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No, No only when I am not on intermittent fasting that I have coffee and peanut butter on toast with a bit of honey for breakfast. When I am on intermittent fasting, I break my fast after a 24-hour period at dinner and I have a proper meal but try to omit carbs. I cannot understand why then...

Thanks for all the responses. I am on Actraphene HM (ge). When I was first diagnosed over six years ago, I was prescribed Metformin but shortly afterwards, as Metformin apparently was not effective, insulin was prescribed. Initially, I had to inject 8 units in the mornings and 6 units in the...

Hi Fenn : Thanks for your prompt response. When I am on the 24-hour intermittent fast, I have no breakfast or lunch and only break my fast at dinner each day. Throughout the day, I do not eat anything but occasionally only drink a glass of water during the fast When I am not fasting, I get by...

I have been doing a 24-hour intermittent fasting each day for the past week. However, although during the day at all times, my sugar levels are normal, two hours after I break my fast and at bedtime, the sugar level is astronomical - anything from 12mmol to 19mmol. But when I get up in the...

Has anyone tried intermittent fasting as advocated by a Dr, Jason Fung, the Canadian nephrologist specialising in diabetes management. Online, I have read articles and watched documentaries relating to his findings and apparently his view (supported by clinical trials) is that diabetes is...

Should it be a concern if sugar levels are persistently high after dinner and at bedtime but dropping to normal or acceptable levels mornings before breakfast? Each morning, before breakfast, my sugar level can range from 4.4 – 7.4. And before dinner, it can be range from 5,2 – 9.4 but...

Thanks for all the responses. Whether I pinch or not, I often bleed when I inject particularly anywhere below the tummy button - even if I count to ten and sometimes to twenty before withdrawing the needle. Furthermore, I do not re-use needles and do not pull out too fast. I also rotate...

I am using 5mm pen needles but often I tend to bleed when I have withdrawn the needle. Why is that so? Am I doing something wrong?

I have always used BD Micro-Fine 5mm Pen needles but I note that BD Micro-Fine 4mm Pen needles are also available? But does a difference of just 1mm in length really have a significant effect? Has anyone tried them and are they really painless as apparently claimed by the manufacturer?

Where exactly on the tummy is it ideal to inject insulin? At times I am advised to inject anywhere about two inches away from the navel and not to pinch if using a 4mm pen needle but often I am advised to inject four fingers away from the navel i.e. more towards the hips where the area is much...

Why is it that lancets also have an expiry date? Surely, if not used before expiry date, nothing adverse could possibly result? Right now I am using expired lancets from a box I happen to find lying around? I am able to obtain a blood sample and I cannot feel that there is anything wrong with...

Thanks for all the responses. The insulin that I have been prescribed is Sanofi-Aventis Insuman Comb 30/70 and the patient information leaflet definitely states that one should wait atleast 25 minutes before eating. Perhaps the same requirement does not apply for other types of insulin but...

Can one reuse insulin syringes and pen needles more than once? How many times would be safe ?Or if there are any risks, what are they? Whenever I am abroad, I sometimes have to purchase specifically the pen needles but in some countries they are quite expensive.

After injecting oneself with insulin is it absolutely imperative to wait 25-40 minutes (as stated in insulin instruction leaflets) or can one start eating immediately?