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I recently picked up stomach bug from my daughter and I had a bit of high temp and felt like I had a flu such as achy body. I also had a stomach pain and indigestion. Since that day, my sugar level has been weird. I hardly need any bolus insulin for what I eat. I was injecting 1 unit for 10g...

Hi. I just got a new novopen4 for my levemir. I have been using levemir cartridge with my Novopen echo for the last few days. Now that I've got the new pen, I took the used cartridge out of echo pen and put it in my new novopen4. However no insulin comes out of a needle. Does the cartridge...

Hi. I just asked my nurse to change my prescription for my lantus to levemir insulin. I asked them in cartridges, and she'll post me the Novopen for that. I have two Novopen echos for novorapid, and I'm wondering if levemir cartridges are compatible with Novopen echo too. Many thanks Sent...

I read in " think like a pancreas" that fatty food causes sugar level to rise in a gradual manner. Page 189. Has anybody experienced that slow rise , and what sort of food did you have for that? And how did you manage to prevent it? I'm curious to know. Sometimes I seem to have a little...

Hi. I'm wondering if this is due to fatty food or not sufficient basal that caused gradual sugar level increase. I had rice, one pork steak, salad and fried aubergine( with tiny amount of oil) for evening meal at 7p.m. I gave myself 8 units of bolus. I checked my level at 8:30, and the...

Hi. In my topic a little while ago, hale talked about iron store level. Thanks, hale. I used to take multivitamin tablets with iron tablets before I was diagnosed with type1. I stopped taking them as Im not sure what effect they might have on my sugar level. Is it ok to take them? They are...

Hi. I talked to my nurse today, and asked for Novopen echo because it comes with 0.5 increments and was recommended by fellow forum users. My nurse was really helpful and will send a fax to my GP dispensary tomorrow. The only thing I forgot to ask my nurse about is this. Does the insulin in...

Hi. Does one unit of basal insulin make a big difference? I was having 7 unit basal every morning and I needed to inject bolus 30 minutes before breakfast( only breakfast, the rest just before each meal) so that insulin peak matches sugar peak. And it'd been fine. I did the same this morning...

Hi. Is it safe to take one or two paracetamol while you are on insulin? I have a bit of a cold. Thank you. Sent from the Diabetes Forum App

I've been reading this book called" think like a pancreas" for a few days now as very kindly other forum users recommended it to me. And I must say this is helping me loads and giving me a lot of confidence in using insulin or adjusting doses. Everything I was not sure about was answered in...

Hi again. Sorry to keep posting lots of questions. Before I was diagnosed, I lost a bit of weight. Now I'm so skinny. I'd like to put some weight back on if possible. I'm really hungry between meals, but I'm afraid to eat at the thought of high numbers before lunch or tea. As I mentioned...

Hi. I'm wondering if someone could give me a good advice about my morning sugar level. I posted a similar question earlier about sugar level one hour after eating. A lot of people gave me a great advice and reassured me to say that I don't need to check that quickly, and as long as it goes...

Hi. I'm very new here and also type 1 diabetes world as well. I was diagnosed last Friday after being admitted to hospital for a few days. I had high sugar level, high ketones together with other simptons such as thirst, weight loss etc. Anyway I was discharged with a whole load of kits and...