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I do test before each meal and i use different ratios at different meals. So breaky is 2 units to 10g of carbs. Lunch is 1.5 units to 10 carbs and evening meal is 1 unit to 10g. I am on a 1/2 unit pen. The problem is once the insulin is in the body and i suddenly become active i crash out...

I am a type 1 diabetic who is having big problems. I am a resistant type 1 and without metformin i can't control my BGL's. I am on MDI basal/bolus regime. However if i do a 2:1 QA for my am dose. If i stay at home For the day then a 2:1 ratio works. If i go out then i hypo everytime on the 2:1...

Re: Sucessfully controlled my BG's after treating myself to Hi sorry for the delay. I am on basal/ bolus Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

First things first. Are u a pump user or are you on injections? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I do tell people that i am a djabetic but only if they need to know. Otherwise i keep it quiet i am a type 1 Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Hello all. I would like to say a very big thank you to all that have commented and helped me out on this thread. I have now gone from someone who has out of control irratic BGL's to a person who's BGL's are now more stable. I feel alot better for them being better controlled. Sent from the...

Ok will do Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Ewelina. Thank you that's a really good site Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Sent from the Diabetes Forum App Hello. I will take a look at that site today and hopefulky can answer some of my food problems

Hi all. I am very pleased with myself this morning. I had a pizza last night as a treat. I haven't had 1 for a long time and this morning my I tested my BG's and i was 7.9mmol. Then 4 and a half hours after waking, before having my breakfast i was 7.6mmol normally I would of been in the...

Hello all. I went to my local library to find the books That u guys suggested and could only get my hands on one of rick gallop's book. So I made do witg that one Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Sent from the Diabetes Forum App Thank you for the quote on the blackberries

Hello Micky and Andy thank you for your input and I will have a look for the books and the corresponding web addresses Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

Sent from the Diabetes Forum App Hello I have looked on websites and I can't find certain foods like blackberries anywhere. What was the book called that you got from Tesco. I have nutritional value books but none have anything with gi in them.

Sent from the Diabetes Forum App Hello all. I am looking for a very simplyfied answer to this question. How do you work out the glycemic index for food or find a relaible source that is relvent to the uk. As I am trying to work out glycemic loads which I can do. Just not the index. Thank you...

Sent from the Diabetes Forum App I looked at the link in ur post thank you.

Can you get a run of the mill Bio oil from a chemist that doesn't cost the earth or would you need to go to somewhere like Holland and barratt. I only ask as I live in a small town with limited shops to choose from Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

So is nerve damage what causes the scarring/ marks. With poor BGL's or is it somthing else? Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I have been a type 1 Diabetic for 16 yrs. I have found that when I get a cut it takes months to heal and then I end up being scarred by it. Does anybody have any suggestions on why this happens. Please let me know. Does this happen to anybody else Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I will have a look for that book and have a read of it. I am aware of the Glycemic index but I am unsure of how much I know about it. Probably not too much lol. Thank you for your input