Am i doing something wrong or not..olease explain like im five if this is "normal""

[everydayupsanddowns]

they did say that incould keep track of the carbs in my meals but without the ratio I can't realy do much with that info) I often don't have much difficulty getting myself down to my premeal level when I have a sensor that is relatively accurate.

When I started I was put on fixed doses too. The idea of keeping track of food carbs is a pretty helpful one I’d say. It is very like insulin:carb ratio, but in reverse. You have your doses, and they stay the same. So in time, by keeping track of your carb intake, and with a little experimentation, you’ll learn what your ‘allocation’ is at each meal. So you’ll be able to eat whatever you like as long as it totals ‘x’ amount of carbs for breakfast, ‘y’ carbs for lunch, and ‘z’ carbs for evening meal.

Depending on what you eat you may find that some meals end up needing to be smaller that you may have had before, and others may need to be larger. Eg only a relatively small portion of pasta, but a pretty hefty amount of new potatoes with a salad. I ate with that sort of mix-and-match approach for years, and it’s a very effective way of doing things, but just a bit limited in some ways 🙂

 

[Sara Grice]

Please try and not get too hung up on the numbers @Sara Grice (I did for a while and it was very stressful) - if you are in the "Normal" Range before your next meal than all is good is the way I approach it now - and as many have mentioned before don't worry too much about the differences in Libre and Finger Pricks - they really are an indication - on the Libre look at the trend arrows rather than the number (that's what I do) - we all "get it" as it is all very overwhelming at first but it definitely gets easier (and cheese is a great snack as it contains zero carbs (shame I don't like it myself!!)) - you're doing great 🙂

It's just so hard to not focus on the numbers, I just don't know what changed between yesterday where things seamed to match up with my sensor pretty well..and today, when my blood readings have been 1-2 mmol/ml higher, the only thing I can think that's different is I did start a new tub of testing strips, but there new, they should be accurate so I can realy only guess my libre decided this morning 5 days into it's life it was gonna run low bleh, letting out my frustrations on here has actually helped alot I am not as upset and stressed.

And yeah it's becoming my go to snack

 

[Leadinglights]

It's just so hard to not focus on the numbers, I just don't know what changed between yesterday where things seamed to match up with my sensor pretty well..and today, when my blood readings have been 1-2 mmol/ml higher, the only thing I can think that's different is I did start a new tub of testing strips, but there new, they should be accurate so I can realy only guess my libre decided this morning 5 days into it's life it was gonna run low bleh, letting out my frustrations on here has actually helped alot I am not as upset and stressed.

And yeah it's becoming my go to snack

If you look at the table in point 16 in this thread you will see that the difference is well within the permitted accuracy of blood glucose monitors and obviously the difference is bigger the higher the level as it is a %.

 

[Sara Grice]

If you look at the table in point 16 in this thread you will see that the difference is well within the permitted accuracy of blood glucose monitors and obviously the difference is bigger the higher the level as it is a %.

I get it is in the considered normal range, I get it feels bigger to me

guess am just more confused as to what could have caused the change becuase if it had been kinda off from the beginning that i could just say we'll sometimes sensors do that, but it seamed fine untill this morning, do you understand? Hard not to think some sort of human error could have been involved but I dunno what

 

[Leadinglights]

I get it is in the considered normal range, I get it feels bigger to me

guess am just more confused as to what could have caused the change becuase if it had been kinda off from the beginning that i could just say we'll sometimes sensors do that, but it seamed fine untill this morning, do you understand? Hard not to think some sort of human error could have been involved but I dunno what

What I was suggesting is you are attributing more accuracy to the numbers that exists, for example if your reading is 9 it could actually be anything between 7.65 and 10.59 and if the reading is 7 so a theoretical 2mmol/l difference it could be anything between 5.95 and 8.24 and you will see there is overlap in those ranges so your reading could be the same.
There is a list somewhere that indicates there are 42 factors which can influence blood glucose levels not just food.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I get it is in the considered normal range, I get it feels bigger to me

guess am just more confused as to what could have caused the change becuase if it had been kinda off from the beginning that i could just say we'll sometimes sensors do that, but it seamed fine untill this morning, do you understand? Hard not to think some sort of human error could have been involved but I dunno what

It’s frustrating @Sara Grice but try not to get too stressed about it. Sometimes sensors drift… or one pot of strips is different to another… or you’re not quite so hydrated… or the sensor filament has just wiggled and resettled a bit in your arm. If you had a calibration option, you’d just have calibrated and moved on.

Sensors are great, and they provide (mostly) very reliable and usable information… but this is diabetes and biology, not maths and laser-accurate engineering. The numbers are just a bit ‘squidgy’ I’m afraid. And always will be.

 

[Standup]

I'm a type 3c so different again but maybe you could focus on the time in range rather than the numbers. With no pancreas I'm not likely to get nice straight lines however hard I try and the aim for me is to stay 70% 'in range'. Means not worrying about individual numbers at specific times. Also if you're on fixed doses you can't take corrections so use your alarms to know when you need to have a jelly baby or go for a walk.

And as this is all new to you its going to take a while to get to know your body and how it responds to carbs and insulin.