I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I've had type 1 diabetes for over seven years now and it's been well controlled with good HbA1c results. However, over the past few months, I've been getting high blood sugar in the morning. Nearly every morning it's anything between 10 and 15 mmol/L.
I had my regular check-up and found out my latest HbA1c was the highest it's ever been at 73 mmol/mol, which is quite high. I told the nurse I've been getting high blood sugar readings in the mornings and she put me on a new type of background insulin. According to her, I'm doing everything I should be doing for my diabetes management and my HbA1c should be a lot lower. She also recommended I trial the new patch that monitors your blood sugar levels 24/7, which I'm going to do in the next month or so.
Last night, I checked my blood sugar before bed and it was 8 mmol/L. I injected one unit of Insulatard to bring it down a little bit. I l also injected the required units of the new background insulin I'd been put on. I hadn't eaten since tea time.
However, this morning I woke up and tested straight away: my blood sugar had gone up to 16 mmol/L. It had been around 8 before bedtime, so it's clearly risen while I've been asleep. This is just one of many examples of my blood sugar rising overnight.
So, is there anything I can do to solve this? Like I said, I'm doing everything I can to manage my diabetes well. I check regularly, count carbs, inject accordingly - on paper, I should have steady blood sugar results, but for some reason it rises overnight and this is affecting my HbA1c, which I obviously want to get down.
Has anyone with Type 1 Diabetes experienced something similar? Any possible solutions would be much appreciated.
James
I had my regular check-up and found out my latest HbA1c was the highest it's ever been at 73 mmol/mol, which is quite high. I told the nurse I've been getting high blood sugar readings in the mornings and she put me on a new type of background insulin. According to her, I'm doing everything I should be doing for my diabetes management and my HbA1c should be a lot lower. She also recommended I trial the new patch that monitors your blood sugar levels 24/7, which I'm going to do in the next month or so.
Last night, I checked my blood sugar before bed and it was 8 mmol/L. I injected one unit of Insulatard to bring it down a little bit. I l also injected the required units of the new background insulin I'd been put on. I hadn't eaten since tea time.
However, this morning I woke up and tested straight away: my blood sugar had gone up to 16 mmol/L. It had been around 8 before bedtime, so it's clearly risen while I've been asleep. This is just one of many examples of my blood sugar rising overnight.
So, is there anything I can do to solve this? Like I said, I'm doing everything I can to manage my diabetes well. I check regularly, count carbs, inject accordingly - on paper, I should have steady blood sugar results, but for some reason it rises overnight and this is affecting my HbA1c, which I obviously want to get down.
Has anyone with Type 1 Diabetes experienced something similar? Any possible solutions would be much appreciated.
James