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Group 7-day waking average?

another 12.6 cant get to grips with this all over the place Diabetes please come back to normal soon 🙂
 
5.5 today..I did eat a Naked bar before bed...🙄
 
7.3 for me.....too many wine gums before bed me thinks!
 
8.0 this morning. Disappointed as I went to bed on 6.7. Was hoping I would therefore wake up a bit lower!
 
Doddy said:
8.0 this morning. Disappointed as I went to bed on 6.7. Was hoping I would therefore wake up a bit lower!
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Hey, that's GOOD 🙂 Really, you are doing very well for someone so new to this 🙂 How soon after rising did you test?
 
Northerner said:
Hey, that's GOOD 🙂 Really, you are doing very well for someone so new to this 🙂 How soon after rising did you test?
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I test before I even get out of bed! I have been quite strict with my diet these last few days, and have changed so that we have dinner at dinner time (1pm ish) and then a light tea in the evening, so I am not higher going to bed. Which is why I was disappointed waking up on 8. Does this mean the lantus is wearing off by then...

thanks Northie...you are so encouraging 😉
 
Doddy said:
I test before I even get out of bed! I have been quite strict with my diet these last few days, and have changed so that we have dinner at dinner time (1pm ish) and then a light tea in the evening, so I am not higher going to bed. Which is why I was disappointed waking up on 8. Does this mean the lantus is wearing off by then...

thanks Northie...you are so encouraging 😉
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The lantus is probably tailing off, but a rise of 1.3 mmol/l indicates that it is pretty much spot on for your needs overnight. Any more and it might send you too low overnight. You say you are having a light tea, are you still taking the same dose of insulin as you were when you were having 'dinner' in the evening? If so, then it shows that the dose is about right for the amount of carbs you are now having in the evening. A 6.7 before bed is very good - many people actually prefer to be higher because of the fear of night hypos, but it is not a concern for you given your results, since they show a small rise rather than a fall. 🙂
 
Northerner said:
The lantus is probably tailing off, but a rise of 1.3 mmol/l indicates that it is pretty much spot on for your needs overnight. Any more and it might send you too low overnight. You say you are having a light tea, are you still taking the same dose of insulin as you were when you were having 'dinner' in the evening? If so, then it shows that the dose is about right for the amount of carbs you are now having in the evening. A 6.7 before bed is very good - many people actually prefer to be higher because of the fear of night hypos, but it is not a concern for you given your results, since they show a small rise rather than a fall. 🙂
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I guess this is where the education comes in. If i am sensible and a "good" tea, then I know my 22u of rapid cover me well. Which is why I think i need to carb count and dose accordingly. I feel I am almost there, and now you have said the lantus is tailing off but still doing an ok job i am happier 😉
I think my next step is to take the plunge, and do a carb count meal and dose accordingly.
Is 8 still an acceptable waking figure, or should I hope for lower?
 
Doddy said:
I guess this is where the education comes in. If i am sensible and a "good" tea, then I know my 22u of rapid cover me well. Which is why I think i need to carb count and dose accordingly. I feel I am almost there, and now you have said the lantus is tailing off but still doing an ok job i am happier 😉
I think my next step is to take the plunge, and do a carb count meal and dose accordingly.
Is 8 still an acceptable waking figure, or should I hope for lower?
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8 is a little on the high side still, ideally you'd want to wake on 7 or below, but as I said earlier, you're still pretty new to this and I'm sure you will get there before too long 🙂
 
Northerner said:
8 is a little on the high side still, ideally you'd want to wake on 7 or below, but as I said earlier, you're still pretty new to this and I'm sure you will get there before too long 🙂
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Sorry for all the questions....how will i get there tho? If i went to bed lower, is it a case of upping the lantus a little?
 
Doddy said:
Sorry for all the questions....how will i get there tho? If i went to bed lower, is it a case of upping the lantus a little?
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I think that, from seeing your waking levels compared to your bedtime levels, that if you were lower before bed you would wake lower - no extra lantus needed. An acceptable variation in levels overnight is 1-2 mmol/l (in an ideal world of course!), and this appears to be what you experience 🙂

Don't worry about asking questions - it's why we're here! 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I think that, from seeing your waking levels compared to your bedtime levels, that if you were lower before bed you would wake lower - no extra lantus needed. An acceptable variation in levels overnight is 1-2 mmol/l (in an ideal world of course!), and this appears to be what you experience 🙂

Don't worry about asking questions - it's why we're here! 🙂
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Bless you! Ok...so to wake lower, be lower going to bed...upping the rapid in the evening??
 
5.7 this morning - I thought wooo hoooo Im cured

Alas no - 2hrs later 3.9 Hypo - :(

Realise now why - normally I take 4u to cover my 2 x weetabix, milk and 1 teaspoon of sugar (I like it on by weetabixes). I took 4u this morning and now realise I forgot to put the sugar on (it seems I dont need it afterall and can still enjoy my weetabix). So I think 3u only for when no sugar and hence the hypo 2 hours later.

300ml of lucozade and a banana (through very shaky hands) within 7 minutes I went from 3.7 to 8.4

It continues to amaze me how sensitive the body (our bodies are) to the smallest things
 
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