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<blockquote data-quote="nigelho" data-source="post: 941471" data-attributes="member: 41170"><p>Sorry that you are struggling with your diabetes. I struggled during the first 3 years after diagnosis( 60 year old then) as my then care tean couldn't understand why my BSs were up and down and why I had lots of hypos and I felt like death every day. I finally collapsed at work due to exhaustion ....my legs gave way. Locum doc then referred me to Addenbrookes Diabetes Team who changed my insulins and put me through the DAFNE Course. That course sorted me out within the 5 days course and I found out all the whys ....that Kings Lynn should have known....and now I'm under control. I've changed my insulins twice since I did the course in 2013 as things change like novorapid just stopped working. I'm now on Apidra and Humulin I and I also take 2 X 500mg metformin SR tablets with each meal. I started on 1 tablet per day and just went up to 6 tablets a day through trial and error. I've always completed a food diary so I can see how my CARBS are vs my insulin ratios. Activities using my arm muscles can cause me hypos very quickly so I have to watch out when I do any form of DIY, even cutting the grass with an electric mower. Please ask your DSN to put you on the DAFNE Course. You'll then get the info to look after yourself. I can e-mail my DAFNE nurse if I need help. My course gave everyone the nurses e-mails if we required help and we were given meters that read ketones. Good Luck. Just remember that every insulins don't work for us all and even ask to try metformin SR tablets if you are insulin resistant...like me but you'll need more than 1 tablet a day. REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CARBS YOU EAT AND CARB COUNT YOUR MEALS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nigelho, post: 941471, member: 41170"] Sorry that you are struggling with your diabetes. I struggled during the first 3 years after diagnosis( 60 year old then) as my then care tean couldn't understand why my BSs were up and down and why I had lots of hypos and I felt like death every day. I finally collapsed at work due to exhaustion ....my legs gave way. Locum doc then referred me to Addenbrookes Diabetes Team who changed my insulins and put me through the DAFNE Course. That course sorted me out within the 5 days course and I found out all the whys ....that Kings Lynn should have known....and now I'm under control. I've changed my insulins twice since I did the course in 2013 as things change like novorapid just stopped working. I'm now on Apidra and Humulin I and I also take 2 X 500mg metformin SR tablets with each meal. I started on 1 tablet per day and just went up to 6 tablets a day through trial and error. I've always completed a food diary so I can see how my CARBS are vs my insulin ratios. Activities using my arm muscles can cause me hypos very quickly so I have to watch out when I do any form of DIY, even cutting the grass with an electric mower. Please ask your DSN to put you on the DAFNE Course. You'll then get the info to look after yourself. I can e-mail my DAFNE nurse if I need help. My course gave everyone the nurses e-mails if we required help and we were given meters that read ketones. Good Luck. Just remember that every insulins don't work for us all and even ask to try metformin SR tablets if you are insulin resistant...like me but you'll need more than 1 tablet a day. REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CARBS YOU EAT AND CARB COUNT YOUR MEALS. [/QUOTE]
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