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Hi and welcome to the forum.
 
Hi, good to meet you. Hopefully you will find lots on interesting and useful info here!
 
Hi there RD and welcome to the forum. 🙂
 
Hi, welcome to the forum 🙂 What insulin regime are you on, and how have things been for you growing up?
 
Welcome. Everyone on here is super helpful if you have questions. People have been amazing. With your experience you may be able to answer and help some of the more newly diagnosed like me 🙂
 
Thanks guys
Northerner said:
Hi, welcome to the forum 🙂 What insulin regime are you on, and how have things been for you growing up?
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M childhood was difficult as we moved countries a lot. What exactly do you mean when you say regime? (i'm not great with all the technical terms)
 
Randomdiabetictype1 said:
Novorapid and lantus (Glagine) injections. I personally have never liked the idea of a pump. Just being attached to something puts me off. 🙂. What about you?
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Hiya - I assure you none of us go for a pump because we want to be attached to something 24/7 - we want them to control our BG better is the long and short of it.

No exogenous insulin can ever meet our exact bodily needs anyway however it's delivered - but if we can get it nearer right, for more time every day, then hopefully we can stave off any complications even longer than we might with less good control. This seemed to get more important to me as I got older! LOL

First time I ever did a basal test I was gobsmacked at the variation in my BG - however it's totally normal, that's what bodies do and the pancreas automatically obliges with exactly the right amount of insulin which might only be a teeny amount or could be relatively huge. Obviously I dunno how much insulin you use in a day (Total I mean) but I don't use shedloads myself yet I still use about double what a non diabetic produces and uses in a day - non D about 10u a day, me about 20u. But I used to use over 30u when I was on 'jabs' to apparently do the same job!
 
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