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i'd love a CGM. I too have the Apple watch and long to be able for it to have more functionality. Ok, so I started at the gym this morning. Here's what happened. I basal in the mornings these days to avoid lows during the small hours. So at 8am I injected 60% of my normal basal. My BS always...

Fantastic information Neemo, thank you! :) Obviously it's a little scary at first as I'm keen not to go into uncontrollable blood glucose lows and then having to compensate with glucose tablets / jelly babies etc as I'm just going to be stuck in a vicious circle. I realise that I'll have to...

Great idea! :)

That's excellent advice, thank you! I've already started to reduce my carb intake in an attempt to reduce my insulin needs. I've cut out bread, rice, etc and drastically reduced portion sizes of other carbs. Ideally I'd like to ditch pasta too but I'm conscious of designing a diet that I'm...

Wow really? I was planning to spend more time on cardio and less on weights as I don't want to end up "massive" but instead lean and cut. So what split between the two would you recommend?

That's great advice Tim thank you.

Hi Becky, I've been through your stage, I was diagnosed a couple of years ago. You're still keeping really tight readings though so I wouldn't sweat it too much. As others have said, it seems your beta cells are intermittently joining in the party. It will settle down. In the meantime don't...

Hello, Ok, so I've been type 1 for a couple of years. I'm 47, slightly overweight and looking to trim down. I currently take 26 units of basal in the morning and I take 2 units of bolus for every 10g of carbs. I have some questions that hopefully some of you can answer. 1) If I intend to...

Ahh, thank you! It was actually a consultant at a private hospital that prescribed the Fexofenadine, he was aware that I was type 1 however.

Hi Ann, Thanks for that, I did a quick search on Google earlier but couldn't find anything other than suggestion that 2 out of 1400 people tested reported an increase, that said, it didn't say that the 1400 were diabetic. I think what I'll do is stop the Fexofenadine immediately to see if I...

Hi all, So I've been out of the honeymoon period for perhaps a year or so, I'd settled on 25ml of Basal that I used to take in the evening but a couple of months ago I switched to taking in the morning to avoid night time lows. All good. I'd used a ratio of 1 unit of bolus to every 10g of...

I use this device, I very often get the error message about replacing the cassette, I simply press and hold the main button to turn it off and on again and it's fine. Tonight however it just refused to give me a result. It was a relatively new cassette with around 40 tests left, All I was...

Hi Brett, Thanks for replying. To be honest, the caffeine thing could ring true. I do have too much. Also, as the weather has been quite poor of late I must admit my exercise frequency has dropped considerably, I normally cycle but I haven't done in around 4 weeks. I hadn't considered SAD to...

I try to stay as close to 5 as I can, Post meal I try to stay below 8 but wouldn't be concerned until I went above 9. I start to get warnings if I drop below 4.1

Hi All, I'm male aged 45 type 1, diagnosed last year and I think my honeymoon period ended quite quickly as my levels are quite stable. I'm on Apidra and Lantus and I carb count. For the past few days I've been really irritable. My bloods haven't been any different really but I've experienced...

I agree entirely with Noblehead :) Good luck

I'm torn about the pump. I really wanted one but up until this honeymoon period I was managing really well. I think the benefit would come from being able to finely tune. In addition my working days mean that my eating patterns are sometimes erratic. I'm often in meetings for hours or flying to...

Hi Robert, Not yet, I have my appointment at the pump clinic in May so hoping to get one then. :) Steve

OH forgot to mention I.C.E. Insulin Carbohydrate Education :)

Hi Anna, It was essentially carb counting, it was one morning a week for four weeks. I had to attend it before being given a pump. Most of the people on the course seemed to be those who were used to taking fixed doses of Basal Bolus. It was basically to educate them about carbs, exercise etc...