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TIR Jump

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ET6

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Type 1
Diagnosed in December 2024. Got to grips.. just about …with everything. Had an amazing couple of weeks recently with a TIR of 88-89%. Then …bam..a week later my TIR is 68%!!!
Could it be…
My honeymoon period coming to an end?
I need more meal time insulin? (Currently take only 2 or 3 units)
I need more BG insulin?
I was thinking of waiting another week or two to see if it does go back up but wondering if this has happened to anyone else?
Thanks ☺️
 
It depends when your higher and lower numbers are happening @ET6 It also sounds like you’re not carb counting. If you’re not, that will help, along with a half unit pen for your bolus insulin. What insulins do you take?
 
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Not carb counting yet as I haven’t been on course yet I thinking I should buy the book though. High numbers mainly happen in the evening and sometimes at breakfast.
Take Trurapi and Abasaglar.
 
You could do BERTIE:


Carb counting is pretty simple. You could start now by totting up the carbs in your meals. If by ‘the book’ you mean Carbs and Cals, you can carb count without that. I always have and am not a fan of the book anyway. Supermarket websites are a good source of carb info. Don’t bother with the carbs in things like broccoli, tomatoes, etc, as they’re ‘free’ carbs.

Your ‘at breakfast’ rise could be Foot on the Floor. Your evening rise would depend on the time it was happening, when you ate, etc.
 
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