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<blockquote data-quote="lacroix" data-source="post: 246703" data-attributes="member: 41313"><p>Hi Ed,</p><p>Thank you for your answer. I know that is only 0.5hour difference between those shifts, however, if I am leaving at 5pm I am always stock in rush hours traffic ;( and I have to delay my afternoon meal. Once I get it late I have to delay my evening meal ;( which means I am going sleep very late. I have to start day quite early to have my morning meal on time. </p><p></p><p>Once I am following my regime times my blood sugar levels are ok:</p><p>First thing in the morning: between 4.1 and 5.3 (5.30am)</p><p>Before 2nd breakfast: between 4.4 and 5.7 (9:30am) - coming to office at 8am</p><p>before lunch: between 4.0 and 5.8 (1:30pm)</p><p>before afternoon meal: 4.2 and 5.5 (5:30 pm)</p><p>before evening meal: 4.5 and 6.0 (9:30pm)</p><p></p><p>these are readings when I am doing 8:30 and 4:30 shift.</p><p></p><p>When I am on 9am-5pm shift, some how I am getting a lots of hypos and hypers eating the same food and taking the same amount of units. </p><p></p><p>First thing in the morning: between 3.4 and 7.3 (6.30am)</p><p>Before 2nd breakfast: between 4.4 and 5.7 (10:30am) - have to delay it due to later start (coming to office at 9am)</p><p>before lunch: between 2.0 and 11.8 (2:30pm) - the same story have to have a meal later the normal</p><p>before afternoon meal: 3.2 and 15.5 (6:30pm - 7pm)</p><p>before evening meal: 3.0 and 10.7 (10:30pm - 11pm)</p><p>+ hypos during night, not mentioning that I am not having enough sleep due to hypos ;( bit depressed as well.</p><p></p><p>I was trying to reduce long acting insulin, but is not much help. Sometimes I can see knock on effect day later. Due to hypos I am extremely tired and can work to effectively. I am really annoyed as I am a hard working individual and I love my job and those jumping sugars levels are not helping me.</p><p></p><p>Sounds wired, but it looks my body can see difference even if I delay my meal only one hour.</p><p></p><p>I am new to diabetes...been diagnosed with type 1 last January. It came as a big shock to me ;( I do not smoke, always been on healthy diet. My BMI is perfect, never been down with flu or serious colds, etc, etc. So not sure what cause myself becoming diabetic ;((((</p><p></p><p>I thought I will ask my employer to agree for me to stick to 8:30-4:30 shift as it works the best for me and it would be beneficial to them as well as I am not getting any hypos and my sugars are perfect. Not sure what is causing it. My Diabetic Centre told me that each person is different and reacting different to insulin and in my case it may be an explanation why 0.5 does make such a big difference.</p><p></p><p>I am bit scared that as I have raised it with my manager it may put me into trouble. Then I thought is shouldn't as if they let one of us to work set hours due to bus issue they should understand my situation as well, especially that is health related. I am not sure how much they know about diabetes and issues it causing with my day to day life and how hard is to live with it (sometimes).</p><p></p><p>My meeting is tomorrow....so I will keep you posted with outcome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lacroix, post: 246703, member: 41313"] Hi Ed, Thank you for your answer. I know that is only 0.5hour difference between those shifts, however, if I am leaving at 5pm I am always stock in rush hours traffic ;( and I have to delay my afternoon meal. Once I get it late I have to delay my evening meal ;( which means I am going sleep very late. I have to start day quite early to have my morning meal on time. Once I am following my regime times my blood sugar levels are ok: First thing in the morning: between 4.1 and 5.3 (5.30am) Before 2nd breakfast: between 4.4 and 5.7 (9:30am) - coming to office at 8am before lunch: between 4.0 and 5.8 (1:30pm) before afternoon meal: 4.2 and 5.5 (5:30 pm) before evening meal: 4.5 and 6.0 (9:30pm) these are readings when I am doing 8:30 and 4:30 shift. When I am on 9am-5pm shift, some how I am getting a lots of hypos and hypers eating the same food and taking the same amount of units. First thing in the morning: between 3.4 and 7.3 (6.30am) Before 2nd breakfast: between 4.4 and 5.7 (10:30am) - have to delay it due to later start (coming to office at 9am) before lunch: between 2.0 and 11.8 (2:30pm) - the same story have to have a meal later the normal before afternoon meal: 3.2 and 15.5 (6:30pm - 7pm) before evening meal: 3.0 and 10.7 (10:30pm - 11pm) + hypos during night, not mentioning that I am not having enough sleep due to hypos ;( bit depressed as well. I was trying to reduce long acting insulin, but is not much help. Sometimes I can see knock on effect day later. Due to hypos I am extremely tired and can work to effectively. I am really annoyed as I am a hard working individual and I love my job and those jumping sugars levels are not helping me. Sounds wired, but it looks my body can see difference even if I delay my meal only one hour. I am new to diabetes...been diagnosed with type 1 last January. It came as a big shock to me ;( I do not smoke, always been on healthy diet. My BMI is perfect, never been down with flu or serious colds, etc, etc. So not sure what cause myself becoming diabetic ;(((( I thought I will ask my employer to agree for me to stick to 8:30-4:30 shift as it works the best for me and it would be beneficial to them as well as I am not getting any hypos and my sugars are perfect. Not sure what is causing it. My Diabetic Centre told me that each person is different and reacting different to insulin and in my case it may be an explanation why 0.5 does make such a big difference. I am bit scared that as I have raised it with my manager it may put me into trouble. Then I thought is shouldn't as if they let one of us to work set hours due to bus issue they should understand my situation as well, especially that is health related. I am not sure how much they know about diabetes and issues it causing with my day to day life and how hard is to live with it (sometimes). My meeting is tomorrow....so I will keep you posted with outcome. [/QUOTE]
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