Do You Eat If Your BGL's High?

[TheClockworkDodo]

It's funny how it varies throughout the day, isn't it? I've always needed more insulin per g carbs in the morning too.

 

[SB2015]

One thing that I have found works for me, following ideas from on this forum, is that if my BG>10 I increase my correction, and if BG>14 I increase it even more, as the higher the BG the more resistant to insulin I will be.

I am also now using the idea that if my meal is greater than the number from my weight in KG I increase. This was particularly useful over the last few weeks as my meals have definitely been a little larger than usual.

 

[SB2015]

I have just been reading your comments about correction doses. Never heard of them before now. I've only been on insulin since 19.11.16 and am on Apidra before each meal alongside Lantus. My BG levels are mostly high, for example yesterday I was 11.6, 13.8, 18.7, 22.2. These readings are very normal for me; I rarely go below 10. My insulin units have all been put up this week due to my levels so hoping they will start to come down. Is this normal this early on in the life of a type1?! Will I be taught about correction doses?

Your treatments for T1 are in the early stages at present but I would definitely encourage you to get a referral to a Diabetes Specialist Nurse at the hospital (this is not the same as Diabetes Nurse Specialist at a GP practice)
Your will be able to get things a lot more accurate if you are doing correction doses, and adjusting your insulin to match what you choose to eat, which will no doubt vary a great deal. These are all things that you can be taught, at the hospital. I found attending a week long education course, Dose Adjustment For Normal Eating (DAFNE) was excellent. There are similar things in different areas and you should ask for a referral to attend one if you have the opportunity.

PS if you have any questions you might want to start a new thread, as there his the danger of your question being missed if it is in amongst replies to another one.

 

[TheClockworkDodo]

One thing that I have found works for me, following ideas from on this forum, is that if my BG>10 I increase my correction, and if BG>14 I increase it even more, as the higher the BG the more resistant to insulin I will be.

I was told by DSN to do that, when I was first diagnosed - but I have to be really cautious about it, as it only takes a tiny amount of insulin to make my bgl plummet, and the chances are it'll be on its way down anyway!