Hi to all,

Sparklebright625 said:

Please could someone let me know and how can I minimise weight gain with insulin.
On Lantus I have no energy to do anything.
Constant Fatigue.

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I've had issues with weight gain, though I don't necessarily assume it is the lantus. The only thing that has worked for me is a combo of lowish carb and avoiding too many snacks on cheese.

But I don't think you should be feeling exhausted all the time, that doesn't sound right to me.

How are you blood sugars since you started the lantus? High blood sugars can cause tiredness.

If they are high then you definitely need to talk to your team about your doses. And of course, if you are reducing your carbs you need to be careful about hypos. (As a long term T1 I know how to adjust my insulin doses to balance my food but suspect you will need help on this from your team)

Sparklebright625 said:

I went swimming last weds I did loadz & when I came out of the pool after 1 hour I was shaking inside I could feel it and weak dizzyness but dont know why.?

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Are you able to test your blood sugar when this happens? As you are on insulin you could be getting low blood sugar (hypoglycemia) at times and that has symptoms very similar to that. Hopefully your nurse talked to you about the possibility that your blood sugar might go low on insulin???

And hypos (if that's what you had, we can't diagnose) shouldn't be a reason to stop you swimming, as long as you take fast acting glucose (eg jellybabies) with you and take some if you start to go low. As a T1 insulin user, I check my blood sugar before swimming, have glucose by the side of the pool and also tell the pool lifeguard that I am diabetic on insulin so that they can rescue me if I hypo while swimming. (I've never needed rescuing but I reckon that it's worth them knowing, just in case).

But hopefully once you get a sensor you'll be able to tell whether your blood sugar is high or low more easily.