Hypo's

[Starfire]

Thank you mike - yes it does describe many of the symptoms - I live and learn - needs further investigation - will report later.

useful link;- http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/dm/pubs/hypoglycemia/

 

[Starfire]

Just had a 'Hypo'

BG 5.4 @ 01:25 when I checked in bedroom
BG 4.8 @ 01:30 down stairs -

(I have two meters, one I keep in bed room ) was droping fast and I got the shakes @ about 01:20 and must have been near 6 - now coming back after a cup of tea and a BLT sandwich and a small plain bun.

Routine normal for weeks and BG was 8 at about 20:30 I had a sandwich and cup of tea before 21:00 after which I took 22 units - normal for each evening.

BG 10.7 @ 02:00 _ I cal both meters weekly
BG 13.9 @ 02:15
BG 14.7 @ 02:30
BG 14.1 @ 02:45
BG 16.3 @ 03:00
BG 14.8 @ 03:15
BG 13.7 @ 03:30

oscillations not too bad - will be ok now - caught this sucker in time.

 

[trophywench]

So ..... what could be happening is that the dose of one of the insulins in the mix is too great at a certain time after your jab, and it will continue to reduce your BG for as long as it's operational - which might be 5-ish hours or far longer, depending on which insulin is doing this to you. (or it could be a mixture of both of them, couldn't it?)

Make sense?

But you can't reduce (or increase) one part without doing the same to the other part(s).

So - have you tried reducing the doseage?

 

[trophywench]

Just checked and peak activity for M3 is around 3-4 hours after jabbing. But the sandwich has got there before that peak and been dealt with already, so clearly, it's just too much insulin. And at the wrong moment.

Yes?

 

[Starfire]

Makes sense and I am reducing to 10 units but the problem is why? - I am dead stable for weeks and no change to my routine, am pumping the same and for no reason that I can fathom, it goes haywire.

BG at 20:00 reads 8 to 11 - sandwich spread sandwich and cup of tea followed by evening jab before 21:00, same as every night.

Previous meal about four of a corn beef sandwich and usually about twelve I jab 32 units and have two scoops potatoe and a sausage sometimes a portion of chicken curry and two scoops then a two kilo walk with the dog - dont have a breakfast. Check BG randomly during day but always at 20:00 - occasionally I nibble a dry oatcake or a biscuit in bed if hungry.

The thing about diabetes is you learn routine.

I am at a loss.