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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 318007" data-attributes="member: 8799">JessicaAbscesess usually thrive in blood that is fairly sugary (highish bg) so if you get yr bg levels a bit lower and more even by calculating your insulin to carb ratio a bit better, nasty boils shouldn't plague you.  Do you also get thrush at all?When I was much younger (the mid 60's) before I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, I was always at the GP with my mum needing antibiotics because of ear abcess and then had them appear under my armpit as well, so I know how nasty they can be.  It was only through going back and forwards to the GP so often that a sample of my urine was tested for sugar and I then went to hospital to have more tests done and then got started on insulin once per day and then all the abscesses stopped.If you are not doing it already, one of the bestest ways to get bg levels more controlled is to test them more frequently and either adjust the insulin or adjust the carb that you eat so that your bg falls within the targets recommended by your doctors.  If you test frequently you will also be able to foresee any hypos or highs that occur and will be able to deal with the situation a bit  easier.</blockquote>

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