Hypo help please

[Kaylz]

Well the 2 hour test has shown as 7.2 x

 

[Rosiecarmel]

I use this to help me with basal testing https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/

 

[mikeyB]

Well the 2 hour test has shown as 7.2 x

That's fine, and dandy, but shame on you for watching Judge Rinder. Neighbours is on C5🙄

 

[Kaylz]

Thanks Rosie will have a chat with the DSN tomorrow and see what they are saying 🙂 x

 

[Kaylz]

That's fine, and dandy, but shame on you for watching Judge Rinder. Neighbours is on C5🙄

I hadn't watched neighbours for years but watched a bit of it one night last week, I remember VJ in a buggy since when was he old enough to now have his own kid haha x

 

[Kaylz]

Well thought I'd survived the day until 1.5 hours after tea when I tested at 3.8 looks like I might need to review all my ratios and defo ask the DSN about a half unit pen, this is the first time I've felt utterly down and out of control x

 

[grovesy]

Well thought I'd survived the day until 1.5 hours after tea when I tested at 3.8 looks like I might need to review all my ratios and defo ask the DSN about a half unit pen, this is the first time I've felt utterly down and out of control x

Don't be so hard on yourself.

 

[Rosiecarmel]

Did you increase your ratio to 1:12? Maybe increase it further. It does run the risk of you being higher than you'd like if you didn't get it quite right but you can always increase in 1u steps

 

[Kaylz]

Did you increase your ratio to 1:12? Maybe increase it further. It does run the risk of you being higher than you'd like if you didn't get it quite right but you can always increase in 1u steps

I increased the lunch to 1:12 but was told to leave the other meals at 1:10 for the time being as there hadn't been a problem with them. before lunch I was sitting at 6.8, 2 hours later - 7.2 so had my cuppy and a couple of squares of chocolate and by tea just over 4.5 hours later was sitting nicely at 6.4, I took 3 units for a 28g carb meal ate after 5 minutes, at 1 hour was sitting at 4.6 and half an hour later down to the 3.8, it's getting so frustrating I was thinking I'd had it too easy to start with x

 

[Ginny03]

You'll get it sorted love, you'd have been very unusual if you never needed to adjust anything! I hope your appointment goes well and the DSN helps you get your doses right again. I think you said something about one of the nurses not being keen on your mum going in with you - that is completely your choice, not theirs.I know I still find it useful to have someone else in with me. If they don't like it, they can lump it! 🙂 Good luck tomorrow x

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

It's all such a big learning curve. I feel frustrated with it all too, sometimes my levels are too high, then I suddenly veer to lows. You're not alone x

 

[Kaylz]

Sorry just logging in now after my appointment at the hospital @Ginny03 the DSN as more accepting of my mum this time but I'm still not keen on her haha, she is getting me on to a half unit pen but I never got the chance to ask all my questions , also I thought the hba1c test was done from a blood test taken from your arm but they did it instantly at the hospital this morning using a finger prick test, I had no idea until today that when I was diagnosed it was at 101 and now it's down to 33 and @Lucy Honeychurch as High School Musical sings 'We're all in this together' lol (haven't watched it in years btw but my mum's ex partners daughter always had it on when she was here) just had to clear that bit up 🙂 x

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

An HbA1c of 33 is fantastic! I'm assuming you probably had the 'you must be having far too many hypos' conversation though?

My take is that *everyone* with type 1 diabetes has too many hypos. But within that truth there are shades of variation. So depending on the types of numbers involved you might have a lot of work to do... or not very much at all. And at 33 you have a good deal of room for manoevre as far as strategies are concerned. You certainly don't need to panic about any high blood glucose you might be seeing on your meter. Just keep working at flattening out those wobbles 🙂

And remember... the ole 'marathon not a sprint' thing.

 

[Kaylz]

No we didn't have that conversation but she did tell me they prefer it to be between 40-50 feels like if I'm good to them it's bad x

 

[Owen]

At your weight and current recurrence of hypoglycemia, then 33 is too low. You will be causing stress to your brain and heart that is more dangerous than running a blood sugar a little higher. Heart failure is more of a risk than anything else when you manage your diabetes too tightly.

 

[grovesy]

Sorry just logging in now after my appointment at the hospital @Ginny03 the DSN as more accepting of my mum this time but I'm still not keen on her haha, she is getting me on to a half unit pen but I never got the chance to ask all my questions , also I thought the hba1c test was done from a blood test taken from your arm but they did it instantly at the hospital this morning using a finger prick test, I had no idea until today that when I was diagnosed it was at 101 and now it's down to 33 and @Lucy Honeychurch as High School Musical sings 'We're all in this together' lol (haven't watched it in years btw but my mum's ex partners daughter always had it on when she was here) just had to clear that bit up 🙂 x

HBA1C is done from blood in the arm, but many gave reported that their clinic has facilities to do it via finger prick test. It is a shame you did not get to ask all your questions, hope you got answers to the more urgent ones.

 

[Kaylz]

I know that's why we are now reviewing my doses etc I am seeing them again in around 4-6 weeks x

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

At your weight and current recurrence of hypoglycemia, then 33 is too low. You will be causing stress to your brain and heart that is more dangerous than running a blood sugar a little higher. Heart failure is more of a risk than anything else when you manage your diabetes too tightly.

While I agree with what you say Owen, I think we need to be clear that heart failure/cardiac arrythmia as a result of hypoglycaemia is very rare. We don't want people panicking about either hypoglycaemia OR hyperglycaemia in my opinion. Both are damaging (severe hypoglycaemia and DKA are both acutely dangerous and potentially life threatening) but it doesn't do to terrify people reading this thread about a handful of 3.8s or 12s. 🙂

 

[Kaylz]

I agree @everydayupsanddowns if I saw a 12 on my meter at the start I panicked the same last week when I saw a 3 I panicked, I've been reassured by everyone on here not to panic it can be fixed if I was only coming on to here as a newbie that comment would scare the h**l outta me haha x

 

[Owen]

While I agree with what you say Owen, I think we need to be clear that heart failure/cardiac arrythmia as a result of hypoglycaemia is very rare. We don't want people panicking about either hypoglycaemia OR hyperglycaemia in my opinion. Both are damaging (severe hypoglycaemia and DKA are both acutely dangerous and potentially life threatening) but it doesn't do to terrify people reading this thread about a handful of 3.8s or 12s. 🙂

Sadly it is not rare for cardiac arrest within glycaemic emergencies, the very symptoms are the same as the preceding symptoms for cardiac arrest. So no I'm not going to put kid gloves on it, hypoglycemia is a dangerous emergency. Tight control is as dangerous as severe hyperglycaemia.