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Could someone please advise me? The insulin that I am using I do not keep in the fridge unlike my unopened new ones. But in this warm weather should I also be putting the current ones also in the fridge? I wondered if it has a detrimental effect on the insulin I am using. Thanks in advance. Cathy

Thanks for your response. What are glucose shots? I bought some glucose sweets are they the same or completely different? Thanks Cathy

I really am terribly mixed up about the whole insulin thing. I literally have had one short phone call with the nurse since I was prescribed insulin so really don’t know what to do about my does of both rapid and long acting insulin. I have so many questions that keeping popping into my head...

Thanks for your response. I took the 3 units as directed of my insulin 10 minutes before eating had been working my dogs for quite a long time though. But a very good point about touching food. Each time my dogs protect me from or pin the “baddie” down, they get a chicken treat reward, could...

Hello newbie here. I had a really scary experience yesterday which has left me really anxious. I had been exercising 3 of my German shepherd’s for a display this weekend in protection work all day. I had eaten but prior to that my glucose level was 26.7 so had my 3 units of rapid acting insulin...

Thanks for the information and I am so glad I have found this site and of course the members. I imagine lots of people who are at the beginning of their journey have lots of questions. Some of mine may seem stupid (I have a head full of them) but it’s good to have others who have been through...

Hi. I am very new to diabetes type one and at the moment I am on 3 units of rapid acting insulin before meals and 16 units of slow acting insulin at night. What I don’t understand is that during the night my glucose levels become so high the Libre 2 cannot register it and the alarm continuously...

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Thanks for the replies they are appreciated. Please be ready for my questions which are quite a few in number, sorry.

Just saying hello as I am new to the forum. I have just been diagnosed with type one diabetes after I sustained injury to my pancreas and feel overwhelmed by everything at the moment as I am still finding my feet with it all.