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Hypo help please

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I tend not to correct before bed unless I'm in the teens. I wouldn't correct a 10 before bed especially after a hypo as there's the possibility you'll drop way too low during the night and that worries me way more than the odd 10mmol
 
Ok guys thanks very much, I'll see how it is when I test at bed time and decide then what to do, if near 1o I don't think I'll bother correcting it and will see how I am in the morning and if needed correct then, I have a feeling I'm going to get a lecture from the DSN on Tuesday about the past few days anyway but I'm really out of my depth here, I was doing so well to have made it nearly 4 months without this kinda thing :(, the team will be getting a call as soon as the line opens and just hope they get back to me quite quickly xx
 
Don't worry too much Kaylz. This is part and parcel of diabetes. It can be unpredictable and a PITA most of the time. Hypos and hypers happen. Being newly diagnosed, you are bound to make mistakes. I still do! Try not to worry about the high after a hypo. Correcting the hypo is the most important thing.

I hope your DSN DOESNT lecture you and gives you practical support and advice
 
Rosiecarmel said:
Don't worry too much Kaylz. This is part and parcel of diabetes. It can be unpredictable and a PITA most of the time. Hypos and hypers happen. Being newly diagnosed, you are bound to make mistakes. I still do! Try not to worry about the high after a hypo. Correcting the hypo is the most important thing.

I hope your DSN DOESNT lecture you and gives you practical support and advice
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Thanks for all your support 🙂 will check back in tomorrow with an update after getting hold of the diabetes team etc, off to get my granola and yoghurt potted up for breakfast tomorrow 🙂 x
 
Enjoy 🙂
 
Well no correction even prompted last night as I was sitting at 8.4, 7.7 this morning though but haven't corrected as want to talk to the team first x
 
Well done Kaylz. You are doing really well.

When you see your DSN, whether it is Paul or not, you could ask if there is a way in which you can contact them between appointments. We have access to them via email, and if we are very worried have a number to call and they call back. It would be good for you to know that there is access, even if you don't use it.

Are you able to take anyone else with you to the appointment? I found in the early days it was very useful, and we wrote down what I wanted to know, and he made notes and ticked off when we got an answer to each. He also reminded me of anything I had forgotten to ask. We then went for coffee and checked through what we both remembered from the appointment and I would email for confirmation of anything I was unsure about. They never minded.
 
Kaylz said:
Well no correction even prompted last night as I was sitting at 8.4, 7.7 this morning though but haven't corrected as want to talk to the team first x
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You seem be doing fine. But what jumps out is that you are considering correcting at these numbers. I would let them sort themselves out with next meal.
 
SB2015 said:
Well done Kaylz. You are doing really well.

When you see your DSN, whether it is Paul or not, you could ask if there is a way in which you can contact them between appointments. We have access to them via email, and if we are very worried have a number to call and they call back. It would be good for you to know that there is access, even if you don't use it.

Are you able to take anyone else with you to the appointment? I found in the early days it was very useful, and we wrote down what I wanted to know, and he made notes and ticked off when we got an answer to each. He also reminded me of anything I had forgotten to ask. We then went for coffee and checked through what we both remembered from the appointment and I would email for confirmation of anything I was unsure about. They never minded.
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I have a contact number for the team so going to give them a ring when they open the lines if I remember rightly they aim to get back to you within 2-4 hours, and yeah I have my mum coming with me in the hope that it is Paul as he didn't mind me having my mum or OH with me but the woman I saw in January wasn't too keen on it, I also have like a page of questions written down to take with me along with a few pages of testing foods (I do still write down a food diary every day but I don't need to take that with me now) so I'm well prepared haha x
 
Owen said:
You seem be doing fine. But what jumps out is that you are considering correcting at these numbers. I would let them sort themselves out with next meal.
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Well as my breakfast was 29g carbs and I was out of range my meter suggested a 4 unit dose, but after yesterday I was only comfortable taking 3 until I can talk to someone and see what they think would be best to try x
 
Kaylz said:
Urggh I can't take this anymore just had another one an hour after eating this time and I bolused like a minute before I started eating :( think I will phone the hospital team tomorrow, will probably get a lecture if I tell them I only had 2 sweets and waited 25 minutes in the hope I wouldn't go rocketing by tea all I can do is keep my fingers crossed x
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If that was happening to me @Kaylz I would wonder if my basal insulin requirement had changed. It may not be the same for you as you have only recently started playing the game, but my basal needs change every so often (sometime as much as every 2 weeks) and one of the indications is often 'normal' doses/meals not behaving as I'd expect. Just very slightly too much basal can cause my doses to overshoot the effect of the carbs. Have you checked your basal recently?
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
If that was happening to me @Kaylz I would wonder if my basal insulin requirement had changed. It may not be the same for you as you have only recently started playing the game, but my basal needs change every so often (sometime as much as every 2 weeks) and one of the indications is often 'normal' doses/meals not behaving as I'd expect. Just very slightly too much basal can cause my doses to overshoot the effect of the carbs. Have you checked your basal recently?
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I know nothing about basal testing, also something I was going to be asking about tomorrow at the appointment, felt like I knew everything I was going to be asking but now over the weekend so much has cropped up that I've had to write down :( x
 
Don't fret about that at all. To my mind that's the very best thing about comparing experiences with other people with T1 - you get to find out about all sorts of things that you can then ask about in clinic.

Much better to go in with a nice long list than just to smile and nod and not get any useful pointers.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Don't fret about that at all. To my mind that's the very best thing about comparing experiences with other people with T1 - you get to find out about all sorts of things that you can then ask about in clinic.

Much better to go in with a nice long list than just to smile and nod and not get any useful pointers.
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I've tested throughout the night every hour up until 4:30 am so I kind of know how it works in that sort of frame but that was due to an accident when injecting and the doctor suggesting I test every hour throughout the night (the needle came out too soon and wasn't actually sure how much I'd gotten) but I gave up on that at 4:30am as I'd gone up about 2.0 from when I injected in a few hours then started to fall back down nicely and I was shattered x
 
Well phoned up the team and got an answer straight away rather than the automated service so stumbled on the words due to surprise haha, she has suggested changing my lunch time dose from 1:10 ration to a 1:12 ratio and see how that goes and to discuss with the DSN tomorrow in more detail, she wanted me to give it a few days and see how it went and give them a call back in a couple of days but when she found out that I had an appointment tomorrow anyway that was forgotten about, was only a couple of minutes ago but I've already forgotten her name but very lovely and helpful woman 🙂 x
 
Also a good idea that I didn't correct with breakfast this morning as when I checked before lunch just now I had decided to come down to an in-range 6.8 myself 🙂 x
 
Kaylz said:
I have a contact number for the team so going to give them a ring when they open the lines if I remember rightly they aim to get back to you within 2-4 hours, and yeah I have my mum coming with me in the hope that it is Paul as he didn't mind me having my mum or OH with me but the woman I saw in January wasn't too keen on it, I also have like a page of questions written down to take with me along with a few pages of testing foods (I do still write down a food diary every day but I don't need to take that with me now) so I'm well prepared haha x
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That all sounds brilliant Kaylz. You are so organised.
 
Kaylz said:
Well phoned up the team and got an answer straight away rather than the automated service so stumbled on the words due to surprise haha, she has suggested changing my lunch time dose from 1:10 ration to a 1:12 ratio and see how that goes and to discuss with the DSN tomorrow in more detail, she wanted me to give it a few days and see how it went and give them a call back in a couple of days but when she found out that I had an appointment tomorrow anyway that was forgotten about, was only a couple of minutes ago but I've already forgotten her name but very lovely and helpful woman 🙂 x
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Glad that you Hev such a a helpful team around you.
 
SB2015 said:
That all sounds brilliant Kaylz. You are so organised.
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I've always been the same sometimes it's not a good thing haha, the DSN I spoke to on the phone this morning was so lovely and just told me to go into my expert meter and change my lunch to 1:12 so did that had a 23g carb lunch so took 2 units, just away to do a 1 hour check, will do a 2 at least and maybe a 3 if I don't get too into Judge Rinder haha x
 
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