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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 665359" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Well, partly by how I feel - I know when I'm heading into hypo territory generally - partly by what I've been eating/drinking/doing - so last night I had a couple of glasses of wine with my tea and I know wine always drops my BG a few hours later so I need to be vigilant and partly by what I'm about to do e.g. drive, take insulin etc.</p><p></p><p>So, previously I would have tested at least on waking (still do thi to calculate breakfast dose), before each meal to calculate dose (still do this), after each meal to see effects and make sure dose was right (have more or less stopped this and just scan), before bed (still do this), other times as needed e.g. low BGs or as required e.g. driving (still do this). After my wine yesterday, I scanned fairly frequently so I could see as my BG started to drop - previously I would have had to test maybe once an hour and hope to catch the drop - or correct pre-emptively and usually end up very high the next day. When correcting a hypo I would have tested frequently across the next hour, but now I just test to confirm, correct, then scan frequently until I see my BG rising. Unfortunately, with the low readings overnight, I don't see that you've got any choice but to test for now.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 665359, member: 29301"] Well, partly by how I feel - I know when I'm heading into hypo territory generally - partly by what I've been eating/drinking/doing - so last night I had a couple of glasses of wine with my tea and I know wine always drops my BG a few hours later so I need to be vigilant and partly by what I'm about to do e.g. drive, take insulin etc. So, previously I would have tested at least on waking (still do thi to calculate breakfast dose), before each meal to calculate dose (still do this), after each meal to see effects and make sure dose was right (have more or less stopped this and just scan), before bed (still do this), other times as needed e.g. low BGs or as required e.g. driving (still do this). After my wine yesterday, I scanned fairly frequently so I could see as my BG started to drop - previously I would have had to test maybe once an hour and hope to catch the drop - or correct pre-emptively and usually end up very high the next day. When correcting a hypo I would have tested frequently across the next hour, but now I just test to confirm, correct, then scan frequently until I see my BG rising. Unfortunately, with the low readings overnight, I don't see that you've got any choice but to test for now. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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