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Help, knowledgeable people! I have recently started to experience unexplained hypos from late morning through to early evening. My insulin doses are the same, the type and amount of food I am eating is the same, and my work/lifestyle is the same, but I can drop from 6.8 to 3.2 in half an hour...

I feel like I'm hitting my head against a brick wall! I had my left big toe amputated in May, because I had ignored my diabetes for years, and had incredibly high sugar levels, which resulted in an infection which escalated rapidly. I was then started on insulin, and brought down my bgs to a...

Sorry if this one puts you off your breakfast, but I have noticed on several occasions now that my urine smells really odd, rather like TCP. It is not cloudy, and I don't get the usual UTI symptoms, but I have been getting a lot of pain in my lower body and legs, like a dull ache that is...

Ok, so I have been reading posts for about 2.5 months now, and I am really confused as to how low do your bgs have to be, to be "low".I always understood that you had to be above 5 to drive, and 5.6 is "normal", so I thought that anything below say 4.5 would be low. I get hypo warnings at about...

Can anyone help with an answer for me? I have recently had my big toe amputated, and while in hospital my leg was quite swollen, but it went down and has been fine for weeks. However, over the last few (very hot) days, both feet, ankles and legs have swollen considerably. They go down at night...

I have recently started on a bolus/basal regime, 4 weeks ago, to try to bring my disturbingly high sugar levels under control. I have slowly increased the insulin, with guidance from my local diabetic team, and kept a record of everything I eat, and have seen my bg's come down to under 10 for...