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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...

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...

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...

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 am a type 1 diabetic who is taking metformin and on MDI regime. I inject a minimum of 5 times daily and that's if i dont do any correction dosing. My BGL is completely out of control at the min. I do DAFNE on a day to day basis and can do carb counting incredibly well, However my ratio at the...

I recently received news about the Insulinx machines having problems with high BG results so i decided to test the same pool of blood from the same site on all three of my machines. The results were interesting as none of my machines read the same result even though theoretically i would have...