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Today my doctor said, "One day there will be a cure for doctors reassuring patients about future medical advances."

How have your dosages changed since going on Keto? My meal dosages have come down from say 8u to say 5u. Which is about what I expected. But my Levemir needs have gone from 8 morning 8 evening, to 16 morning, 3 evening, which surprised me. Do other people have such high daytime basal needs?

A few talented people create something to make people's lives easier and big pharma stomps on them.

I've been in ketosis for nearly three weeks (ketones over 1.5) and I'm not finding dosing to be as forgiving as I expected. My mealtimes NovoRapid doses are about 3 or 4 units but it seems that being too low by 1 unit can mean a drop of 5mmol/L and too high by 1 unit can mean a rise of 5mmol/L...

I feel the need to write a blog post venting about how unusually screwed-up my diabetes is. But first I want to double-check that this is very unusual. For quite a while, I was taking 6u NovoRapid with a particular meal, and it was working well. Then I kept having hypos until I reduced the dose...

A friend put me onto this Keto quiche recently, it's insanely good. https://www.ketogenic-diet-resource.com/low-carb-quiche-recipes.html I've swapped to cheaper cheese and added shredded bacon. Amazing. Also you can throw vegetables into it.

I'm asking purely out of curiosity. Did anyone else experience temporary remission of non-diabetic short/long-sightedness after they were started on insulin? It's normal for eyesight to deteriorate due to dehydration in the months leading up to diagnosis, and this should reverse once on...

Hi everyone, For the last 4-6 years I have had major struggles after hypos. One very mild hypo can send me into a dark pit of depression, despair, and horror for up to 2 days. Although epilepsy most commonly causes violent shaking seizures, in some cases it does not. I don't have violent...

Problem: Some people on MDI have a huge liver dump at, say, 4am, and there's not much they can do about it. Solution: A new type of insulin you inject at (say) 10pm which starts acting from about 4am to about 8am. In other words, an insulin with a delayed onset of about 6 hours and period of...

Hi all, this is something of an academic question... Does anyone know of any test to measure or estimate how much glucose the brain is using? I'm aware the brain takes glucose from the blood as needed independent of insulin, which adds a big variable to blood sugars. I am always having my...

Someone tried to break into our house this morning. They were gone by the time we realised. I called the police, who said they would call back to arrange a time to come by and take photos/prints. Now, I've been using Afrezza (inhalable insulin) for a bit over a month, with great results. In...

Does anyone else fall into a short (1-3 day) depressive hell if their sugar drops during exercise? Two days ago my sugar dropped from about 8 to 5 within 20 minutes of exercise. I consumed carbs and did not go hypo. 15 minutes later I had a sudden profound mood swing, then I recovered, but over...

Hi there, I was diagnosed at 22 and am now 25. I'm a clever guy (degrees in maths and engineering) and have always had good control - HbA1c always below 7. But to achieve this I'm constantly making what I think are major changes to my insulin ratios. It's been like this since the beginning...