First clinic appt tomorrow - nervous

[Northerner]

Aha! Thought it seemed suspect lol!

Since diagnosis my lantus has gone from 20 units to 2, and I'm contemplating reducing it to 1 as I've woken to a few 4s recently - there's summat going on! 😉

 

[Tina63]

We were taught the basics of carb counting within days of my son's diagnosis. Have never been given any more information really, but started off with loads of sheets with carb info on (basics like potatoes, rice, pasta, various fruit etc) and told to always look at labels and avoid any cereals with over 1/3 of the carbs being sugar. We were told a 'normal' packed lunch is fine - sandwiches, crisps, fruit & chocolate bar. Diet drinks only. We have got on fine with that, and when my son conforms properly to that, his levels come down really nicely. When he ignores that information, up they go. It really does work. I cannot understand why people are not told that from the off.

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Great news on your A1c.

Like others, I would also value overnight testing before/after basal adjustments to see what effect is happening - and other times when early morning BGs seem to be drifting to no reason.

As to carb counting... Just start! Take a look at the BDEC online course, or just begin keeping records of grams of carbs eaten against your fixed doses. Once you can see what g of carbs you can happily eat with x units, you can stick to those amounts until you get some training 🙂

 

[spiritfree]

Well done twitchy. Fantastic result. I get my results on 28th. I always dread it.