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Unusual BG reading

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Tom1982

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Daughter had her dinner at 7. Her BG was 9.7 at about 8 o’clock, it’s now 9 o’clock and it’s 13.8. Weird? Any ideas?
 
Was it a high fat meal? Like pizza or pasta? Pizza and pasta tend to cause the insulin to work before the glucose from the carbs enter the blood and therefore causes a spike.
 
Hmmmm, nuggets and chips ain’t ideal is it. Sure that’s not helped.
 
That shouldn’t cause the insulin effect I mentioned above. It could just be one of the things as sometimes BG levels can’t be explained
 
Lily123 said:
That shouldn’t cause the insulin effect I mentioned above. It could just be one of the things as sometimes BG levels can’t be explained
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At what point after eating would the levels be at there highest? Just curious.
 
Is your daughter on Novorapid? The peak time for Novorapid is about 2 hours after injecting. Do you know which pump your daughter will be getting?
 
Lily123 said:
Is your daughter on Novorapid? The peak time for Novorapid is about 2 hours after injecting. Do you know which pump your daughter will be getting?
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Yeah she’s on Novorapid. So that’s actually about the time we did our second reading. Problem solved
Anyway, we met with a consultant for the first time the other day. They didn’t seem to interested in the pump side of things which was a bit disappointing. But I’ve since been on at them again and been talking to someone from Medtrum about the Nano pump. Looks pretty decent and they’ve now had a meeting with our hospital so hopefully that could be an option.
 
Tom1982 said:
Yeah she’s on Novorapid. So that’s actually about the time we did our second reading. Problem solved
Anyway, we met with a consultant for the first time the other day. They didn’t seem to interested in the pump side of things which was a bit disappointing. But I’ve since been on at them again and been talking to someone from Medtrum about the Nano pump. Looks pretty decent and they’ve now had a meeting with our hospital so hopefully that could be an option.
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That’s good that Medtrum have spoken to your hospital so hopefully your daughter will get a pump soon! And the way Novorapid works should mean your daughters numbers are normal at the next test
 
Lily123 said:
That’s good that Medtrum have spoken to your hospital so hopefully your daughter will get a pump soon! And the way Novorapid works should mean your daughters numbers are normal at the next test
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Nice one. Any luck with yours by the way?
 
Tom1982 said:
Nice one. Any luck with yours by the way?
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I’ve got my next appointment in February so I’ll ask then. Funnily enough I had my 2nd covid vaccine today and me and the nurse were chatting about insulin pumps and she mentioned that at the hospital she works at almost every diabetic in the paediatrics has an insulin pump. That shows the difference of the amount of pumps vary by hospital
 
Lily123 said:
I’ve got my next appointment in February so I’ll ask then. Funnily enough I had my 2nd covid vaccine today and me and the nurse were chatting about insulin pumps and she mentioned that at the hospital she works at almost every diabetic in the paediatrics has an insulin pump. That shows the difference of the amount of pumps vary by hospital
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It seems unbelievably unfair the difference in pump availability! I’d even consider moving if we had to. Although, that being said, I do know now that a pump is not without its problems and might not be for everyone. Jo has actually really adjusted to the jabs. Just accepted it ain’t going away and she’s just been getting on with it. Very brave.
Oh and 2nd Covid vaccine a! Was you okay with the needle!???
 
Tom1982 said:
It seems unbelievably unfair the difference in pump availability! I’d even consider moving if we had to. Although, that being said, I do know now that a pump is not without its problems and might not be for everyone. Jo has actually really adjusted to the jabs. Just accepted it ain’t going away and she’s just been getting on with it. Very brave.
Oh and 2nd Covid vaccine a! Was you okay with the needle!???
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As your daughter gets older injections will become that much if a second nature that you’ll second guess yourself and wonder if you remembered to do the injection or not. Pumps will go wrong most likely because of the cannula. The 2nd vaccine was okay as I have no fear of needles.
 
It's not actually such a daft question really - just because we don't bat an eyelid at all the insulin jabs means nowt, most hypodermic needles are comparatively huge - and vaccines whether flu or Covid being intramuscular jabs are always very dependent on the skill of the person wielding the syringe and whether our own arm, leg or wherever is properly relaxed when they do it!
 
trophywench said:
It's not actually such a daft question really - just because we don't bat an eyelid at all the insulin jabs means nowt, most hypodermic needles are comparatively huge - and vaccines whether flu or Covid being intramuscular jabs are always very dependent on the skill of the person wielding the syringe and whether our own arm, leg or wherever is properly relaxed when they do it!
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I did wonder if any diabetic people still maintain a fear of needles!? Was there ever a time when you had to use great big needles, Or have they always been the same as they are now???
 
Tom1982 said:
I did wonder if any diabetic people still maintain a fear of needles!? Was there ever a time when you had to use great big needles, Or have they always been the same as they are now???
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Years ago it was syringes and not pens!
 
Yes - we were issued with one glass and metal syringe which had to be boiled up once a week to sterilise it, and two needles which gradually got blunter and blunter but then my husband's driver at work, she was married to a chap who worked for Arnold's veterinary supplies in Brum and he got me a box of 100 packets of 10x BD disposable insulin syringes (which hospitals used by 1972, but we weren't allowed to have them) which cost me almost a month's salary. Of course both the metal needles and the BD ones were 12mm in length, cos they just were in those days. I felt sorry for all the kids.
 
trophywench said:
Yes - we were issued with one glass and metal syringe which had to be boiled up once a week to sterilise it, and two needles which gradually got blunter and blunter but then my husband's driver at work, she was married to a chap who worked for Arnold's veterinary supplies in Brum and he got me a box of 100 packets of 10x BD disposable insulin syringes (which hospitals used by 1972, but we weren't allowed to have them) which cost me almost a month's salary. Of course both the metal needles and the BD ones were 12mm in length, cos they just were in those days. I felt sorry for all the kids.
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12mm? That must have hurt!
 
I first met an insulin pen and a 5mm much thinner needle in the mid 1980s.

This insulin lark is all fairly new of course bearing in mind they've known about diabetes since ancient Greece! 100+ years ago, me and your daughter plus any other Type 1s would have just starved to death - so stuff is better whether you currently grasp that fully, or not. Life actually does go on now - which in itself is a major step forward for mankind! :D
 
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