Can anyone give me advice on what I may be doing wrong.
Yesterday, 2 hours after James having his tea/dinner his BG was 11, this was 8pm. In the past at this time of night he would always have supper, banana, cereal and toast. Never ever tested him before bed and off he went. Morning readings were nearly always good up until recently, hence the new regime. So he still wants to have his usual supper. His regime does not call for novorapid before supper but has 16 units Lantus before bed.
He woke up at 6am and wanted to do his BG, I was shocked to see it was 18.8. He went back to bed and got up at 8.am with a reading of 14.2. He did a correction dose, plus his dose for breakfast which is always the same breakfast. His regime is 1unit/10gms carbs.
He then went off to football. Dad could see that he was very lethargic and he did his BG again at 11.23 and his reading was 19.4. Did it again at 12.35 in readiness for lunch and it was 14.0. Did another correction dose plus lunch and am waiting to see in 2 hours from that what his reading will be then. He has just come to me now and said that he is starving, but has only just finished lunch.
When we started the regime the diabetic nurse said we do not need to give a dose of insulin for his supper which she did say should be light. But here's the thing, he does like to have supper and quite frankly would like to put on a bit of weight so cutting back on his supper is not going to help.
Would there be a problem during the night if he took another dose of insulin to cover his supper. I am afraid to do this and wonder what other people do. We will be going to see the nurse next week but wondered if anyone had an answer for me.
Thanks in anticipation :?
Yesterday, 2 hours after James having his tea/dinner his BG was 11, this was 8pm. In the past at this time of night he would always have supper, banana, cereal and toast. Never ever tested him before bed and off he went. Morning readings were nearly always good up until recently, hence the new regime. So he still wants to have his usual supper. His regime does not call for novorapid before supper but has 16 units Lantus before bed.
He woke up at 6am and wanted to do his BG, I was shocked to see it was 18.8. He went back to bed and got up at 8.am with a reading of 14.2. He did a correction dose, plus his dose for breakfast which is always the same breakfast. His regime is 1unit/10gms carbs.
He then went off to football. Dad could see that he was very lethargic and he did his BG again at 11.23 and his reading was 19.4. Did it again at 12.35 in readiness for lunch and it was 14.0. Did another correction dose plus lunch and am waiting to see in 2 hours from that what his reading will be then. He has just come to me now and said that he is starving, but has only just finished lunch.
When we started the regime the diabetic nurse said we do not need to give a dose of insulin for his supper which she did say should be light. But here's the thing, he does like to have supper and quite frankly would like to put on a bit of weight so cutting back on his supper is not going to help.
Would there be a problem during the night if he took another dose of insulin to cover his supper. I am afraid to do this and wonder what other people do. We will be going to see the nurse next week but wondered if anyone had an answer for me.
Thanks in anticipation :?
