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    Petition for Freestyle Libre on NHS

    Hello Everyone, This post grabbed my attention as I am self-funding Libre and thought although the Libre is not completely accurate I find the majority of the time it's only a maximum of 1mmol/L out from my finger prick test. Looking at the link provide above I was surprised to see so few...
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    Irratic sugars

    Hello CharlotteH, Just a quick thought. When you were reducing your basal insulin was this during warm weather? Last year my consultant suggested i drop my morning Levemir from 28 to 24 during the heatwave as my BG was constantly dropping no matter how often i would try to resolve low blood...
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    Offshore/Onshore Oil and Gas

    Hi hale, I work in the oil & gas industry also (Glasgow just now) usually you can get to the permit office without any issues as they are normally located out with the haz area as people will typically carry phones etc to their cabin. I'm not entirely sure how to get around the problem, can...
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    Insulin / Carb ratio

    Hi Steve, I have been type 1 for the past 21 years and I have just started carb counting and meeting with the dietician at my diabetic clinic and from what I understand the ratio should be close to 1 unit = 10 carbs. Like you previously my levels were controlled using high units of insulin...