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My Ongoing Basal Testing

mountaintom said:
I wouldn’t know how alcoholic beer affects BG.
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Alcohol may reduce BG for the following 24 to 48 hours.
The reason for this that alcohol is considered poison by our livers. Whilst our liver is dealing with this, it will not be dripping glucose: livers cannot multi-task.
Without the glucose drip, we may find out basal insulin requirements may be less.
 
mountaintom said:
Do you agree with livers?
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If you are asking whether I drink, the answer is "yes".
I try not to drink to excess and I don't drink every night (once or twice a week) but I enjoy a good wine or a beer.
Whilst doing so, I try to remain aware of the risks - don't drink to the point I lose any inhibitions, remember to reduce my basal overnight and give my liver time to recover in between.
 
If you Goggle Insulin profile pictures - Novorapid, you can see how the Novorapid's effect reaches a peak (a peak of blood-sugar LOWERING effect). By the time Novorapid reaches the 5 hour mark its effect is nearly spent.
Insulin on board (IOB) is a term to remid us of the fact that injecting more short acting insulin too soon after the first injection can cause the insulin doses to stack up. And a hypo later is on the cards.
My pump for example has the IOB set at 3 hours. This is because a bolus dose takes time to bring down a high sugar level but my doctor considered it was OK to bolus more at the 3 hour mark if needed. Others have the setting or timing at 3 1/2 or 4 hours.
 
08:00>14:00

last food 21:00 night before
last bolus: 01:00 8 units.

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As you can see the level rose significantly. from a starting point of around 7 although interestingly started coming down a little at the end. I'm not sure this is a good test as i was active (probably walked about 3km in total) as you can see and also had two black coffees in this time. The morning was quite stressful. I had two separate work deadlines to meet and also had to walk into town and back.
 
Chris Bowsher said:
08:00>14:00

last food 21:00 night before
last bolus: 01:00 8 units.

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As you can see the level rose significantly. from a starting point of around 7 although interestingly started coming down a little at the end. I'm not sure this is a good test as i was active (probably walked about 3km in total) as you can see and also had two black coffees in this time. The morning was quite stressful. I had two separate work deadlines to meet and also had to walk into town and back.
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A lot of walking about doesn't always mean the test was pointless.....but unless this activity is consistent and you have a pump, you're limited to what you can do with the information.......

its clear the basal isn't holding you steady early on...do you think if you were not so active the result may have continued to rise....?
 
@novorapidboi26 thanks for the reply

I have to walk to work everyday so the first 1500m is consistent. I can't avoid this exercise

Also i generally have the same amount of coffee (espressos at 0.5g carb) each, should i continue to drink those do you think?

Will re-test again at the same time next week, see what happens without the extra exercise and less stress.

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I think it may have risen further had i not done the extra walking.
 
I think there may be an element of the "Dawn Phenomenon" which doesn't always happen at a dawn. For me it's the moment I get out of bed - my blood sugars rise immediately. Having said that it does look as though your basal may need increasing.
I use Levemir & split the dose.
 
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