Is there still no App for IOS available? I´m about to order my 4th reader already since the button and/touchscreen break down/become less responsive rather quickly.
By the way, I finally found a way to control my glucose values. I´m now between 4,1 and 9,9 mmol 85% of the time. Also thanks to the Freestyle Libre
To achieve this:
- I skip breakfast almost completely. My Bg already automatically starts to rise as soon as I get up without eating. So when I get up I take 10 units Lantus and 3 units Novorapid. This stops the rising and will start lowering bg slowely. Sometimes I take a glass of low calerorie drink, like Nalu, (max 4g carbs/100ml) to get a flat line.
- For lunch, around 12:00, I take a salad (almost) without carbs. So, for example a salad with cheese or chicken. I take 2 or 3 units Novorapid, depending if there are croutons or other small amounts of carbs in the salad. My bg will stay flat.
- Around 15:00 my bg will start to fall. I eat, not too heavy, sandwiches/wraps, and get about 5 units Novorapid. BG will stay stable.
- Before dinner I take another 10 units of Lantus and about 5/6 Novorapid. Well if it´s a pizza more
BG will stay rather flat.
- Before I go to bed, around 22:30 my bg might be falling, which I compensate with AA-drink, or Belvita breakfast biscuits (so I finally have breakfast
). Anyway, any not-too-complicated- carbs that work rather quickly and don´t last too long will do
- Around 2:00 AM I do a nightly check, to avoid hypo´s. Normally it´s fine. But when I´m on less carbs for some days in a row, I might have to get additional sugar.
It takes some effort and hunger in the first part of the day, but I´m feeling a lot better. I also noted that I can eat a bit more carbs for about a day, after going to the gym.