Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to Thread
Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the
Diabetes Forum Survey 2024 »
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Type 1 Diabetes
Hi, New member ----- a long time diabetic
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Nyxks" data-source="post: 595974" data-attributes="member: 116204"><p>To me it sounds like your lantus dosage isn't high enough to sustain you though the night and during the day with your boils at meals … it does sound like you might be experiencing dawn issues but that wouldn't explain the reading though out the day that your dealing with, which is why it sounds like you don't have enough base line insulin onboard to keep your system level/stable. </p><p></p><p>Do you eat to your meter? as in eating a meal then testing 30min 1 hour 1.5 hour and 2 hour after to see how you rise/fall after the meal or snack - giving yourself an idea as to how your body handles the types of carbs your giving it (process high sugar carbs take a lot more for the body to process then natural sugars - a carb might be a carb but the body does treat complex and simple carbs differently. </p><p></p><p>You might try keeping a food diary with a log beside each meal/snack of your glucose reading so you can track and see what meals/snacks cause spikes and which ones doesn't cause as much of a spike. </p><p></p><p>For myself I'm on 100 units of lantus at bedtime (which varies from midnight to 3am depending on what time I go to bed - work night vs non work night). but regardless of what time I take it I wake around 3.7 to 4.2 (tad low but not bad) and for the rest of the day I stay around the 5 to 6 mark even not taking my meal time insulin on occasion because I don't need to do so. I eat between 150 and 300 grams of carbs a day (all plant based, nothing from animals and no gluten).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nyxks, post: 595974, member: 116204"] To me it sounds like your lantus dosage isn't high enough to sustain you though the night and during the day with your boils at meals … it does sound like you might be experiencing dawn issues but that wouldn't explain the reading though out the day that your dealing with, which is why it sounds like you don't have enough base line insulin onboard to keep your system level/stable. Do you eat to your meter? as in eating a meal then testing 30min 1 hour 1.5 hour and 2 hour after to see how you rise/fall after the meal or snack - giving yourself an idea as to how your body handles the types of carbs your giving it (process high sugar carbs take a lot more for the body to process then natural sugars - a carb might be a carb but the body does treat complex and simple carbs differently. You might try keeping a food diary with a log beside each meal/snack of your glucose reading so you can track and see what meals/snacks cause spikes and which ones doesn't cause as much of a spike. For myself I'm on 100 units of lantus at bedtime (which varies from midnight to 3am depending on what time I go to bed - work night vs non work night). but regardless of what time I take it I wake around 3.7 to 4.2 (tad low but not bad) and for the rest of the day I stay around the 5 to 6 mark even not taking my meal time insulin on occasion because I don't need to do so. I eat between 150 and 300 grams of carbs a day (all plant based, nothing from animals and no gluten). [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post Reply
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Type 1 Diabetes
Hi, New member ----- a long time diabetic
Top
Bottom
Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Ad free.
Join the community »
This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn More.…