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Just a little rant
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bennyg70
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I think a reduction no matter how small should be commended. Its going in the right direction and you have addressed and recognised that you wish to reduce the HBA1C.
I think the next step should be to identify 1 area where you feel a weakness.
Ie
* maybe the basal isnt quite right,
* you have a pattern of high blood sugars at a particular time.
* Investigate 1 hour spikes after food.
* Investigate and tailor your diet to what does and dosnt spike you
* Maybe introduce a little exercise after dinner
* Reduce carb intake at meals by 10%
.. Just little things like that 1 at a time. Baby steps, and head toward decreasing it slowly.
Sometimes we become so snowblind by all the factors that it takes a step back to look at he bigger picture and break it down into smaller peices to tackle 1 by 1 well... Rather than the whole thing in one go!
Theres enough arguement out there that decreasing your hba1c rapidly is a risk to eyes and vessels etc. so dont veiw a small decrease as a bad thing. If your next is another .2 drop, then were into the 7s, a couple more down the line, the low 7s 🙂
Again well done ont he decrease and keep it up. What ever you do, do not give up !
I think the next step should be to identify 1 area where you feel a weakness.
Ie
* maybe the basal isnt quite right,
* you have a pattern of high blood sugars at a particular time.
* Investigate 1 hour spikes after food.
* Investigate and tailor your diet to what does and dosnt spike you
* Maybe introduce a little exercise after dinner
* Reduce carb intake at meals by 10%
.. Just little things like that 1 at a time. Baby steps, and head toward decreasing it slowly.
Sometimes we become so snowblind by all the factors that it takes a step back to look at he bigger picture and break it down into smaller peices to tackle 1 by 1 well... Rather than the whole thing in one go!
Theres enough arguement out there that decreasing your hba1c rapidly is a risk to eyes and vessels etc. so dont veiw a small decrease as a bad thing. If your next is another .2 drop, then were into the 7s, a couple more down the line, the low 7s 🙂
Again well done ont he decrease and keep it up. What ever you do, do not give up !
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Thanks for the support. As per usual I want everything brilliant at once! lol. I have loads of spikes. Looks like the insulin is just gonna have to be taken even early than 15-25 mins no matter what I eat!
There has been mention of a pump seeing as would like a baby...... bit weary of this😱
There has been mention of a pump seeing as would like a baby...... bit weary of this😱
Northerner
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As has been said, I think that the delay of the seasonal changes might have had an effect, so an improvement, however small, is good! If you can tackle those spikes then it will really help 🙂 I sometimes inject 45 minutes before I eat, particularly for breakfast and depending on what my levels are to start with.
Wishing you success, and it would be especially helpful if you could get a pump and get used to it before trying for a baby! 🙂
bennyg70
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Too many changes at once will confuse you and you wont know what improved what and how this works with that!
I fire fought for many years and had no idea what insuins were doing what and what i needed to change or anything. Test Test and test again, keep records and note foods you eat and how you respond.
Bevs sticky (Bevs big night in) post at the top of the food section is a burst of insiration and you can see how people react different to different foods. Try some of them out for your own benifit and see what goes on behind the scenes for those 2 hours before you may test! When you get to know a food you know how to deal with it if you can and can hamper those spikes in the best way possible. And yes injecting up front can be necesary depending on the time of day and food. I always need to inject up front. In the morning I will inject an hour before eating. However it took a fair bit of experimenting to come to this conclusion!
Wow I had no idea some people injected that early! They make out that the fast actinvg insulin is fast fast fast... definitely not in my case! Yes I will consider the seasonal changes! Im just gonna blane it all on that quite frankly lol
Vix
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I think a drop, no matter how small is going in the right direction so well done! It's easy to be hard on yourself when not as good as you hope for but it hasn't gone up so you are doing something right somewhere...
Mine came down from 9.1 to 7.6 last time and I nearly fell off my chair even though my daily readings seemed worse, so I'm not even going to guess what my next one will be in 2 weeks - I'd love it to be less than 7.0 so we could start trying for a family! But in all honesty I will be happy if it hasn't gone up
xx
Mine came down from 9.1 to 7.6 last time and I nearly fell off my chair even though my daily readings seemed worse, so I'm not even going to guess what my next one will be in 2 weeks - I'd love it to be less than 7.0 so we could start trying for a family! But in all honesty I will be happy if it hasn't gone up
xx
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