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Turns out I'd had the dose. Since this only started happening recently think a replacement is probably a good idea. Good advice, thanks!

I've been using a NovoPen Echo for over a year now and recently it's started to display two dashes -- instead of the units of of insulin administered. This does not happen every time and the manual states that two dashes means the pen has been 'used in a way that cannot be registered. Has...

A good way to look at it for sure. For me the most important thing I learnt recently was not obsessing over every little high BG. As long as you don't let things get out of hand and manage good control most of the time then it's OK :-)

Thank you so much for all the replies and I'm so sorry I've not been able to get on and respond yet. Some interesting reading, the part about keeping out of high BG for at least 20% of the time is really confidence boosting since I generally have quite good control. I've come to realise that...

How do you get a hypo after eating if you're not on Insulin/Metformin? I doubt the dizzy/shaky you had after drinking booze/sugar was a hypo, more likely high BG It could have been that your sugars were high? I was getting dizzy spells and it turned out I'd had high BG for months. Can anyone...

I was thinking the other day about BG spikes after eating and what the differences are between people with diabetes and those without When anyone eats carbohydrates there is a spike, whether diabetic or not. So it's perfectly normal to have a period of time where BG is raised after eating. It...

Yeah sorry I hope I've not upset you. I was cranky and probably shouldn't have posted! :oops:

Very interesting all this talk of emotional triggers... Just before I started getting symptoms I was having the most stressful time of my life to date. I was also eating a LOT of cake. For example 4 big muffins with frosting on an afternoon. If it wasn't for all the cake I'm not sure I would...

The bubbles are nothing to worry about, this seems like a waste of Insulin to me.

Hi Will, I was diagnosed two weeks ago as well. It's a strange new world isn't it? Initially I found the thought of doing the injections more uncomfortable than actually doing them! The most surprising thing was that most of the time I didn't feel the needle at all. Weird thing was I started...

This is great advice re testing, been trying to figure out a more acceptable strategy so thanks! I'm not ready to take beer off the agenda yet, no sir! :silent:

Great thread :D I was diagnosed on Monday, also a programmer type so I've been getting pretty analytical with my BG monitoring. yesterday afternoon I was testing every hour or so as I really want to get control nailed. I've almost run out of tests! Last night I was experimenting in the pub...