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Group 7-day waking average?

Another 5.1
 
12.6 today, have been on hols for last couple of weeks, but reasonably stable fasting BG around 11-13. Not done much testing through the day due to hols, and lack of strips (I have been buying my own as they wont give me enough).

She did give me 200 strips last night though - should see me through for a while!!!
 
oops 6.5 this morning

I dropped Lantus by a couple of units last night, but I think it is more likely to be as a result of a very late (10.30) evenin meal

hayho
 
Hazel said:
oops 6.5 this morning

I dropped Lantus by a couple of units last night, but I think it is more likely to be as a result of a very late (10.30) evenin meal

hayho
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We all get blips Hazel, and it sounds like you have a possible explanation for this one so all is good - and it's still within range! 🙂
 
Emmaathome said:
12.6 today, have been on hols for last couple of weeks, but reasonably stable fasting BG around 11-13. Not done much testing through the day due to hols, and lack of strips (I have been buying my own as they wont give me enough).

She did give me 200 strips last night though - should see me through for a while!!!
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Time to really get to grips with things then Emma, and try and get those waking levels into single figures 🙂 Have a read of Test,Review, Adjust by Alan S fr a guide to efficient testing 🙂

edit: I see you are still increasing your lantus - hope it does the job for you soon! 🙂
 
my levels have been diabolical over the last few months...... never below 8 😡
yesterday 11.1 and this morning 9.5 :(

my partner agrees with me that there seems to be no correlation between my BG levels and what I eat
 
macast said:
my levels have been diabolical over the last few months...... never below 8 😡
yesterday 11.1 and this morning 9.5 :(
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Undesirable, but understandable with all the stresses you have been through. Hope you start to see the light at the end of the tunnel soon 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Do you know what your level was like before bed? Don't lose hope! Can I ask if you manage to do much exercise each day? This can be a tremendous help as it really helps make your body more sensitive to the insulin, making it work much better 🙂
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I was at 14 going to bed. I woke up at 1am feeling very thirsty, and feeling out of sorts. I recognise this feeling now, and used to get it when i was 21+mmols. Now I got it at 17...

however, half an hour ago, I tested 2 hrs after breakfast (cheese on toast) and I am down to 10.9 🙂 Another "lowest figure yet". i increased myself this morning to 28u...is this ok to do? I am tempted to increase myself to 30 tomoz morning if I wake up in the 14's again...I feel confident to do it, and cuz I am not down into single figures, I feel I have room to do one more increase myself...or should I wait for the GP to tell me?
 
Doddy said:
I was at 14 going to bed. I woke up at 1am feeling very thirsty, and feeling out of sorts. I recognise this feeling now, and used to get it when i was 21+mmols. Now I got it at 17...

however, half an hour ago, I tested 2 hrs after breakfast (cheese on toast) and I am down to 10.9 🙂 Another "lowest figure yet". i increased myself this morning to 28u...is this ok to do? I am tempted to increase myself to 30 tomoz morning if I wake up in the 14's again...I feel confident to do it, and cuz I am not down into single figures, I feel I have room to do one more increase myself...or should I wait for the GP to tell me?
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I'm afraid we can't offer medical advice, but could you call your doctor and tell him what you want to do? When will you next speak to him/her? I must admit that I was adjusting my doses within a couple of weeks of leaving hospital, but I was on a different regime (MDI) and I'm not sure at all about mixed insulins. The 10.9 looks promising! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I'm afraid we can't offer medical advice, but could you call your doctor and tell him what you want to do? When will you next speak to him/her? I must admit that I was adjusting my doses within a couple of weeks of leaving hospital, but I was on a different regime (MDI) and I'm not sure at all about mixed insulins. The 10.9 looks promising! 🙂
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I have emailed my GP, but i don't think she is in today...had to pop into the surgery to pick up repeat prescription, and her name wasn't on the board! :(
I guess I should wait unti I am told to...don't want to end up on the floor. And slowly is better than fast isn't it.
 
Doddy said:
I have emailed my GP, but i don't think she is in today...had to pop into the surgery to pick up repeat prescription, and her name wasn't on the board! :(
I guess I should wait unti I am told to...don't want to end up on the floor. And slowly is better than fast isn't it.
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I think so, I do understand your desire to progress more quickly though - it's just such a shame that it took them so long to start you on insulin in the first place :( I'm predicting a single figure reading by the weekend though! 🙂
 
I am totally confused now!
This afternoon, I got a reading of 9.5. I was so happy! However, my reading just before my dinner has shot up to 15.4
All I have eaten, and I know I shouldn't have, was a little slice of brioche. And I mean a little slice....surely this wouldn't have had such a huge effect.
Im gutted again now!
 
Doddy said:
I am totally confused now!
This afternoon, I got a reading of 9.5. I was so happy! However, my reading just before my dinner has shot up to 15.4
All I have eaten, and I know I shouldn't have, was a little slice of brioche. And I mean a little slice....surely this wouldn't have had such a huge effect.
Im gutted again now!
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Aw! I suspect it was a combination of the brioche and the peaks and troughs of the insulin you are on. Grit your teeth, keep calm and carry on - your reading of 9.5 is promising and you have been making steady progress, try not to be too disheartened by those unwelcome numbers - you will get there! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
Aw! I suspect it was a combination of the brioche and the peaks and troughs of the insulin you are on. Grit your teeth, keep calm and carry on - your reading of 9.5 is promising and you have been making steady progress, try not to be too disheartened by those unwelcome numbers - you will get there! 🙂
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Oooh do you think? It was approaching the time that I take the insulin, so could it have been that it had run out so to speak?? I never thought of that before.

Just when I think I am getting somewhere, i get thrown again!
 
Doddy said:
Oooh do you think? It was approaching the time that I take the insulin, so could it have been that it had run out so to speak?? I never thought of that before.

Just when I think I am getting somewhere, i get thrown again!
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More than possible I would say, particularly since you are not yet on an optimum dose.

It's not straightforward is it? 😱 Don't worry, in no time at all it will seem like second nature - you'll get used to mentally running through all the possible explanations for a high or a low, and learn to accept that sometimes there is no discernible explanation. Each reading is a learning exercise, so try and work out what the number is telling you 🙂
 
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