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Group 7-day waking average?

Northerner said:
Ooh, slightly close! Whenever I started waking in the low 4s I would reduce my basal a smidgen - do you have a half-unit levemir pen (like a novopen echo)?
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Thanks for your feedback - I only have single whole units on my pen (1,2,3). My drs always advised me to keep my background steady and to not change the doses. I think maybe if i'd been a bit higher before bed I would have been a bit higher this morning ?? If I'm in the low 6s before bed this evening I might try a little snack ( small piece of fruit ) ?
 
Cleo said:
Thanks for your feedback - I only have single whole units on my pen (1,2,3). My drs always advised me to keep my background steady and to not change the doses. I think maybe if i'd been a bit higher before bed I would have been a bit higher this morning ?? If I'm in the low 6s before bed this evening I might try a little snack ( small piece of fruit ) ?
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Personally, I don't see the point of eating when you don't really want to just to keep your levels high to match your insulin dose overnight. How much levemir do you take at night? If I hadn't been proactive with adjusting my basal needs then I would be having two loaves of bread overnight to keep my levels up! (Reduced from 20 units lantus to 2, then eventually zero because I am weird 😱).

Basal needs often change, either up or down, so I found it easier to lower basal whenever there was a risk of going hypo in the night. A half unit pen gives you pretty fine control, especially with levemir which reacts in a shorter timescale than lantus. Pumpers have the advantage of being able to fine tune basals even more, and on an hourly basis if necessary!
 
I take 11 units before bed and 7units with breakfast.
This is the first time I've woken up at 4.1. I won't change my doses this evening and see what happens tomorrow. Sometimes these things can be a random fluke so better to see if the pattern is the same for 2 -3 days and then make an adjustment to the dose. And yes I agree - there's no point in eating just to feed the insulin . I personally feel I know my diabetes better than the nurses and dietician so sometimes you have to do what you feel is right even if their advice is different !
 
Cleo said:
I take 11 units before bed and 7units with breakfast.
This is the first time I've woken up at 4.1. I won't change my doses this evening and see what happens tomorrow. Sometimes these things can be a random fluke so better to see if the pattern is the same for 2 -3 days and then make an adjustment to the dose. And yes I agree - there's no point in eating just to feed the insulin . I personally feel I know my diabetes better than the nurses and dietician so sometimes you have to do what you feel is right even if their advice is different !
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I would agree with all this 🙂 You certainly know more about your diabetes than anyone else. Others can advise strategies, but you have lived with it 24*365*17 = 148920 hours with it! 😱
 
Oh my goodness ! Sounds like so much when you put it in those terms 🙂

PS : I think I def deserve my cake !!! (Mmmmm.... Cake ....)
 
A nice quiet 5.7 this morning.
 
6.4/6.9 depending on the meter. Same as last night which is unheard of for me.
 
4.6 but that's a cheat result as had to do a night correction after my lovely landlord presented me with his bleeping cold yesterday 😡
 
Pumper_Sue said:
4.5 yesterday and 5.1 this morning. Unfair advantage me thinks as I have a pump 🙂
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A not very good 9.7 but I was at a friends for dinner last night and over indulged and not sure about the carb content of everything. Will get back to normal tomorrow morning.🙂
 
Maryanne29 said:
A not very good 9.7 but I was at a friends for dinner last night and over indulged and not sure about the carb content of everything. Will get back to normal tomorrow morning.🙂
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Always difficult, but I think it's not a problem when you know the reason why! 🙂
 
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