Group 7-day waking average?

11.7 yesterday (reactive hyper) 4.7 today.


Cos I did an 80% TBR for 4 hours when I went to bed. I hate and loathe having to wake up in the middle of the night because I have such trouble sleeping in the first place then getting back to sleep again after, I can't see how it would give me a true picture.

Whilst I can 'ignore'* my diabetes 99% of the time, right now I hate it cos it's impinging itself on me and I still resent that, after all these years!

* you - I hope will realise - I never ignore it at all, just that normally we co-exist quite comfortably together, like wearing a pair of comfy old jogging bottoms. But when the label starts digging in me AGAIN - I hate the ruddy things and want to bin 'em ........ LOL
 
trophywench said:
11.7 yesterday (reactive hyper) 4.7 today.


Cos I did an 80% TBR for 4 hours when I went to bed. I hate and loathe having to wake up in the middle of the night because I have such trouble sleeping in the first place then getting back to sleep again after, I can't see how it would give me a true picture.

Whilst I can 'ignore'* my diabetes 99% of the time, right now I hate it cos it's impinging itself on me and I still resent that, after all these years!

* you - I hope will realise - I never ignore it at all, just that normally we co-exist quite comfortably together, like wearing a pair of comfy old jogging bottoms. But when the label starts digging in me AGAIN - I hate the ruddy things and want to bin 'em ........ LOL
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I don't understand your reason for a TBR of 80% during the night, why not just reduce your hourly basal? :confused: Seemed to work well for you though! 🙂
 
6.8 this morning after a 6.2 pre bedtime.

I'll take that. 🙂

Rob
 
6.2 for me this morning. I've definitely got a chest infection as I have developed a bad chesty cough - very unusual for me as I haven't had this for 15 years as I said yesterday 😱 Doesn't appear to be affecting my levels too much though, thankfully 🙂
 
Not a great start to the day getting a 8.7 after going to bed on 5.8, I blame that late night sandwich🙄
 
3.7 this morning (despite last nights snack). Bah! I'm in between Lantus doses again (either too much or too little). Lantus back down 1u and more activity today.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
3.7 this morning (despite last nights snack). Bah! I'm in between Lantus doses again (either too much or too little). Lantus back down 1u and more activity today.
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Get that lantus dose right and you'll see more consistent waking levels, just 1 unit can make the difference between waking high or to low. Just a few months back my waking levels were erratic and seriously thought of asking for a half unit pen to get the balance right, in the end it came together and now I usually wake to levels around 6 which I am happy about.
 
toby said:
Get that lantus dose right and you'll see more consistent waking levels, just 1 unit can make the difference between waking high or to low. Just a few months back my waking levels were erratic and seriously thought of asking for a half unit pen to get the balance right, in the end it came together and now I usually wake to levels around 6 which I am happy about.
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No such beast as a half-unit lantus pen, unfortunately - could do with one myself!
 
toby said:
Really, I would have thought there would be one available for use in children using lantus:confused: Just as well I didn't ask then
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No, unfortunately not. I was on 3 units of lantus a while back and a one unit change would have been a 33% change in dose! When I inquired the only solutions were injecting via a syringe (not sure how accurate you could be to half a unit as never used syringes) or changing to levemir which can use the novopen demi.
 
Northerner said:
No, unfortunately not. I was on 3 units of lantus a while back and a one unit change would have been a 33% change in dose! When I inquired the only solutions were injecting via a syringe (not sure how accurate you could be to half a unit as never used syringes) or changing to levemir which can use the novopen demi.
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Thanks, I'm still surprised that there isn't a junior pen that administers lantus in half doses.
 
toby said:
Thanks, I'm still surprised that there isn't a junior pen that administers lantus in half doses.
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You and me both toby, you'd think that there was sufficient demand, and also that the engineering wouldn't be that difficult. :(
 
toby said:
Get that lantus dose right and you'll see more consistent waking levels, just 1 unit can make the difference between waking high or to low. Just a few months back my waking levels were erratic and seriously thought of asking for a half unit pen to get the balance right, in the end it came together and now I usually wake to levels around 6 which I am happy about.
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I know exactly what you mean Toby. But once again I'm in a Hobson's Choice situation with Lantus. +1u is too much, -1u is too little. Compounded by the fact that the general 'lag' in adjustment means I end up using the same dose for gym and non-gym days. I am exploring the possibility of pumping with DSN partly for this reason.

Louise sent me this link on diabetes.co.uk the other day which suggests there IS a pen you can squeeze Lantus carts into which does .5u increments, but I've not followed it up: http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=20050
 
4.9 this morning. But it's raining, so not all good.🙄

Rob
 
9.5 for this morning I didn't have any humalog for dinner because I'm trying to work out my basal after bad low BGs. So far this week have cut pm levemir from 28 to 18 units, am levemir from 10 to 8 units and still not having any humalog for evening meal it was 10 before bed last night
 
AJLang said:
9.5 for this morning I didn't have any humalog for dinner because I'm trying to work out my basal after bad low BGs. So far this week have cut pm levemir from 28 to 18 units, am levemir from 10 to 8 units and still not having any humalog for evening meal
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Goodness, that's quite a change to your basal requirements (and bolus!), reminds me of the time I had to cut my lantus from 20 to 10 units over a very short period. Might be worth speaking to your DSN or consultant to see if they have any explanation. I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that your control is so much better since you got the CGM? Hope things settle for you soon. 🙂
 
3.0 this morning......need to look at my basal
 
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