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If you live in Wales, this is the course for type 1 diabetics: "DAFYDD" Dose adjustment for your daily diet

My insulin intake was increasing and my weight was up some 8kg’s, I read up on these systems and found that they pointed to insulin resistance. I spoke to my GP and showed him the research work that I had been reading on type 1’s being given metformin to overcome this problem, he said ok to a...

Hi Sweet, like Snodger I am glad that you are receiving good advice on you lantus dosage. When I was diagnosed type 1 just over six years ago, I was started on a dosage of 43 units of lantus and like you my bs was swinging up and down. I did not have good advice, so I studied my condition and...

Hi Russ- I have been using Lavemir for the last 4 years and have found it very predictable to manage, I split dose using 8units at around 11am and 6umits at around 10pm. I have fin tuned my dosage to fall between a morning reading of 5.8-6.1mmol/lt 95% of the time, the only time that I have...

After reading some articles on ongoing research for improving sensitivity to insulin in type 1 diabetics, I have noticed that my insulin requirement had more than doubled in the last eighteen months for roughly the same amount of carbs that I consume each day, I asked my GP if I could start a...

Just a foot note; It’s the safest liquid to drink in India, but India also has the 2nd highest number of diabetics in the world behind the USA! So what does that say about drinking it??

Hi, Just as a point of interest, in question 1, 4.3mm/lt is technically no classed as a hypo! A hypo is any reading below 4.0mm/lt, so 3.9-3.7 would be for example a mild hypo. Also in question 1, you ask how to adjust the basal dose for his meal? The basal element of your basal/boles regimen...

I regularly travel to India and the Middle-East for up to three months at a time; I take three times as much insulin and needles as you are proposing to take. I have not once encountered a problem with the airlines or customs. Get yourself a Frio cool bag and put all your insulin in that, do...

Re: Can you ever go back to tablets after starting insulin?? Hi Jill, I see that you are classed as being type 1.5. or LADA (Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults) it is systematic of this class of diabetes, that insulin is not normally required for on average four years post diagnosis. But as...

Hi Ron, welcome to the forum, be careful not to confuse the mode of action of your basal(long acting) v rapid (quick acting) insulin! If you change your daily routine significantly you first need to look at adjusting your basal insulin e.g. more exercise reduce you basal insulin. (basal...

Hello Lemonie, I work often in India; it is very rare that I do not get sick. I have had malaria two times, dengu fever once, dysentery several times along with the usual sickness and diarrhoea. In my personal medical kit that I take with me are always several boxes of dioralyte, I have and...

Hi Anna, The mode of action for Basal insulin is to control the background rise in your bs throughout the day while you are between meals, if you do not eat at all during the day, you bs will start to slowly rise, this is because your liver will dump glucose into your blood stream. The trick...

Hi Sharlieboo, I believe that at this stage in your treatment, insulin would be of little value in helping you to reduce your bs levels downwards. Why I say this is that insulin is no magic bullet for most type 2 diabetics, it really infuriates me to continuously hear GP’s say that “as a last...

Hi Laurayn, as has been suggested by others, what I believe is the problem with your husband’s frequent night hypos is not food related but insulin related. In order to indulge in frequent exercise such as regular games of football, you need to have very good control of your basal (background)...

Re: DR advised once diagnosed can never come off metformin?? Hi, basically most, but not all type 2 diabetics continue to produce enough natural insulin, but diabetes makes their bodies mainly resistant to its normal function which is to move glucose to all the parts of the body that needs it...

Hello elljay , Never mind debating if you need to inform your car insurance firm, if as you statel; that you have had two mini strokes recently, I believe that you should inform the DVLA at Swansea, as having more than one mini stroke falls under their need to be notified as stated in form...

Hi Geri, you seem to be labouring under some misconceptions here; contrary to what you say, type 2 diabetes is in my opinion far harder to keep under control than type one. Once a type one is diagnosed and stabilised, with the correct training and will power, as long as they control their...

Dillinger is correct in his statement that “insulin is the key hormone in the laying down of fat” but what is also true is that insulin is an appetite stimulant, so the more you eat, the more insulin you need, and the greater your appetite for more food becomes, the more insulin you will take...

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Its one thing to tell your Dentist that you are diabetic, but has anyone asked their dentist if they have a formal protocol in place for diabetics and if it is up to date, if something should go wrong while you are undergoing treatment?