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Group 7-day waking average?

Northerner said:
Do you take a reading before bed Tintin, to find out how much you have varied overnight?
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Yes I do most (not all) nights, was so tired last night just sloped off to bed but I am going to do lots of readings today and definately at bedtime, I have noticed I usually go up by about 2 overnight does this mean I should have more Lantus ?, sometimes it goes wrong and I have unexplained hypos in night. My food with the gastroperesis does not digest very quickly and therefore it can affect bs readings. I think I have been a bit lax lately and am now feeling that I need to take control again.
 
Morning all. 5.9 for me today 🙂
 
HERE TINTIN said:
Yes I do most (not all) nights, was so tired last night just sloped off to bed but I am going to do lots of readings today and definately at bedtime, I have noticed I usually go up by about 2 overnight does this mean I should have more Lantus ?, sometimes it goes wrong and I have unexplained hypos in night. My food with the gastroperesis does not digest very quickly and therefore it can affect bs readings. I think I have been a bit lax lately and am now feeling that I need to take control again.
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Sorry its me again. Bs was 11.1 at 10 am, 3 units humalog with a coffee with a small amount of milk in it. I always need Humalog in morning even when do not eat bs just goes up, is this wrong ? Anyway bs is now 10.7 and I am going out for a bowl of soup no bread, until I see what kind it is wont know how much insulin I need. I am going to put all bs and food on here today, do I need to go into a different or new thread, any help much appreciated :confused:
 
HERE TINTIN said:
Yes I do most (not all) nights, was so tired last night just sloped off to bed but I am going to do lots of readings today and definately at bedtime, I have noticed I usually go up by about 2 overnight does this mean I should have more Lantus ?, sometimes it goes wrong and I have unexplained hypos in night. My food with the gastroperesis does not digest very quickly and therefore it can affect bs readings. I think I have been a bit lax lately and am now feeling that I need to take control again.
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I would say your lantus is pretty much on the nail with a variation of around 2 mmol/l overnight - I wouldn't have more. The trick really is getting your pre-bed levels lower so you wake lower, but of course this can be tricky and risk hypos worse than they might otherwise have been if you are prone to them occasionally. It is made much more difficult with your gastroparesis making things more unpredictable.

HERE TINTIN said:
Sorry its me again. Bs was 11.1 at 10 am, 3 units humalog with a coffee with a small amount of milk in it. I always need Humalog in morning even when do not eat bs just goes up, is this wrong ? Anyway bs is now 10.7 and I am going out for a bowl of soup no bread, until I see what kind it is wont know how much insulin I need. I am going to put all bs and food on here today, do I need to go into a different or new thread, any help much appreciated :confused:
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It sounds to me like Dawn Phenomenon. This is where your liver produces extra glucose to give you energy, which you'd rather it didn't as you have diabetes! This happens to me also - I need much more novorapid in the mornings and most of it is to cover my liver's production, rather than my food e.g. I need 7 units NR for a single slice of toast for breakfast, but would only need 4 units at lunchtime for twice or even three times as much carbohydrate.

You can start a new thread if you would like, then it will be easier to follow over a few days 🙂
 
10.2 i blame that pizza i had last night
 
I was 4.5 this morning🙂
 
Thank you🙂
 
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