If this has been asked before, I'm sorry.
I’ve been T2 diagnosed now for quite a long time and as a result I’ve been on Matformin and Gliclozide. However, I was recently been moved onto insulin by the hospital. They ask I take one shot a day first thing after checking my bloods, which are normally in the rage of 16+ (sometimes as high as 20), and then check again before meals and make a note of the results.
The first day I started taking my shots my blood readings dropped to 10 at lunch and 11 by dinner time. By bedtime I’d already snacked on something and my results were in the region of 14.
Now, the question is, those initial readings of 10 and 11 have never since been repeated. A week later the hospital have ramped up the dosage (asking me to adjust the amount again by the weekend if the results are still high), but, again, the results have never shown like they had before.
I understand food plays a large part of the result process, but at the moment I’m lost. For example, before my morning shot this morning my blood readings stood at 16.4. So I made a small banana smoothie for breakfast with semi skimmed milk (which I read was a good thing for diabetics to have) and when I checked my bloods again more than two hours later, they still read high (15.2).
So the question is why would I see a onetime magical change in my blood readings after my first shot of insulin and never see them again? Even on the higher dose I’ve taken today the numbers just don’t seem to drop.
Any thoughts or knowledge?
I’ve been T2 diagnosed now for quite a long time and as a result I’ve been on Matformin and Gliclozide. However, I was recently been moved onto insulin by the hospital. They ask I take one shot a day first thing after checking my bloods, which are normally in the rage of 16+ (sometimes as high as 20), and then check again before meals and make a note of the results.
The first day I started taking my shots my blood readings dropped to 10 at lunch and 11 by dinner time. By bedtime I’d already snacked on something and my results were in the region of 14.
Now, the question is, those initial readings of 10 and 11 have never since been repeated. A week later the hospital have ramped up the dosage (asking me to adjust the amount again by the weekend if the results are still high), but, again, the results have never shown like they had before.
I understand food plays a large part of the result process, but at the moment I’m lost. For example, before my morning shot this morning my blood readings stood at 16.4. So I made a small banana smoothie for breakfast with semi skimmed milk (which I read was a good thing for diabetics to have) and when I checked my bloods again more than two hours later, they still read high (15.2).
So the question is why would I see a onetime magical change in my blood readings after my first shot of insulin and never see them again? Even on the higher dose I’ve taken today the numbers just don’t seem to drop.
Any thoughts or knowledge?