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<blockquote data-quote="JoeT1" data-source="post: 1621136" data-attributes="member: 445711"><p>Hi All,</p><p></p><p>After my little fright last weekend, i have been in regular contact with my DSN throughout the week. Initially I was optimistic as we changed my Basal dose of Levimir to 14U at night, and 6U at about 7am in the morning. However, i'm a little confused and a bit downbeat about a couple of things. </p><p></p><p>- It seems during the night, my levels may rise +2mmol (even after upping the dose to 14U)</p><p>- My correction in the morning with a no carb meal, doesn't even seem to touch the surface of the high. Example is this morning waking at 11.8, and 2U correction only brought me down to 9.9 after 5+ Hours.</p><p>- Upon my second meal of the day, lunch, after a correction of 2U, I make it down to 6.3, which holds steady until about 6.30</p><p>- 7pm I have my dinner, this evening, no carb at all, so no insulin, and now at 8:45pm it's 9.2...a jump of nearly 3mmol and I think it's still rising. </p><p></p><p>What's really frustrating for me is I am working so hard on this. I count carbs, I am measuring my food to weight, i'm not snacking between these meals even when I feel like I could do with something small. Taken 3 1km walks during the day from work just to try and stop a rise. </p><p></p><p>I know my DSN is super helpful, and i am seeing her against next Wednesday and maybe adjustments may be made then. It just seems like sometimes i'm taking 2 steps forward....and 7 back. Trying to be optimistic, but it's playing on my mind. I get the feeling that every day I have these up and down readings, along with rising numbers in the evening/overnight, that i'm getting worse, sicker, not good enough to figure all this out. A day of being in range? It seems like the impossible at this stage. </p><p></p><p>Sorry, long rant, feeling sorry for myself. Not what people want to be reading and I know there are many a lot worse off than me. I'm just struggling with the points I listed, should we be looking at upping my nightime dose again, upping my morning time dose, changing ratios as morning seems to be really resistent to insulin for me. I feel the more dosages i need to take, the worse I am.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JoeT1, post: 1621136, member: 445711"] Hi All, After my little fright last weekend, i have been in regular contact with my DSN throughout the week. Initially I was optimistic as we changed my Basal dose of Levimir to 14U at night, and 6U at about 7am in the morning. However, i'm a little confused and a bit downbeat about a couple of things. - It seems during the night, my levels may rise +2mmol (even after upping the dose to 14U) - My correction in the morning with a no carb meal, doesn't even seem to touch the surface of the high. Example is this morning waking at 11.8, and 2U correction only brought me down to 9.9 after 5+ Hours. - Upon my second meal of the day, lunch, after a correction of 2U, I make it down to 6.3, which holds steady until about 6.30 - 7pm I have my dinner, this evening, no carb at all, so no insulin, and now at 8:45pm it's 9.2...a jump of nearly 3mmol and I think it's still rising. What's really frustrating for me is I am working so hard on this. I count carbs, I am measuring my food to weight, i'm not snacking between these meals even when I feel like I could do with something small. Taken 3 1km walks during the day from work just to try and stop a rise. I know my DSN is super helpful, and i am seeing her against next Wednesday and maybe adjustments may be made then. It just seems like sometimes i'm taking 2 steps forward....and 7 back. Trying to be optimistic, but it's playing on my mind. I get the feeling that every day I have these up and down readings, along with rising numbers in the evening/overnight, that i'm getting worse, sicker, not good enough to figure all this out. A day of being in range? It seems like the impossible at this stage. Sorry, long rant, feeling sorry for myself. Not what people want to be reading and I know there are many a lot worse off than me. I'm just struggling with the points I listed, should we be looking at upping my nightime dose again, upping my morning time dose, changing ratios as morning seems to be really resistent to insulin for me. I feel the more dosages i need to take, the worse I am. [/QUOTE]
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