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Morning everyone,

Couple of corrections overnight, when it crept above 8, woke in the 5s. Got a reasonable sleep. This is the best I'm going to get, I think.

Looks like it's going to be a nice day today, so I'm going to go and get myself some vitamin D.
 
Alison54321 said:
Not the end of the world, but it is annoying going to bed with a really good blood sugar, and the morning brings disappointment.
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Very frustrating. Correct and move on doesn’t always work for me first thing either. So I hope these double figures don’t hang around all morning.

A basal test is overdue not done one since I have switched from
Lantus to Levemir- been making excuses to avoid it... but I better crack on with it.
 
CranberryIce said:
Very frustrating. Correct and move on doesn’t always work for me first thing either. So I hope these double figures don’t hang around all morning.

A basal test is overdue not done one since I have switched from
Lantus to Levemir- been making excuses to avoid it... but I better crack on with it.
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I switched from Lantus to Levemir about a month ago. I like it a lot better, but I've been finding I need a slightly higher evening dose, than morning dose. I recently pushed it up to 8 at night, and 6 morning. It seems to be less erratic at that level, though it did feed into the morning sugars making them a bit lower. So I've had to use banana power to go out and get stuff done. Whereas before it would be a comfortable high 7s, or low 8 that I could walk off easily.

I'm not a fan of basal tests, as to me it's only a snapshot, but I based my guesstimate on the daily patterns freestyle libre graph, because the night time section was clearly higher.
 
Morning y'all :)

7.9 waking though I had 1u correction about 6am from 10.9, so it could be worse, the little un's still asleep so I'm enjoying a fresh ground coffee from my cafetiere in peace :) afore she awakes and we get ready for a swim, My suits ok, my boy and I got the same ones and matching shirts, the youngest got a nice black outfit and my eldest girl walked around in a sulk (pregnant) arguing with her fella and came away saying she'll go back today for her outfit so good luck with that Jade :p
 
Alison54321 said:
I switched from Lantus to Levemir about a month ago. I like it a lot better, but I've been finding I need a slightly higher evening dose, than morning dose. I recently pushed it up to 8 at night, and 6 morning. It seems to be less erratic at that level, though it did feed into the morning sugars making them a bit lower. So I've had to use banana power to go out and get stuff done. Whereas before it would be a comfortable high 7s, or low 8 that I could walk off easily.

I'm not a fan of basal tests, as to me it's only a snapshot, but I based my guesstimate on the daily patterns freestyle libre graph, because the night time section was clearly higher.
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Hi @Alison54321, Yes, lLevemir gives you that flexibility. Not sure that you meant by banana power, is that a banana to cope with morning exercise ? before ? after breakfast ??
 
kitedoc said:
Hi @Alison54321, Yes, lLevemir gives you that flexibility. Not sure that you meant by banana power, is that a banana to cope with morning exercise ? before ? after breakfast ??
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The banana is added to the equation at whatever point I start engaging in extra physical activity.
 
Alison54321 said:
The banana is added to the equation at whatever point I start engaging in extra physical activity.
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I've a greenish banana sat waiting to be eaten afore I go swimming, a big up to bananas as an T1 exercise tool :)

Which leads me to the banana debate! pre ripe green to yellow or over ripe yellow to brown? I find the riper the faster the sugars.... :)
 
kev-w said:
I've a greenish banana sat waiting to be eaten afore I go swimming, a big up to bananas as an T1 exercise tool :)

Which leads me to the banana debate! pre ripe green to yellow or over ripe yellow to brown? I find the riper the faster the sugars.... :)
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As a banana ripens more of its substance converts to digestible sugar. ( I think!) You don'e get stitches from swimming after eating? Would a slight reduction in am levemir (? 20%) plus preceeding bolus dose (and possibly the following bolus dose) work also ??
If swimming is late afternoon one may also need to lower pm Levemir as well since (in my experience at least) hypos from exercise can start 6 + after the exercise. Again, we do what works best for ourselves! (The jack-in-a-box is retreating back into his box )!!
 
kitedoc said:
As a banana ripens more of its substance converts to digestible sugar. ( I think!) You don'e get stitches from swimming after eating? Would a slight reduction in am levemir (? 20%) plus preceeding bolus dose (and possibly the following bolus dose) work also ??
If swimming is late afternoon one may also need to lower pm Levemir as well since (in my experience at least) hypos from exercise can start 6 + after the exercise. Again, we do what works best for ourselves! (The jack-in-a-box is retreating back into his box )!!
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For me I'm pretty disorganised, swimming/training is in a days routine whilst being flexible :p so (using Lantus) don't change basal unless ill, and happily raise my bloods to a safe point allowing it to drop whilst swimming, I've seen a sugar of 13.5 drop to<5 in 60 lengths a few times.
 
kitedoc said:
OK. So shaving a fraction off the pre-breakie bolus does not cover the exercise ? (just thinking of another option, not trying to spoil the banana boost !!)
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Not really, because it's too imprecise, and unpredictable. Today I will probably not need that banana, despite having 6 units as a bolus, when other days I might have 5. But I didn't need an early morning correction today, so that wasn't pushing blood glucose down around breakfast time, so I need the higher bolus. There are just so many variables in this equation.

But the banana fuel option is needed more frequently with a higher night time dose.
 
kev-w said:
I've a greenish banana sat waiting to be eaten afore I go swimming, a big up to bananas as an T1 exercise tool :)

Which leads me to the banana debate! pre ripe green to yellow or over ripe yellow to brown? I find the riper the faster the sugars.... :)
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I find this an interesting equation too. Though the study of it is difficult, as the supply of greenish bananas in my local Tesco's is variable. Sometimes they are all very dark green, sometimes all yellow.

Also, the green banana bought yesterday, may be yellow in the morning.
 
kitedoc said:
As a banana ripens more of its substance converts to digestible sugar. ( I think!) You don'e get stitches from swimming after eating? Would a slight reduction in am levemir (? 20%) plus preceeding bolus dose (and possibly the following bolus dose) work also ??
If swimming is late afternoon one may also need to lower pm Levemir as well since (in my experience at least) hypos from exercise can start 6 + after the exercise. Again, we do what works best for ourselves! (The jack-in-a-box is retreating back into his box )!!
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Your input is super valuable @kitedoc but sometimes the banana is just the easiest option, because changing levemir or bolus dosage can have an impact further down the line, a few hours later, whereas a banana has less impact.
 
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