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    Floaters in my eyes

    Hi, flashes and floaters are not really caused by high blood sugar levels. They come with getting older but some people get them and some just don't. Plenty of info about them on Google and an optician will be able to give an info sheet. Don't worry atm but keep an eye out if you feel that...
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    Very Low Bg During The Night - Late Snack ?

    That's a good idea Ivan. Maybe think about eating something with a bit more protein in it. Can you do a bg test about 2am just to see when you start to drop towards being low.
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    Mixing Humalog (50/50) With Levimer

    It's easier to adjust the carbohydrate in food to the action of the mixed insulin affecting bg levels than adjust the mixed insulin to the food that is going to be eaten. Lots of blood glucose testing throughout the day will enable the food to be adjusted so smaller main meals, then possibly...
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    Dvla Licence Renewal

    This has been talked about on FB. The DVLA never explain things clearly unfortunately. I would probably write 2 hypos to question 1.6 but also tick the box to say with awareness. If worried, best to speak to your DSN or DUK
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    Pumps - How Often Do You Need To Change You Basal Rate?

    I tend to tweak my basal rates when I start to see blood glucose levels changing which on average is about every 1t to 18 days. I usually wait until I see an obvious pattern emerging. In hot weather I need less insulin but when it's colder, I need more. Bodyweight gain or loss also affects...
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    G4 Sensor,g5 Transmitter And Iphone

    I use G4/G5 sensors with G5 transmitters and they work fine (loads of other diabetics do the same as well). Good luck with cgm and however you use it
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    Colonoscopy

    Good luck for tomorrow. The procedure isn't wonderfully pleasant but isn't awful. Make sure that after swallowing the liquid dynamite, that a toilet isn't too far away and that there is plenty of toilet paper. Also, a tube of Savlon is welcome relief. You can ask to be semi sedated so have...
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    Plan 'B' for pump issues?

    If I was working, then I would leave a spare set with tube plus cartridge in my desk drawer or locker. I would also try to store a vialof iinsulin in a fridge if possible and then it wouldn't really matter how long the vial was in the fridge for because it would only be taken out to drawer up a...
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    Dexcom v Freestyle Libre?

    On the xDrip menu, scroll down to Snooze and then press it and that will silence the alert for a set amount of minutes. You can adjust the amount of minutes to your liking. I tend to leave an hour go because it takes about 25 minutes for anything sugary to start making bg levels rise and being...
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    Type 1 Unexplained rise in morning since taking Anastrozole and Atorvastatin any one else ?

    All hormone tablets have some degree of side effect that may influence blood sugar levels but just go with the flow and if using insulin inject a bit more or less. I also take atorvastatin 10mg which was needed because my LDL cholesterol had risen to equal my HDL mainly because of eating low...
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    Insulin pump recommended or not?

    I always felt tired in the evening when using Humalog Mix and Humalog with Lantus. Once I changed to using Apidra with Lantus, the tiredness stopped.
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    Choose one: CGM or Pump?

    I love using a pump even though they demand frequent bg testing to get the settings correct but, I love cgm on a mobile phone screen even more, especially now that predictive alerts can be used and the rise or drop in the data dots enable me to keep on the straight and narrow. Team that with a...
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    struggling big time

    @ally1 do have a thyroid blood test done just in case the meds you are taking are having an affect on your thyroid making it a bit under active which will affect weightgain and cause sugar levels to increase.
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    New partner is type 1 diabetic, need advice

    Using guesswork to calculate insulin is a bit dodgy if bg levels are not ok. Does he know about insulin to carb ratios at all or done a DAFNE course?
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    New partner is type 1 diabetic, need advice

    Even though your boyfriend is injecting a lot of basal at night, basall insulin alone won't be sufficient to control bg levels in the presence of food being eaten. A bolus for food needs to be used and not just to correct high levels. This probably explains the keytones developing.
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    New partner is type 1 diabetic, need advice

    Testing bg levels pre meal and post meal is the key to success using whatever insulin regime. That way either carb can be adjusted or insulin. Lots of my hypos were stopped from getting bad simply by post meal testing and eating some carb about 1hr before the hypo feeling took hold. How many...
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    Type 1 CGM patch allergies

    SkinSafe might work or spraying the skin with a antihistamine spray before applying the sensor.
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    New to Novomix 30

    As a type 1 using twice daily mixed insulin for many years, I used the little but often way of eating carb and adjusted the food more than the insulin. I just eat food to the action of the insulin controlling my bg levels according to the bg targets my doctors gave me which are also the NICE bg...
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    Cleo 90 infusion set

    Not entirely sure but I think @CarbsRok used the Cleo with one of her pumps a while ago
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    Can someone workout this insumin to carb ratio plz

    Doesn't really matter which way round the ratio is adjusted to... Some adjust the insulin in the ratio and some adjust the carb. The deciding factor is how bg levels behave using bg level guidance from a hospital or use the NICE bg targets.