• Please Remember: Members are only permitted to share their own experiences. Members are not qualified to give medical advice. Additionally, everyone manages their health differently. Please be respectful of other people's opinions about their own diabetes management.
  • We seem to be having technical difficulties with new user accounts. If you are trying to register please check your Spam or Junk folder for your confirmation email. If you still haven't received a confirmation email, please reach out to our support inbox: support.forum@diabetes.org.uk

Group 7-day waking average?

Smiling again today as I hit another low...6.1 🙂
 
Northerner said:
[does a little dance]Woohoo!!! :D So pleased Doddy! Remember those days when you were reporting 17s or 18s every day? 😱
Click to expand...

I do remember the days when I was no lower than 17!!! I am now rarely above 9...and thats after a bad meal and i have been naughty! I am loving this new way of dealing with all this...I am kinda excited to go to the GP next week and report my fab numbers...just hope she doens't tell me I can't carb count and am to go back to fixed doses...dont see how she could warrant saying that tho as this way is working and I am taking less insulin!
 
Doddy said:
I do remember the days when I was no lower than 17!!! I am now rarely above 9...and thats after a bad meal and i have been naughty! I am loving this new way of dealing with all this...I am kinda excited to go to the GP next week and report my fab numbers...just hope she doens't tell me I can't carb count and am to go back to fixed doses...dont see how she could warrant saying that tho as this way is working and I am taking less insulin!
Click to expand...

What you are doing is working, so there would be no need to change things even if your GP said you ought to (why, I couldn't guess but sometimes they like to think you should only follow their instructions! 🙄)
 
Northerner said:
Any idea what might have caused it scotty? What were you before bed?
Click to expand...

it was my own fault robbed a couple of my partners choclates wish she would hide them lol
 
5 today....🙂
 
8.7 this grey morning, but good morning everyone
 
I've decided to celebrate my breakfast sugars irrespective of whether I had to inject during the night. So today is 5.0 hooray😡
 
4.3 today....🙂
 
6.4 this morning 🙂
 
4.7 today....🙂
 
Another 6.4 for me today 🙂
Opinions.....is this ok, or should I aim for a little lower? im jsut worried if I increase my lantus anymore, i might be heading towards hypo territory as i sit around 5 most of the day...sometimes below if i don't eat.
 
Doddy said:
Another 6.4 for me today 🙂
Opinions.....is this ok, or should I aim for a little lower? im jsut worried if I increase my lantus anymore, i might be heading towards hypo territory as i sit around 5 most of the day...sometimes below if i don't eat.
Click to expand...

I would say that this is acceptable as a morning reading. Many people struggle to get close to this and as you say, your daytime readings are good. We're just that little bit more insulin resistant in the mornings, and our livers are just a bit more active - it's hard to tailor a basal insulin like lantus to cope with this and the changing sensitivity as the day progresses. 🙂 It is possible to split the lantus, but at your current levels I wouldn't think it's worth the trouble.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top