In addition to what In Response said, you might want to consider 'nudging' your Blood Sugar with short bursts of excercise. Just doing some Squats to raise your heart rate can be enough to stop a Blood Sugar spike in its tracks.Hi,
when we correct our insulin dose when we need more insulin.
is it still 2 hours after meal? or as soon as I notice the bg takes off (goes high)?
thank you
I find a few squats or a short burst of exercise will raise my levels and, if my levels are raised, I struggle to exercise so any attempt will push them up due to the stress.In addition to what In Response said, you might want to consider 'nudging' your Blood Sugar with short bursts of excercise. Just doing some Squats to raise your heart rate can be enough to stop a Blood Sugar spike in its tracks.
The safest time to correct is 4 to 5 hours after your insulin dose for your meal with your next meal. If you eat normally you will spike your blood sugars as injected insulin does not match the food you are eating and follows a fixed curve (unlike a normal person). If your blood sugar returns to pre-meal levels 4 to 5 hours after eating your dose was correct and you do not need a correction.Hi,
when we correct our insulin dose when we need more insulin.
is it still 2 hours after meal? or as soon as I notice the bg takes off (goes high)?
thank you
Thank you so much.When we take correction doses, we need to be aware of insulin onboard.
If you are taking a bolus, you will have insulin on board (bolus which has not become active yet) for 4 or more hours after injecting and this need to be considered whether you correct 2 hours after injecting or 1 hour.
If you inject a correction without taking insulin on board into consideration, you are at risk of overdosing and going hypo. Just because your levels start climbing does not mean you need to inject more.
If you are not comfortable with calculating insulin on board, I recommend discussing this with your DSN as this can vary per person.
Are you also aware that Libre can be inaccurate when your levels are high? For this reason, it is always recommended to finger prick test before correcting.
For example, this afternoon, my Libre reported an unexpected 10.1. When I checked with a finger prick, the result was 7.3.
Yeah. I found out this is the safest way.In addition to what In Response said, you might want to consider 'nudging' your Blood Sugar with short bursts of excercise. Just doing some Squats to raise your heart rate can be enough to stop a Blood Sugar spike in its tracks.
I very read something like do not excrecise when your bg is high this affects the ketone.I find a few squats or a short burst of exercise will raise my levels and, if my levels are raised, I struggle to exercise so any attempt will push them up due to the stress.
The advice I was given was to be wary of exercise if your levels are over 9.
The safest time to correct is 4 to 5 hours after your insulin dose for your meal with your next meal. If you eat normally you will spike your blood sugars as injected insulin does not match the food you are eating and follows a fixed curve (unlike a normal person). If your blood sugar returns to pre-meal levels 4 to 5 hours after eating your dose was correct and you do not need a correction.
Yes I have the same issue.Hi, I tend to avoid correction doses as my fast acting seems to last for 5 hours so will often hypo if I correct, so I accept the high level and adjust my dose next time I eat that particular thing, but that’s just me, good luck.
I eat low carb to avoid spikes. But that's not recommended by my diabetes team who want everyone to eat normally and spike.Yeah but this is a long time to return to premeal level.
Tbh I stress when bg is high
Thanks for your advice
Have you considered using less Insulin when you correct, or setting the Blood Sugar threshold for correcting higher?Yes I have the same issue.
Going low after correction and overtreat low resulting too much bg.
Thanks for your reply.
yes, you know when I eat 45 grams of carb in the morning I manage my insulin intake.I eat low carb to avoid spikes. But that's not recommended by my diabetes team who want everyone to eat normally and spike.
yes, one of my problem is the changing ratio.Have you considered using less Insulin when you correct, or setting the Blood Sugar threshold for correcting higher?
Hi,
when we correct our insulin dose when we need more insulin.
is it still 2 hours after meal? or as soon as I notice the bg takes off (goes high)?
thank you
Thanks bro.Most rapid insulins don't start to work for about 50 minutes and can last for several hours... so you need to be aware of what insulin you have taken and how long ago... as if you took the insulin an hour ago you may still have enough to bring you back down to a normal level
However sometimes I've taken 3 units for food.. going sky high and know that 3 units isn't enough even for the correction so will calculate a correction
You really need to be aware of how your body reacts and learn from what happens when you 'try' different things.. but I would say most hypos I've had are due to over correction