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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
I have another t1 friend who checks his sugars before and after every meal and always eats 3 meals a day at the exact same time every day. To the other extreme my mums colleges son was found in critical condition (keytones over 30) and died in hospital hours later within 2 weeks of moving out of his mums house, so that's a horror story that terrifies me as, if we ever get to that point in our relationship, I'd like him to move out of his mums house and start a life with me, what if i come home from work one day and find him in the same condition? Hes not consistently eating 3 meals a day, which is probably my fault because i've grown accustomed to only having brunch and supper. He usually injects after meals but this is mainly guess work as he rarely checks his sugars.Even though your boyfriend is injecting a lot of basal at night, basall insulin alone won't be sufficient to control bg levels in the presence of food being eaten. A bolus for food needs to be used and not just to correct high levels. This probably explains the keytones developing.
What do you mean by bolus? And how does hyper result in hypo?