Group 7-day waking average?

ack,ack......18.5 this morning! :( been so good lately as well! ....Jedied by Northerner again after saying how well everyone is doing 😉
 
Phil65 said:
ack,ack......18.5 this morning! :( been so good lately as well! ....Jedied by Northerner again after saying how well everyone is doing 😉
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That's right, blame me for that chocolate fudge cake you thought you only dreamt eating in the middle of the night! 😱 😉

Hope you can find the cause Phil - faulty cannula?
 
Northerner said:
That's right, blame me for that chocolate fudge cake you thought you only dreamt eating in the middle of the night! 😱 😉

Hope you can find the cause Phil - faulty cannula?
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Yeh...I think so, cartridge low but not empty and cannula was on 3rd day, normally change it every 2 days. Hopefully normality by 10 am, after complete change and correction.
 
7.4 this morning....yay!!
🙂
 
7.9 but had son's farewell party (going travelling) yesterday which basically involved all the things I am trying so hard to avoid. Having said that the highest i went was 8.8 and that was at 1 hour, following a chinese meal and wine and chocolate cornflake cakes; i know, weird combo!
 
5.9 this morning. Acceptable. 🙂

Hope your son has an amazing experience Barb. At least he needn't worry about your BGs. 8.8 is none too shabby !:D

Rob
 
Thanks Rob - I'm going to miss him terribly but think he will have an amazing time.

Yes, I was surprised at 8.8 - I was expecting double figures really!
 
You don't want to know!




Oh OK then,






18.3 😱
 
3.6 for me. Oops!

Have dropped basal, but looks like it's the consequence of increased activity over the last few days. Got through around 100g CHO in lucozade gardening yesterday 😱
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
3.6 for me. Oops!

Have dropped basal, but looks like it's the consequence of increased activity over the last few days. Got through around 100g CHO in lucozade gardening yesterday 😱
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Aah! That gardening lark will get you every time! I'm constantly topping up on jelly babies at the moment trying to get the borders dug for some spring bulb planting! 🙂
 
Unfortunetly a very naughty 10.4 this morning,ive felt funny all day and left my meter at home as well grrr got it now though
 
Afternoon all...

3.3 this morning (took 42u for the last few nights)

Have emailed my DSN AND the hospital consultant directly about a possible split dose and a pump (again!).
Rob - I'm not too sure if I understand what you mean at the evening dose, do you mean count my carbs and add a unit or two to the total? Wouldn't it possibly cause a hypo for me to go to sleep on orr wake in the night with?
 
Hi Suze.

I think what i was trying to say was that as your basal (lantus) is being lowered, your overall insulin (basal+bolus) will be less in your system.

So, your BG will presumably be higher before bed due to this.

To counteract this, you could add maybe 1u to your bolus (novo) to keep your BG at a decent level before bed. Then, as your bolus and the carbs from your meal wear off in the wee hours, it leaves your lower basal to do its work with the liver's output only.

Likewise, if you adjust your basal up, your total insulin in your system would be higher, so you may need less bolus at teatime or you'll hypo in the evening/early hours.

It's a matter of testing and making judgement calls. Only you know how your body may react to your meals and the dose adjustments, so don't take what i say as gospel. It's just what I had to do when i was messing about with split basal, etc.

Rob
 
Firstly I'll join in, been on hols so haven't seen the thread. This morning was 3.3 - severely annoying as it was A1c vampire morning and I had to get it up to drive car to Docs. Firtunately all NON fasting !

Hee Hee at Phil - been there, kept doing that, trying to get 3 days out of em same pump etc as you - I now have to put a note on the top of each pump diary page to remind me to change cannula every 2 days and be evangelical about it cos as sure as God made little green apples if it goes over - say - 56 hours I'm in trouble. PITA ain't it, when this one is working really well LOL

Last Thurs also horrendous, travelling back from hols, has 3 cannula failures in 24 hours. Almost hit the bit where the meter just says HI once.

Suze, OK it's nice to keep em informed but why not try splitting your Lantus anyway? YOU treat your diabetes, not your nurse/doctor however good she/he is. OTOH I found Levemir was much more suited to splitting in my case (cos I tried splitting Lantus till I was blue in the face, prior to saying I'm fed up with this, right at the end of my tether - so I want Levemir now, so just gimme) and you don't have to wait 3 days to find out what it does. Pretty instantaneous and pretty reliable results inside 12 hours I found. Far easier to predict/handle than Lantus. And no stinging! Still did me no good long term though as it turns out (us pumpers find out about these things in a fairly short timescale LOL) no MDI system could ever match Jenny's basal pattern. I have some times of day/night where I need more or less just for an hour. Or two. But not whole blocks of time.
 
Ahh, thanks Rob...the penny has dropped!!!!

I could indeed try it round that way, it would hurt I'd have thought and might be worth a try!!
 
trophywench said:
Suze, OK it's nice to keep em informed but why not try splitting your Lantus anyway? YOU treat your diabetes, not your nurse/doctor however good she/he is. OTOH I found Levemir was much more suited to splitting in my case (cos I tried splitting Lantus till I was blue in the face, prior to saying I'm fed up with this, right at the end of my tether - so I want Levemir now, so just gimme) and you don't have to wait 3 days to find out what it does. Pretty instantaneous and pretty reliable results inside 12 hours I found. Far easier to predict/handle than Lantus. And no stinging! Still did me no good long term though as it turns out (us pumpers find out about these things in a fairly short timescale LOL) no MDI system could ever match Jenny's basal pattern. I have some times of day/night where I need more or less just for an hour. Or two. But not whole blocks of time.
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Thanks! I'll have a go and I understand what you mean completely about it being my ilness and not theirs but I am trying to document all my obstacles and trials in order to make my case for a pump, hence letting my consultant know as he has suggested a pump but not really moved it forward for me. It maybe that the DSN suggests Levermir to begin with. I am happy to try in the first instance. I have overcome a whole raft of issues, atrocious control, denial etc, got good control(HBA from 12, to 10 to 7.5% and been carb counting for 6months, and just working my butt off for a blasted pump yet it seems if the control is terrible they don't want to giv eyou one yet if your control gets better and you prove yourself, they STILL don't give you one. God give me strength sometimes!!!
Hey, ho thats life I suppose!!!!! Onwards and upwards!!!!!!
 
At risk of taking this thread off-topic, it's a frustration that they seem to push pumping towards those who, potentially, don't take their control seriously enough to make all the necessary adjustments. Obviously, many try everything and still can't get the control. It's those they aim the guidelines at, but it does seem that the harder you work at it, the further you get from meeting the requirements for funding.

If they eased up a bit I may even consider it myself. But that ain't gonna happen.

Rob
 
Robster65 said:
At risk of taking this thread off-topic, it's a frustration that they seem to push pumping towards those who, potentially, don't take their control seriously enough to make all the necessary adjustments. Obviously, many try everything and still can't get the control. It's those they aim the guidelines at, but it does seem that the harder you work at it, the further you get from meeting the requirements for funding.

If they eased up a bit I may even consider it myself. But that ain't gonna happen.

Rob
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Disagree completely!!......my levels were good and in range on MDI, it didn't stop me getting a pump, if anything it improved my request. They were happy as they knew that I could carb count,take corrections and 'understood' diabetes. Admittedly I didn't meet NICE guidelines for a pump as I had good control with MDI....it is down to postcodes and your teams at the end of the day
 
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