Please don't give up. it's still very early days yet. I am sure you will learn to manage this (having working alarms would help, and worst case I believe the dexcom G6 is an option in Australia).I've had enough. Giving up
4.9 is good. Is this just after your lantus?4.9. Maybe I hit a muscle with the big needle because there are no 4-6 mm needles available in AU at the moment
Yes. I had it at 9:15 instead of 9:00PM but that should not have made a difference I don't think4.9 is good. Is this just after your lantus?
Don't give up. Fight back instead. Good times may be just 'round the corner. Sorry if I'm asking a question you have already answered; but what is your insulin to carb ratio? I was wildly out of control at the beginning when I was on a fixed Novarapid dosage(set by the endo).I've had enough. Giving up
Am I right in thinking that you only started the glucose tubes only 3 minutes before this reading? Normally nothing will take effect for at least 20 minutes, sometimes longer. It is very easy to panic and keep shovelling glucose/sugar in until a reading changes. By that time you could have taken more than necessary.
Don't be embarrassed - you have probably brought light into their life. You have every right to be in hospital when faced with such problems. I know the names of 3 phlebotomists and we exchange news like being in a club! There has to be some good in medical experiencesThe cleaning staff know my name! This is embarrasing
You're right that I started the glucose immediately (before I even posted that post if I rememeber correctly) and yes I took too much again (I had jelly beans as well after I was above 6 because they take longer to work than the gel, and I had way too much last time this happened as well. I need to stay calmer and take a more... dunno the word... "controlled?" approach instead of just guzzling gel wanting it to go up in 30 seconds and having more). The gel generally works within 15 minutes for me, but jelly beans much longer and orange juice sometimes not at all (which is why I bought the glucose gel). Peaked at 14 but I didn't check that with a finger prick so it might have been a bit lower or higher. Ooops. It didn't take long to drop again though, but not hypo levels. Edit: looking at my graph after midnight everything was oscillating between 5 and low 6s without my normal 3AM low (I have a low at 3AM most nights... not severe (3.9 usually)... and it's always at 3AM and doesn't last long so my pancreas or liver must be doing something at that time). The main problem with the regularity of that 3AM low is that I can now turn off the alarm without really waking up :/ so I don't always finger prick or even scan... I basically sleep through it so it's fortunate that it has always, touch wood, corrects itself quicklyAm I right in thinking that you only started the glucose tubes only 3 minutes before this reading? Normally nothing will take effect for at least 20 minutes, sometimes longer. It is very easy to panic and keep shovelling glucose/sugar in until a reading changes. By that time you could have taken more than necessary.