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Hey Northerner! Good to see you again - glad you're not sick of my whining (I read some of your advice on other threads!)

Yeh, I definitely think I am going to inject 15mins earlier. I tend to have a bit of chicken and salad for lunch - with some dressing on it - and my BS holds nicely so I don't think it matters that I inject closer to eating.

But I do think that it's the problem in the morning. As you said, cereals spike about 20mins after eating so I need to try get the insulin to spike at the same time.

Cool will try tomorrow. I have a feeling it's going to sort it out. Also, the drop off on other mornings was probably from too much insulin and that's what hid the spikes. Since dropping it to 2 units, it probably covers the carbs but not at the right time.

Hurrah!

Oh and will try in the tummy. I am shooting up in the leg this week and I keep finding it stings a bit or sometimes I get a spot of blood. I know that is potentially shooting up into the muscle then so will see if I get the same reaction from the tummy. Well - will try the leg again tomorrow and see the reaction and then will do the tummy on Saturday. Go Compare dot com

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Ah OK. Right... If you've had other results with (almost exactly) the same morning routine then one or other of the following may apply:

  1. It might be to do with the coffee (which *can* raise BGs in some people, especially if strong/filter)
  2. It might be 'just one of those things' - no two days are really identical... You will find this more and more with your D. Minute differences in hormones/activity the previous day/stress/ambient temperature (no really!) a thousand and one things can have a noticeable, but not really predictable effect 🙄
  3. It might actually have been the same result after all. Test strips only need to be within 20% of a 'lab' test 95% of the time, so our datafeed can be pretty sloppy. Fortunately they are usually *much* more accurate than that, but a 'real' reading of 7.5 could show as 6.0 or 9.0 or anywhere inbetween and still count as being 'the same' as far as the requirements for meter accuracy is concerned

At the end of the day we can strive for 'perfection', but it's not worth getting massively stressed over the teeny tiny differences because the number of variables and/or method of measurement aren't really up to it

Fun fun fun! :D
 
Yeh I guess this is the thing. Sometimes, when people say "good control" to a control freak, I don't think they understand the impact that that can have. My idea of "good control" is knowing everything, having everything perfect, having an answer to everything. But I guess (from what I've read) that a lot of diabetes is unknown as well so I need to accept that sometimes, I need to just accept that on occasion it will be an anomaly.

Being able to say "it's just one of those things" means that maybe my idea of "good control" is TOTALLY too controlling for something like this.

I don't mind though. Rather go in and figure things out - read books (the math equations are what are leaving me a bit....erm...."maybe I will do these later"), chat to people, gather information, do a full-body audit, figure out what makes my body tick....then chuck in some variables.

I am going running this weekend so that could be interesting too!! :D
 
Type1oClock said:
I am going running this weekend so that could be interesting too!! :D
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Take water with you, take your meter, take some fast-acting carbs (ideally liquid and carbonated) and test about every 30 mins or so - at least for the first few times 🙂

Oh - and don't run if you are over 12 (not that you seem to be up at that level often)

www.runsweet.com is a useful resource 🙂
 
Awesome thanks!

I found runsweet my first week out of hospital - brilliant site and massively positive.

I am going to run for 30mins to see what happens. Thanks for the pointers though - will definitely take the lot. And my husband can run with me and carry all my goodies. He will be thrilled that I can get out and run with him again!

I've not hit 12 since I was discharged (yay!). But I will definitely not run if I am either too high or two low.

Thanks so much 🙂
 
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I took my sugar this morning upon waking and was a nice 5.4. I had breakfast - injected 2 units to match the amount of cornflakes (I weighed it, got the grammage, worked out the milk grammage and worked out the total of units I would need) and ate right away. Two hours later, my sugar was at 9.1. I had also increased my basal to 9 units because I want my sugar to be slightly lower (I am not getting hypos when I eat properly etc etc).

NOW - when I injected, it stung a bit
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EXACTLY the same as what happened to me this morning, had some pain/stinging when injecting with breakfast and FIVE hours later my very nice and lowest ever waking reading of 5.8 was up at 11.5!!!

I ate the same as I did on Monday and Tuesday with the same dose of NovoRapid but this time it just didn't work!

I think I hit an area that maybe hadn't recovered from the last injection or maybe even muscle (though I don't have a lot of that!)

I'll chalk this one up to experience and keep an eye out for the same effect again.

Hope you're feeling well and confident enough to try for a baby again soon, I guess you sure have motivation to get on top of everything!!

PS, does you're husband know you call him a horse 🙂

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I am getting back on that horse
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I call him lots of things :D

He feels left out with all the attention I am getting with the recent diagnosis and has just managed to get himself some man flu.

I have never seen anyone in a worse state!! :D
 
Hi! I noticed you're in London - have you heard of North London Young Diabetics (NLYD)? It's a social/support group type thing for people with diabetes in London. It's aimed at people under 30 but noone checks ID 😉 we meet once a month, roughly, alternating between drinks in a pub (last time we went for 2-for-1 cocktails in Be At 1 near Piccadilly Circus in central London) and social outings (next one should be to a beach at the end of July!).

The FB page is here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/115827781765066/

S x
 
Yeh the doctors and therapists said that yesterday as well.

They said I'd pretty much done much more than most other patients and have taken on board my desire to breed. They're booking me in ASAP to all the preconception clinics and DAPHNE etc etc and have said they've pretty much not seen many people get a handle on their diabetes as quickly.

I spoke to her about the cholesterol thing and she said seeing that I am young (ish) and fit, she isn't going to bother about checking it again until my BS is back under control. She said the sugar will make it higher anyway and she will check when it's "normal" to check. She also said cholesterol will increase with pregnancy anyway and it wasn't something she was concerned about.

I also voiced some opinions of people of the forums I've visited and she said that she didn't think I would "burn out". The therapist also said that I am dealing with it how I deal with everything (the quicker I have it under control, the quicker life goes back to semi-normal). She said as a result of that, if I felt like I was getting overwhelmed, she had no doubt that I would either ask for help or just adjust my coping mechanism.

I also asked about the "honeymoon" period and they said given that they don't know how long it lasts (weeks, months, years) or the extent to which I am even in it (if I am), or if I will be - they don't think it's a reason to put off pregnancy at all.

They seemed that positive with my attitude and the progress made, as well as taking on board what I said about pregnancy and are all keen to get me to pregnancy point asap.

I did say that the diabetes is manageable but the more they put off pregnancy or things like training, the more I believe diabetes affects my ability to live a normal life.

I was really happy with my therapy and clinic session. My hba1c has gone (in 4 weeks) from 15.5% upon being admitted to A&E (BS at 37), 12.7% 8 days ago and 11.9% yesterday so it's coming down nicely.
 
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