insulin

I've seen a lot of people on the Forum talk about getting rid of spoiled or bad Insulin. One thing I've always wondered is what criteria do you use to determine if this is the case? Like I know lack of potency is one thing that a lot of people point to, but with Insulin requirements fluctuating...

Hi! I'm a type 1 diabetic visiting the UK for a few months. I'll be bringing with me a 90-Day supply of insulin which is the most my insurance provider is willing to give me at a time, but I'll be in the UK for 5 or 6 months. Can anyone guide me on how a non-UK Native might go about getting...

Hi All, I am a Type 2 diabetic, nearly 65 years old.I was diagnosed about 17 years ago and went through the usual progression of diet and exercise only, to oral medications to now being on GLP1(Trulicity)weekly injections. While I kept it more or less under control, during lockdown I just gave...

I often get a blood sugar reading of 4.4 to 5.2. So have to have a snack before sleeping. Not so sure about crackers and tea. Any suggestions ???

I am a type 2 diabetic. Have been for 12ish years. My HBA1C for the last 10 years have been > 100. Very last one was 95, so moving in the right direction but a long way from where I want to be. I have had 2 episodes of pancreatitis, one 9 years ago, one 6 years ago. 6 years ago I nearly died...

Hi, I have recently moved from the UK back to New Zealand. In the UK I was on Novorapid and Tresiba, and that regime was working really well. Tresiba is not available in this country, and I've had to go back to using Lantus. The results have been frustrating, with morning highs virtually every...

I am a 75 year old woman, T2 and insulin resistant. It seems possible that I started all this with gestational diabetes but since my younger son was born in 1969, it's not going to be possible to prove that. Whatever - it's been pretty long standing and well established in my body. I have...

Hi everyone, Before being diagnosed with slow onset type 1 I was running 3-5 times a week and working out 2-4 times. I fell ill and these last few months I’ve had to stop exercising completely apart from walking due to being unable to manage my levels. I now have a libre and I’ve been on insulin...

Hello everyone. Here is my situation. I was diagnosed with type 1 about 2 years ago and after using insulin for a while I went into the honeymoon period and stopped using insulin altogether. My bg was pretty good but now a few years later my sugar began to be sort of out of control and because...

Guys. I came across the Open Insulin Project while reading articles, https://openinsulin.org/. To paraphrase the link, the Open Insulin Project is a collection of researchers and advocates working to develop an open source protocol for producing insulin that is affordable, has transparent...

Hi, Im lucky enough to be on a Freestyle Libre trial and I am looking for recommendations on iPhone apps that will advise on how much insulin to inject depending on blood sugars and amount of carbs im going to eat. Thanks Gavin

Hi everybody, I am 77 years old, with Type 2 and have been on a very strict diet for the last few months, which has reduced my diabetes readings significantly. But the diet is extremely hard to stick too and with the tiniest lapses, my sugar level goes racing up to roughly what it was before...

So, until now my diabetes has been controlled with metformin and diet. I'm currently pregnant and they're worried that while my overall control is good, my blood sugars seem to rise and fall, rising quite a bit higher than they'd like after meals during pregnancy. Because of this, they're...

Hello everyone hope you are well. This is more or less for type 3c who's pancreas have made them diabetic. The title is a question I have been mulling over for a while now, and let me be clear, don't stop taking your insulin, the ability of insulin is not what I'm questioning. Let me explain. On...

Hey folks, I have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, but not sure why I have developed it. Recently I have made the following experiment: Measured glucose, insulin, c-peptide in the morning. Ate 75 grams of glucose. Measured same things after 1 hr. Measured glucose every 30 min with glucose...

Hi All! I'm a T1 Diabetic of 30+ years. I don't have a pump for a variety of reasons (let's just say it's not a good option for me) so I use pens. At the moment I have the HumaPen Luxura HD from Lilly for my bolus, which allows you to dose in half units as I'm very sensitive to insulin. My...

Hi, I have been having some problems with Novorapid and how long it takes to kick in. I did an experiment this morning. At 8am my blood sugar levels were at 7.8 and I took 38 units of Novorapid. I didn't eat anything and monitored my sugar levels. They didn't start to decrease until just...

I wanted to ask about the possible results of using the Metformin, and eating what I want. I am not doing this but I did some googling this a.m. to see if I could find something factual, or others experience. Then I came here because I like hearing from folks that actually have Diabetes more...

Hi all, i'm T1 28 years and injected all this time until 4-5 years ago when I moved onto a pump. I've been much more active, healthy, etc over the past 2-3 and now that i've lost weight the insulin bumps and general 'insulin belly' are very visible. I've not injected there for years and pump...

Hi. I´ll try and keep this short (I´m currently on my winter holiday in Spain, as planned, so I need to get outside soon for some 18c sun) and also I don´t want all the waffle to get away from the main point. In short I am British and have been thinking about moving to Australia in the future...