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Group 7-day waking average?

8.0 last night and 6.1 this morning. No night hypos.
 
4.5 for me this morning after a lie in. But odd as I was 8.2 at 7am when I switched the alarm off
 
4.7 today 🙂
 
Before bed last night @ 10.35pm - 8.2 🙂
Waking test today @ 7am - 5.9 🙂
Pre brekkie @ 9.10am - 9.6 😡
 
sacol4940 said:
Before bed last night @ 10.35pm - 8.2 🙂
Waking test today @ 7am - 5.9 🙂
Pre brekkie @ 9.10am - 9.6 😡
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.....pumping will help massively with your DP! 🙂
 
5.4 for me....happy! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Eek! I wonder if it is anything to do with your recent weight loss? I have found that just a couple of pounds loss can make a difference to me - I suppose it's all to do with the loss of visceral fat, certainly in my case as the only place I am carrying extra weight is around my middle.
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I usually have to reduce BI when I loose weight, but was having to take adjustment doses at each meal, I thin because my activities have been fairly sedentary last week or two, so increased it again. Numbers have been good. Went to bed on 8.5 but did an adjustment of 1 unit - should have left it alone I think! Have had another drop to 3.5 this morning, so might need to adjust BI down again, I'll see how it goes - could be the effect of more weight loss as you say.
 
14.2 - bedtime
2.8 - this morning
( 😡 so different to the night before, why?? can you see things that I can't?)

- tea & QA 18.57
- BI done at 22.40pm - slightly later than 22.00pm but no real reason.
- supper was a little bit of tuna mixed with a slice of corned beef so just protein just carbs - same as the night before and same amount
- bedtime test done 23.11 & before having supper instead of after, also no snacks during the evening.
- 03.14am during night - 7.8
 
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whiskysmum said:
14.2 - bedtime
2.8 - this morning
( 😡 so different to the night before, why?? can you see things that I can't?)

- tea & QA 18.57
- BI done at 22.40pm - slightly later than 22.00pm but no real reason.
- supper was a little bit of tuna mixed with a slice of corned beef so just protein just carbs - same as the night before and same amount
- bedtime test done 23.11 & before having supper instead of after, also no snacks during the evening.
- 03.14am during night - 7.8
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That's a huge drop Gill, and I can see why you would be confused :( You dropped considerably during the night and continued to fall, it seems, which I think can only be due to your basal being too high. I think that your fall is generally less-pronounced when you have some carbs at suppertime, which again would suggest you are needing to offset too high a basal. Certainly, if I was 7.8 at 3:14 am I would not expect to fall a further 5 mmol/l 😱

The only other thing I can think of is that maybe your injection sites have become compromiseed, and your evening mealtime insulin is 'pooling' and then getting released much later than expected - do you rotate your sites, and have you had them checked by your DSN?
 
Northerner said:
That's a huge drop Gill, and I can see why you would be confused :( You dropped considerably during the night and continued to fall, it seems, which I think can only be due to your basal being too high. I think that your fall is generally less-pronounced when you have some carbs at suppertime, which again would suggest you are needing to offset too high a basal. Certainly, if I was 7.8 at 3:14 am I would not expect to fall a further 5 mmol/l 😱
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Haven't been having a carby supper due to the last two nights doing basal testing - hope I'm doing it the correct way by having no carbs and testing during the night.
Do I do another night of basal testing?
Do I have a small amount of carbs for supper once I've finished with the basal testing?
Should I reduce BI?
Haven't done the 50/50 split yet (Lantus - Split thread) & (Lantus - Split (2) - scared! thread) was also considering doing BI earlier in the evening - 7.00pm instead of 10.00pm.


Northerner said:
The only other thing I can think of is that maybe your injection sites have become compromiseed, and your evening mealtime insulin is 'pooling' and then getting released much later than expected - do you rotate your sites, and have you had them checked by your DSN?
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Yes I rotate my injection sites - in my stomach and DSN has checked them, all is ok.
 
Morning. 8.1 today - better than the 3.3 yesterday!
 
4.6 today - After a kentucky last ngiht... somethings going on!!!
 
runner said:
Morning. 8.1 today - better than the 3.3 yesterday!
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Thanks Northy ! My consultant at hospital kept telling me I must not adjust my Lantus at bedtime regardless of my physical activity or food intake. I should only adjust my Novorapid. Last night I was rushing and only had beans on toast for dinner after a fairly physical day up and down ladders so reduced Lantus from around 15 to 10 units and will do an extra check mid morning to make sure I don't creep up. Usually works for me. If I had not reduced the Lantus at bedtime I would obviously have been hypo in night. I'm sure my logic is right ?!
 
Sorry runner ! Didn't mean to include your post in mine. Haven't quite got the hang of this posting thing !!
 
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