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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
Hi all! I've been T1 for 9 years, good-ish HbA1c (7.2%) but I've been advised to start carb-counting. I've also been advised to split my 1x Levemir dose (35 units) into two doses (15 units in morning, 15 units 12 hours later). I'm on a 1:10 ratio at the moment. Novorapid is my rapid acting.
I've no problem with that - it's just that my blood sugars are absolutely, categorically 100% worse than they've ever been!
This morning, my blood sugar was 15.3. I took 5 units to cover the 50g of carbs, plus a correction dose of 3 units (I'm on a 1:3 correction dose). So 8 units altogether, plus the 15 units of long-acting Levemir.
My blood sugar is 18.8 I don't know what to do. The whole point of carb counting was to go on a lower amount of insulin, but now I'm just making up for it all in correction doses.
I've only been carb-counting/dose-splitting for 2 days now - is this just a teething problem or is carb-counting just lost on me?
I've no problem with that - it's just that my blood sugars are absolutely, categorically 100% worse than they've ever been!
This morning, my blood sugar was 15.3. I took 5 units to cover the 50g of carbs, plus a correction dose of 3 units (I'm on a 1:3 correction dose). So 8 units altogether, plus the 15 units of long-acting Levemir.
My blood sugar is 18.8 I don't know what to do. The whole point of carb counting was to go on a lower amount of insulin, but now I'm just making up for it all in correction doses.
I've only been carb-counting/dose-splitting for 2 days now - is this just a teething problem or is carb-counting just lost on me?