trophywench
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Inka
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I find that if I wake up high it takes a while to get my levels down. If I’d woken at 18, I’d have had a correction dose. Did you?
Do you know your correction factor or was the extra unit of Novorapid just an estimate?
Definitely change your Lantus cartridge. But perhaps you’re simply coming down with something. I found the longer I’ve had Type 1, the more illnesses seem to affect my blood sugar. Regarding ketones, I don’t have a ketone meter as I rarely need to test but I do have some Ketostix. I’d rather have them at hand even if I hardly use them.
Do you know your correction factor or was the extra unit of Novorapid just an estimate?
Definitely change your Lantus cartridge. But perhaps you’re simply coming down with something. I found the longer I’ve had Type 1, the more illnesses seem to affect my blood sugar. Regarding ketones, I don’t have a ketone meter as I rarely need to test but I do have some Ketostix. I’d rather have them at hand even if I hardly use them.
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Sorry to hear your diabetes is playing silly games @helen603
Hope your levels are beginning to come down now, and that you‘re feeling better.
i agree with others that being able to check for Ketones is important - perhaps your surgery are thinking LADA is more like T2 (where ketones are less common) when actually it should be treated like T1. If you don’t produce ketones very readily (I don’t) then you might find that urine strips are sufficient - but blood strips are far more accurate, and immediate. Not to mention much easier to use. But they are MUCH more expensive.
How long have you been diagnosed? Have your insulin needs changed much over time?
Hope your levels are beginning to come down now, and that you‘re feeling better.
i agree with others that being able to check for Ketones is important - perhaps your surgery are thinking LADA is more like T2 (where ketones are less common) when actually it should be treated like T1. If you don’t produce ketones very readily (I don’t) then you might find that urine strips are sufficient - but blood strips are far more accurate, and immediate. Not to mention much easier to use. But they are MUCH more expensive.
How long have you been diagnosed? Have your insulin needs changed much over time?
helen603
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Thankyou for all your replies. Turns out I have had quite a serious liver virus. I was phoned by the hospital, following blood tests, to come on urgently for a scan - just what you want in the middle of Corona virus pandemic! I'm on the mend now and blood sugars beginning to normalise, though still a bit erratic. Struggling a bit to balance lantus and Novo rapid as virus leaves my system. But getting there.
If I'd not been diabetic I might not have been called in for the scan and it could have become worse. First time I've been thankful for all the testing!
If I'd not been diabetic I might not have been called in for the scan and it could have become worse. First time I've been thankful for all the testing!
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