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Lower Spike.

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Charl

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Type 1
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Insulin taken 17.58, based on 1 :10 7 units for food 2 for a correction, food eaten at 18.35 , 2 x fishcakes in breadcrumbs, salad and a yoghurt, what should I be doing to lower the spike so to speak. Thanks
 
You could try short walk after eating...i find that if i stop walking as soon as the graph starts downwards my sugars go down to about 5 and then stabalise. Theres a pinned thread at the top of (the food thread, i think) with suggestions on how to reduce spiked
 
If I had the time for walking (or it wasn’t dark when, as a woman I wouldn’t want to go out alone), I find exercise with a BG higher than 10 causes my BG to rise. It works for some who swear by it like @Tdm but definitely doesn’t work for me. Another way we are all different.
@Charl i wonder if your spike is due to the previous spike. Whilst you followed the rules to pre bolus and include a correction dose, the correction took all the active insulin before eating.
I also wonder if your basal dose is high enough which is why your BG is high before eating.
 
If going for a walk outside is less than ideal, I have used walking up and down stairs as a means to activate my insulin. It’s boring, but just 5-10 minutes can really work.

Additionally I find leaving a longer gap between dose and food can help a lot.
 
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