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Welcome to the forum @flashfolly

Glad you have found the forum, and nice avatar. I would guess that’s a Taylor from the preamp controls?
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Welcome to the forum @flashfolly

Glad you have found the forum, and nice avatar. I would guess that’s a Taylor from the preamp controls?
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Well spotted Sir and correct - a GS Mini. Now upgraded to the new GTe Urban Ash ... beautiful.
 
It would be worth trying to persuade your nurse to switch you to a different brand of needle - my surgery switched me to the Omnican ones a few years ago, cheaper and definitely nastier than the previous ones. When I pointed out the increase in pain, bruising and lumpiness I was switched back. The CCG have rec ently switched everyone again to another brand to save money, but this time the new needles are fine for me.
 
With apologies to the OP for taking this slightly off topic, I’m intrigued as to how many people seem to be able to get BD needles prescribed. I remember them fondly! The CCG I was under at the time stopped allowing them to be prescribed more than 10 years ago. My current CCG approve GlucoRXCarepoint, or Carefine, and that’s it.
 
I agree - ask to be changed to BD Microfine needles at the appropriate length for you. Say your current needles are hurting and bruising you excessively. You might even be able to get a trial pack of the BD ones.
 
I was prescribed BD until earlier this year but now on GlucoRx Carepoint. I am not convinced that BD were significantly better for me as they also bruised and caused pain quite regularly too. It really just seems to me that either I hit a good spot on my body or I don't. I'm on a roll at the moment as the last 4 injections caused minimal to no discomfort :D
 
A month on from my previous posts and a lot has happened thanks to the advice I was given.... I finally managed to get an appointment with the Diabetic Nurse, who was very helpful. HbA1c was 49. I'm now on a background dose and three rapid doses a day. My readings are a bit all over the place but I think I'm heading in the right direction.
My details now are... 4 units of NovoRapid x3 a day, 12 units of Abasaglar once a day, and I changed to Tricare needles which seem better. I'm checking my glucose levels 5-8 times a day.
There are two factors which are complicating things - I'm quite active, so tennis and golf, both twice a week, plus dog walking; then drinking wine and beer (yes I know I need to cut down), all make glucose levels fluctuate all over the place and I'm not sure how to adjust things. Nurse says I need to give a bit more time to establish a regime.
For instance, I've just arrived at a 4-day music festival in Shrewsbury and I'm already finding it a challenge to decide when and how much beer /food to intake (max. probably 3 pints).
Really I just want to enjoy myself but all the jabbing is a pain in the .... well you know where.
Sorry for long post, I just woke up very early in a cold campervan and am warming up with a nice cup of tea!
 
Good to hear things are going better for you @flashfolly Changing onto the two separate insulins rather than the mixed will give you much more flexibility. It’s still fairly early days with regard to your insulin change and it does take a while to get used to. I remember swapping from two injections a day to four injections and I wanted to give it up at first! As you say, it did seem a lot of jabbing! However, after I got used to it (it took a few months) I never thought about it again.

I see you’re on fixed doses of the Novorapid. Hopefully, once things settle, you’ll be shown how to adjust that amount according to the amount of carbs you’re about to eat. Again, that will give you more flexibility.

For the tennis, golf and dog-walking, if you’re dropping low then you can either eat a few more carbs at the meal beforehand if it’s soon after a meal eg if you play golf after lunch, just eat a few more carbs for lunch that day. You can also top up with glucose and a small carby snack if needed.

Normal dry table wine shouldn’t affect your blood sugar much, but the beer might because it contains a reasonable amount of carbs. Some people find they need a small dose of fast-acting insulin beforehand to counter these carbs. That would be something to discuss with your nurse.

Enjoy your music festival! 😎
 
Inka said:
Normal dry table wine shouldn’t affect your blood sugar much, but the beer might because it contains a reasonable amount of carbs. Some people find they need a small dose of fast-acting insulin beforehand to counter these carbs. That would be something to discuss with your nurse.

Enjoy your music festival! 😎
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Ha. - whenever I mention drinking alcohol the nurse always raises a disapproving eyebrow!

But thanks for the comments.... useful as always.

And the festival was great, thankfully back now to my nice warm bed!

Best regards, Nick
 
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