good apart from the fact I live in...

As the expression goes, devil’s in the details. If they are type 1 and new to insulin that puts things in a totally different light. But to be fair, that’s why I said this is my own experience. :)

I don’t know your personal circumstances but 14 - 20 would worry the heck out of me. That’s flirting with DKA territory. This may be considered to be controversial and I’m talking about my own experience, so please take it as what it is and not as gospel. When I was having issues getting my...

As a few people have already said, it’s less about how it will hit your A1C and more about how it will affect you psychologically. I’m low carb (but not keto) and low cal as I needed to lose weight too. I had a cal cheat day the other day and nommed on a nice bit of Brie as no carbs. Since...

Sorry for the pause in replying, been a long week... So getting a place you hit before is just about rotating sites and having a good memory. on me unless I get a "bad shot" I can't see any real evidence of my old injection sites so sight doesn't help with that one. But assuming they have you...

So the Apple Watch doesn't support BG monitoring itself yet (was hoping that would be in the Watch 7 but alas no). However, if you meant that you are entering them on an app on your phone and want to be able to see them on the watch, that will depend on the app. You need to check if the...

Lol!

I think it is what it is. I recently grabbed a yearly worldwide policy and the same thing. But the way I look at it is at least I was able to get insured.

Can I ask, what is it specifically that you need to see the needle for? Is it a phobia thing, or just making sure you are in a different place each time? I ask because I do mine more by feel that sight, and it really is pick a spot, plunge it in, make sure it’s flush with the skin (I’ve had an...

I did what all the docs reckon you should do, eat healthily and exercise (who’da thunk being healthier makes you healthy? ;) ) I’m on a carb and calorie controlled diet, but not keto, and not starvation levels of calories (about 1500 Cals and 100 carbs a day but I vary al little each side of...

Been a while since I posted, been so busy with life and all that, but I thought I’d share this for all the people who get despondent about it all. So on the 23rd of Jan, 2021 I started to feel terrible, like all people I assumed it was COVID. When I started to have trouble breathing, we called...

5.2 at breakfast. Finally getting back together after my numbers hit the roof after the Pfizer jab...

5.5 this morning but I've had to up my insulin to compensate for what I assume are my booster Jabs screwing up my numbers. Hopefully it's not for too long but I had my jab almost a week ago...

5.7 Pretty much where I need to be again. :)

Urgh! 6.5 this morning. Had my COVID booster jab and flu jab yesterday and it messed with me big time so I’m assuming that’s why. Hopefully back to normal in a day or two.

Just want to add like others said, it's not a one way street. I had a DKA in Jan and was moved onto basal and bolas insulin (24 & 6/6/7). I've now lost a load of weight, am on a small amount of basal and no bolas and am in talks of coming back off of it. So do what you need to to get those...

A 5.5 this morning. Not too bad. Hopefully a better day today so I don’t have to fight stress and rising BGs.

Yeah, I love the total randomness we get sometimes. (Can you hear the dripping sarcasm?) Had some **** at work recently so my numbers have been higher during the day (7.1 at lunch! Eeep!) but once my day ends my numbers stabilise and all the extra stuff I’ve been doing during the day to try...