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Well, I’m down to 8.9mmol. Still appalling compared to what I’ve got used to, but I’ll take single figures as a win this week! 11 shots so far today, an unheard of 17.5u NovoSluggish...

In other news, some renovation work on my local Asda in Tonypandy is yielding some good new products I’ve only seen in Cardiff branches. Sugar free sweet chilli sauce for one! Also vegan Quorn ham, which I love. I spent about 20 minutes reading the labels on the three hundred different varieties of peanut butter, and found one that’s only 4.6% carb, about half to a third of most of the others.
 
mel maybe a change of bolus insulin would help when first diagnosed i was on apidra i also take metformin with breakfast and teatime insulin othewise numbers go off the charts .about 2/3 months ago levels just started rising for no reason i was changed to fiaspand its been brill well up to now anyway i do hope you get sorted soon as all them injections must be draining the life out of you best wishes karen xx
 
I asked about Fiasp at my last appointment, but they said to only change one at a time, and we’d look into it at my next appointment, which is in September. It’s definitely on my list of things to discuss!
 
Mel dCP said:
I asked about Fiasp at my last appointment, but they said to only change one at a time, and we’d look into it at my next appointment, which is in September. It’s definitely on my list of things to discuss!
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i changed from lantus to tresiba and apidra to fiasp within a week of eachother i do hope that when you change it works mel
 
@helensaramay thanks for your insight! I do carb count already and even have my ratios down pretty good (1:8 breakfast, 1:15 dinner and tea) - I came into all this from a fairly informed position to start with..All the DSNs I've seen - knowing this - were still adamant I'd get a lot out of DAFNE even though it would be more fine tuning than a total education, but it sounds like maybe not.
I gather they teach you about correction doses? I've only been told not to correct for a hyper after a hypo from eating the fridge, but from the forum it seems like you're maybe only supposed to correct at your next meal time... I've been correcting as and when I felt I needed to.
I get where you're coming from about meeting other people though... at my Libre education session a lot of people were very concerned at how it only shows HIGH after a reading of about 27 and mentioned how they are often at that level and won't know the difference between 27 and 30 odd, I was privately slightly horrified! My numbers have never been that bad but I assume I still have some native insulin kicking around at only 5 months in. Thanks for the link to the course, I'll check it out.
 
Well I have run fairly flat all day, well with in the green band on the Etch A Sketch and say coffee & cake at 3:00 it was a little later.

Coffee with lime cheese cake with coconut sorbay on top.

Currently at 4.4 no corrections
 
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This is the current view from my sofa, geographically we are rich beyond measure. Economically? Distinctly less so, the Rhondda is one of the poorest areas in Northern Europe. But I love it here, and our diabetes care is pretty fantastic.

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Rhondda Valley? My dad is from that neck of the woods, actually Bridgend but he had not been there for decades not since his mum died which I think was mid 80s
 
It is usual for the DAFNE course to be done before a pump. I was told I may have to do a "top up" on the DAFYDD course before I start, even thou I have proved that I can carb count very well
 
Hi @Robinredbreast . Wonderful to have you out of hospital and back with us.
Can't help with the Tresiba. I'm sure that like most things diabetic it'll take time and effort on your part to get it right.
Daniel Darkes?????? I was aware of him a while back, I'm aware he has now joined us here and I've read some of the things he has said. I think he's been very fortunate to achieve what he has, he appears to be honest, humble and sincere. My only concern is not with the guy but with how is story is probably offering a little to much hope in certain quarters.
This could well be one of the first steps on the ladder that is a " cure " for diabetes.
When the medical profession can give concrete answers with bulletproof data, I think I'll feel more hopeful for future and present diabetics.
Excuse my pessimism
 
porl69 said:
It is usual for the DAFNE course to be done before a pump. I was told I may have to do a "top up" on the DAFYDD course before I start, even thou I have proved that I can carb count very well
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I understand, but you have to be diagnosed 6 months to do DAFNE and I'm not even there yet.
 
porl69 said:
Got you. It's good that you are getting a pump so soon into your type 1 life
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I'm very very lucky. My consultant is awesome. I shocked the whole team with how much my Hba1c had dropped when I went back 4 months after diagnosis and the nurses had been suggesting a pump for a while even then, they'd suggested it to him before my appointment and he agreed. I just don't want to miss out on any education opportunities
 
Munchies.
I've got the bl**dy munchies.
Just wanna nibble, nothing meal like, just a taste.
So far ....... Greek yogurt and grapes ( small dish ), a few Doritos, 2 teaspoons PNB, 1 round brown bread and butter.
5 units novo to hopefully balance out my current cravings, doubt it will, be hey in for a penny in for a pound.
Now I'm wondering have I over done the bolus???????. 2 jelly babies to be on the safe side????
Good night all.
PS I'm most definitely not hypo.
 
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I'm at 8.1 with a slope up but am expecting it to drop off yet, well it wants to drop....I over corrected with food this aft with a scotch egg and some humous, I should have had half of it at 10g carbs but I ate the full pot as I'd been out on the pushbike and was dropping and was gym bound.

It's not been a bad day though
 
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