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<blockquote data-quote="FingersCrossed" data-source="post: 1823132" data-attributes="member: 479877"><p>Hi [USER=334951]@eeb123[/USER] - thanks for that suggestion. I've never heard of Fiasp, but I'll bring this up at next appointment if I'm still struggling. Thank you very much for replying. </p><p></p><p>Hi [USER=468714]@kitedoc[/USER], and thanks again for your support. I had a diabetic dietician call me up today from my local hospital (the nurse at docs passed my details over yesterday). Basically as I've managed to get better control myself, they aren't wanting to do a urine or blood test despite me asking again today as this resistance is odd to me. I've asked her to ask a consultant at the hospital if there's any way they can ok this to rule anything out, and she said she'll call me back to let me know. Seems a lot of fuss just to do a simple few tests to me. I got a bg of 6.1 before bed, was 4.9 at 3am and 4.2 this morning, so I'm much happier. I felt borderline hypo, so I had a 20g carb toffee yogurt and a big orange, waitied 20 mins to bolus to give my sugar levels time to creep up a tad, took 7 units of insulin, but my bg was 12.4 an hour after, so maybe I need to adjust my bolus ratio to 1 unit for every 3gs of carbs. Madness. </p><p></p><p>Hi [USER=365308]@NicoleC1971[/USER] - thanks for your kind words - much appreciated as it's a lonley place at times, firstly people not knowing about the pregnancy, and secondly, people not getting basal/bolus/ratios/and the confusing world of being type 1 on a pump. It's a terrifying thing being pregnant and worrying about misscariage and how sugars impact everything. It's nice to know others have felt the same. We told close family last time two days before I misscarried at eight weeks, but this time we're just seeing how things go and, fingers crossed, we get to 12 weeks, will tell people then. I'd always thought Metformin was just for type 2 diabetics, but I'll keep all of this useful information in mind for my next appointment. I've got a feeling minimising carbs like you say, which I've been doing for a few days and eating lots of greens and protein will be my best bet at the moment. Thanks for taking the time to reply.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FingersCrossed, post: 1823132, member: 479877"] Hi [USER=334951]@eeb123[/USER] - thanks for that suggestion. I've never heard of Fiasp, but I'll bring this up at next appointment if I'm still struggling. Thank you very much for replying. Hi [USER=468714]@kitedoc[/USER], and thanks again for your support. I had a diabetic dietician call me up today from my local hospital (the nurse at docs passed my details over yesterday). Basically as I've managed to get better control myself, they aren't wanting to do a urine or blood test despite me asking again today as this resistance is odd to me. I've asked her to ask a consultant at the hospital if there's any way they can ok this to rule anything out, and she said she'll call me back to let me know. Seems a lot of fuss just to do a simple few tests to me. I got a bg of 6.1 before bed, was 4.9 at 3am and 4.2 this morning, so I'm much happier. I felt borderline hypo, so I had a 20g carb toffee yogurt and a big orange, waitied 20 mins to bolus to give my sugar levels time to creep up a tad, took 7 units of insulin, but my bg was 12.4 an hour after, so maybe I need to adjust my bolus ratio to 1 unit for every 3gs of carbs. Madness. Hi [USER=365308]@NicoleC1971[/USER] - thanks for your kind words - much appreciated as it's a lonley place at times, firstly people not knowing about the pregnancy, and secondly, people not getting basal/bolus/ratios/and the confusing world of being type 1 on a pump. It's a terrifying thing being pregnant and worrying about misscariage and how sugars impact everything. It's nice to know others have felt the same. We told close family last time two days before I misscarried at eight weeks, but this time we're just seeing how things go and, fingers crossed, we get to 12 weeks, will tell people then. I'd always thought Metformin was just for type 2 diabetics, but I'll keep all of this useful information in mind for my next appointment. I've got a feeling minimising carbs like you say, which I've been doing for a few days and eating lots of greens and protein will be my best bet at the moment. Thanks for taking the time to reply. [/QUOTE]
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