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I wouldn't make my child eat low carb just less carbs and definitely not just to suit me but because I have diabetes, as do my grandparents and my husbands dad also has it as well as his grandad which I feel puts her at a significant increased chance of becoming diabetic. She currently eats what...

I'm very curious, I am insulin dependant but a type 2 and my husband is overweight but with no sign at all of diabetes, I also have a 2 year old daughter and I am very keen to prevent her facing the same problems I have and therefore want to minimise her risk factors as much as possible...

It's meant to be trial and error not rotor! So basically we started off with say 10 units for a certain meal and if blood glucose is too high after 2 hours then put it up 2 units next time you eat that meal, if its too low put it down 2 units. Same with levemir, start with a certain amounts, if...

I do have the consent and support of my consultant, although I was doing this with or without his consent because at the end of the day it's my body and my life and me that will die a premature death if I don't sort myself out, not the medical professionals. I am lucky to have a good consultant...

If you'd actually read my first post I was waiting for shopping to arrive which contained appropriate food for my diet and when I wrote the post it was night time so I'd already eaten all my meals for that day! And that was nearly 2 weeks ago so it's kind of irrelevant now anyway! Cass x Sent...

Well done, that's fantastic! Keep at it hun! We can do this :) Cass xxx Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Well starting to feel a little better today actually, tonsils are reducing in size and no headache today, still have a strange light headed/spaced out feeling. I will be weighing in as usual tomorrow even though I've not really been following the diet because of being ill. Back on it as of now...

I really like your advice, thanks for that! Just a little update, been really ill with tonsillitis and ear infection and have pretty much been comatose since my last post. Didn't go out for any meals so that solved that problem! Still not feeling right, have this really spaced out and odd...

Thanks for the sympathy.. Feeling very sorry for myself. I also have enlarged tonsils even without them being infected, suffered at least once a month with tonsillitis when I was a kid but seemed to grow out of it. They have tried to persuade me to have them out but I'm a wimp and always refuse...

Disaster struck yesterday, I woke in the middle of the night with huge tonsils, so huge I am unable to eat anything solid at the moment, so I'm stuck to soup and frozen lollipops which certainly are not low carb! On the positive side I have lost 2.6kgs and that's in just 5 days! Sent from...

So, not been on today till now as I have been busy today, went into college to give in some last bits of portfolio work, my very last day tomorrow and then it's off to uni in September.. Can't wait! Had ham and cheese omelette for breakfast (1.39g carbs), cooked by my lovely hubby because I...

Well done Nicky, really inspires me that it can be done, especially in your reductions of injections. I'm not allowed to take Victoria or byetta because of the pancreatitis I have had, however I was on byetta for a short time and it cut down my insulin requirements considerably, took me off it...

I can completely agree with the needle phobia, I was the same as you just 3 years ago; cringed watching my father in law inject, but actually it's not anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. In fact my diabetes inspired me to become a nurse which I am now a quarter of the way through...

Thank you for your advice, it is much appreciated. My basal levemir is already split, I take 36 at night and 22 in the morning. I don't have a dsn, never seen one, just the consultant at the hospital every quarter. I have always been taught to do trial and rotor with insulin, so we started with...

So an early dinner did not happen because my hubby wanted to go to a car and motorbike show after work, so only just finished dinner now. I had an omelette for lunch as I didn't have it for breakfast and really enjoyed the one I had for breakfast yesterday, blood glucose was 7 before and 4.7...

Ok thanks for that, early dinner tonight then! Cass x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

No I never test in the night! I've heard of dawn phenomenon but never looked into what it really is, if it is dawn phenomenon what do I do? Thanks Cass x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Morning all, Thanks I will keep my eye out for that. I do worry I may get constipated, how long before you got this problem? I am ok at the minute, but obviously I've only done it for one day! So I am a bit disgruntled because my blood glucose level was 6.5 before bed but this morning they...

I am just overwhelmed by all the positive responses I have had, thank you all. First day nearly done and I am pleasantly surprised; I feel full! REALLY full! So I had tuna salad for lunch, took half my usual novo rapid so 30 units and after an hour had blood glucose level of 3.4... oops! As I...

So I tested 40 minutes late because I was playing with my little girl and forgot and I got a reading of 7.0! Wow the best reading I've had in ages on half the insulin.. Love it! Cass x Sent from the Diabetes Forum App