Baseline challenges

[Jon-Manchester]

Hi,

I am not sure if I should be happy or cry in despair (I say this very much tongue in cheek).
I switched to Levermir a few months ago from Lantus and yesterday I realised that I haven’t done a baseline check since I did the switch to Levemir. I take 7 units of Levemir in the morning and 9 at night.

So this morning I decided I wouldn’t eat any carbs and check how my blood sugar would behave and change dosage accordinlgy. I was thinking of waiting first to see how quickly my blood sugar rose before I took my dose of 7...

As it happens work over took things I completely missed taking my Levemir dose this morning and get the result as in the picture…

I am assuming because I am still in the ‘honeymoon’ period (as I havent been cured) for some reason my pancreas produced enough insulin for a non carb morning, at least today.

But what I do? Do I just ignore today’s test, take my normal 7 units and try it again tomorrow?

If anyone can remember their diabetic honeymoon period, how would you handle it?

Thanks Jon

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Interesting @Jon-Manchester!

I would re-run the experiment but take your 7u as you had intended to.

My simplistic understanding of the way the pancreas reacts in non-D types is that it is very much on a ‘closed loop’ model. the body responds rapidly to rising BGs with insulin that is immediately available and can be immediately switched off (with no long tail) as an when it is needed, and balances with releasing glucagon where that is needed too.

So perhaps your pancreas called in to work because you skipped your jab, but didn’t put too much pressure on (roughly 0.5u per hour maybe?), but if you’d have taken your lev it would have had the morning off?

 

[Jon-Manchester]

Interesting @Jon-Manchester!

I would re-run the experiment but take your 7u as you had intended to.

My simplistic understanding of the way the pancreas reacts in non-D types is that it is very much on a ‘closed loop’ model. the body responds rapidly to rising BGs with insulin that is immediately available and can be immediately switched off (with no long tail) as an when it is needed, and balances with releasing glucagon where that is needed too.

So perhaps your pancreas called in to work because you skipped your jab, but didn’t put too much pressure on (roughly 0.5u per hour maybe?), but if you’d have taken your lev it would have had the morning off?

Thank you Mike. I did as you say but not been able to do a basal test so I have stuck to my existing 7u and 9 u.
I will redo the test when things are back to normal