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  1. fred1234

    having a terrible day grrrr

    I am fed up today for no specific reason really. Fed up trying to keep bg down, but take steroids so never win,apart from fasting , normally in the 5s. Happy bunny then. Take the dreaded steroids and brekkie, and the fun begins!!!! They go up to 10 by lunch, inject my novo mix 30 8 units, eat...
  2. fred1234

    Help I'm absolutely starving

    Hi everyone Type2 insulin 8 units novomix 30 I also have other medical conditions I've been following lchf ...bg are bit high 8.8 before tea but I take steroids on a daily basis, and feel that's not too bad for me. I check bg before lunch, tea and 2 hrs after. Also check on fasting and before...
  3. fred1234

    Type 2 Help forgot to take insulin

    Hi can anyone advise????. Forgot to take insulin before lunch. Should inject novo mix 30 8 units at lunch time, and for the first time ever, forgot!!!!! How stupid. I only inject once a day. Is it ok to take at tea time? B.s. have gone to 16.3 will check again in an hour. But so ignorant don't...
  4. fred1234

    Basal/Bolus

    Hi everyone I am sorry about this lengthy post but beside myself My gp speakng to cons at hospital about changing insulin from novomix30 8 units injected at lunch time to basal/bolus???? I am type2. I am on daily maintenance dose of 20mg of steroids for other medical condition. This plays...
  5. fred1234

    Good HbA1C result?

    My HbA1C is 50??? Good or bad?
  6. fred1234

    Type2 and chips....

    Can you eat micro chips done in microwave? I have the most terrible craving and bought box of McCain's micro chips.....naughty!!!!! But one must have treat ...yes please say yes. Type 2novo mix30 8 units injected at lunch time.
  7. fred1234

    Steroids

    Hi Type2 novomix30 8 units injected at lunch time. B.s.normally on fasting in the 5s, fine after breakfast of porridge, then take inhaled steroids and 20mg maintenance dose of prednisone and by lunch time b.s. spiked. This is when I inject my insulin. For lunch to try to keep b.s. down I just...
  8. fred1234

    Depression hyperglycemia

    Hi , does anyone experience depression when b.s. rise. I am type 2 injecting 8 units ofnovo mix 30 at lunch time I have noticed that as soon as my b.s. rise, I feel extremely depressed. I don't need to check blood levels, although I do, and as sure as guns blood levels have risen which also...
  9. fred1234

    Bolus and basal insulin

    Hi im a newly and by the looks of it a very ignorant one going by this site. What a great load of people with much to share and raise awareness and feel that you can ask someone. I'm type 2 insulin dependent. Novo mix 30 8 units injected at lunch time. I have other health probs main one being...
  10. fred1234

    Nighttime hyperglycemia

    Hi I'm newly diagnosed about a year ago. I'm type2 using 8 units of movomix30 injecting at lunch time. I have other chronic illness which prohibits me from exercise. I am on maintenance dose of 20mg steroids daily. I was ill and steroids were increased but now back on maintenance dose. My...
  11. fred1234

    eyesight blurring

    hi everyone i have just recently been diagnosed type 2 insulin. I have other medical conditions mostly respiratory. After many tears of steroid use I am now beginning to suffer from the effects they can cause. I am trying so hard to keep blood sugars at levels as asked but the thing that is...