[Geoff]

Hi DazedSheep, Who is giving you the advice as to not test? Is it your GP or the Specialist at your local hospital? If it is your GP then I would disregard this advice, as many GP’s have little understanding of the special needs and requirements of a type 1 diabetics. At my own surgery they have more than 300 people who are diabetic, but only a handful are type 1, and the diabetic nurse there told me that they have little experience giving advice to type 1, or the use of insulin.

To be running levels of 23mmol/lt is a dangerous thing to do. You can run the risk of developing ketoacidosis (DKA) where your blood becomes acidic, because of excess buildup of ketones due to lack of insulin which encourages glucose uptake into cells and hence suppress ketone production.