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Oh bother this bloomin' basal!

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Northerner - I know you are very athletic and full of muscle which use up more energy, so again you will be very different.
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lol! I wouldn't go quite that far! 🙂

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Out of interest Northerner - you are hypoing over night - but what are your levels like during the day? Are you having to eat more? Are they going low inbetween meals?
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My 'fasting' levels through the day (i.e. pre-meal) have been generally OK, with a few lows, which sort of reinforces the theory that the lantus is losing its potency during the day. I'm not adjusting the novorapid to the same extent (about 25% reduction in NR, now 50% reduction in lantus).
 
I stuck with 10 units of (Tanta-)lantus last night, and woke to 6.1 this morning. Things might be becoming slightly more complicated as I believe I may be starting with a cold...:(
 
Yes, it's just the way, isn't it...Getting somewhere and then: try this on for size.

Hope you improve through the day rather than de-prove.
 
Well, thankfully the cold didn't materialise! I've stuck with 10 lantus and am waking up to around 6.1, which is higher than I was used to but I do think that it means I am not dropping low so frequently during the night. My daytime pre-meal levels are also fine. Doesn't look like the lantus needs dropping any further though, so perhaps I'm not on my way to being cured...🙄🙂
 
Northerner said:
Well, thankfully the cold didn't materialise! I've stuck with 10 lantus and am waking up to around 6.1, which is higher than I was used to but I do think that it means I am not dropping low so frequently during the night. My daytime pre-meal levels are also fine. Doesn't look like the lantus needs dropping any further though, so perhaps I'm not on my way to being cured...🙄🙂
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Glad you seem to have it sorted, 6.1 is a perfectly acceptable level to be waking up to, what sort of number did you go to bed with?
 
aymes said:
Glad you seem to have it sorted, 6.1 is a perfectly acceptable level to be waking up to, what sort of number did you go to bed with?
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It was 5.3. I'm usually around that these days - I used to be around the 9's and 10's, so I guess my novorapid calculations are getting better! I had a snack (bread and peanut butter) and tested myself about an hour after as I felt low and I was 5.1! Decided it was just one of those things so didn't eat any more.
 
Northerner,
Are you stealing Alex's insulin? If you could mix your levels with Alex's perhaps you could get the 'perfect diabetic range'!:D Bev
 
lol i think northerner is just trying to cure himself and not share his findings with the rest of us bev 😉
 
bev said:
Northerner,
Are you stealing Alex's insulin? If you could mix your levels with Alex's perhaps you could get the 'perfect diabetic range'!:D Bev
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Yes, I've created a trans-dimensional vortex that connects the tip of Alex's pen needle to the region surrounding my pancreas. The quantum flux combined with a tachyon-calibrated delay ensures that I get the insulin just when I need it - simple, really!:D

Apologies to Alex, I should have let him know about it, but was worried about the Schroedinger effect - if he knew it was happening, it might not happen...😱:D
 
As i always say to my kids - its POLITE to ask first! How very rude of you Northerner - wait til Alex gets home from school - he will not be happy i can tell you! And if i understood what any of the previous message meant - i would reply in like form! But i dont - so i wont!:D Bev
 
bev said:
As i always say to my kids - its POLITE to ask first! How very rude of you Northerner - wait til Alex gets home from school - he will not be happy i can tell you! And if i understood what any of the previous message meant - i would reply in like form! But i dont - so i wont!:D Bev
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Serves you right for being rude about the luscious Kate!😛
 
bev said:
Do you mean 'ole big ears?:D Bev
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Why, you grrrr!!!!

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Things are slightly awry - yesterday I had a 7.3 before lunch, which is almost unheard of for me (usually 4.x), then had hypo mid-afternoon. I woke to 5.6 this morning, but again was higher than normal at lunch (7.6). I'm blaming the fact that I had toasted teacakes for breakfast rather than my usual cereal or porridge - surprised at the difference though, they were only small teacakes and the novorapid should have amply covered them. I think they may have worked as very slow release, as I measured 2 hours after breakfast and was 7.1 which then rose a bit before lunch. But I'm not sure if it's because my basal is now too low!:confused:
 
bev said:
As i always say to my kids - its POLITE to ask first! How very rude of you Northerner - wait til Alex gets home from school - he will not be happy i can tell you! And if i understood what any of the previous message meant - i would reply in like form! But i dont - so i wont!:D Bev
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Bev, If in doubt ask a teenager...:D
 
Northerner said:
Things are slightly awry - yesterday I had a 7.3 before lunch, which is almost unheard of for me (usually 4.x), then had hypo mid-afternoon. I woke to 5.6 this morning, but again was higher than normal at lunch (7.6). I'm blaming the fact that I had toasted teacakes for breakfast rather than my usual cereal or porridge - surprised at the difference though, they were only small teacakes and the novorapid should have amply covered them. I think they may have worked as very slow release, as I measured 2 hours after breakfast and was 7.1 which then rose a bit before lunch. But I'm not sure if it's because my basal is now too low!:confused:
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apparantly tea cakes can be very low gi. The fruit in them slows the absorbtion of the carbs. I tend to have them sometimes at supper.

how are your levels now?
 
tracey w said:
apparantly tea cakes can be very low gi. The fruit in them slows the absorbtion of the carbs. I tend to have them sometimes at supper.

how are your levels now?
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Perhaps I ought to replace my bedtime snack with them! They really do seem to be very slow release! I'm still a bit up and down - have adjusted the lantus back up to 11 but had a couple of hypos yesterday (2.6 and a 3.4) and was 3.9 on waking this morning, :confused:so might drop back to 10 tonight. My novorapid has stabilised, so I'm still a little confused about what's going on...
 
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