Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Thanks for advice everyone 🙂
Adrienne I am a member of CWD but, I am embarrassed to admit, I struggle with the format, especially as I mostly used my IPod these days.
Anyway I had a look at that graph (thx Patti) - I think I have seen it before but didn't get it, but think I do now, so thanks. K is on 0.5 units per kg so do I read it right that her Levimir should be lasting about 21 hours? In which case clinic is right to say it is lasting almost 24 hours, I suppose. It looks like the peak is about 11 hours? In her case (on a school day ) that would mean a peak at 8am? I don't get this bit because wouldn't that mean she doesn't need so much Novo with her breakfast to give her a good number at lunch, whereas actually it's her highest ratio of the day. Also if she is going to go low on a school day it is usually around 3pm - the graph would indicate she is all but
out of Levemir by then? It Would be veryhard to test at 8am or 3pm she would be on the school bus or in the middle of her last lesson
In some ways less puzzled, in some ways more😱
I suspect that, like me, K has some insulin resistance in the mornings, and therefore benefits from that levemir peak, but also needs more NR at that time. 🙂