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Good Evening,
I'm still new to all this - diagnosed in Feb and still in Honeymoon Period. This is my third posting so I really apologise if I'm asking too much, but I can't say enough how much this forum helps me.....
I upped my Lantus last Thursday from 7 to 8. I waited a few days for it to bed in and then did the overnight test as recommended on this forum and also in "Think Like a Pancreas". Results as follows:
6.6 before dinner. Had low fat dinner with some rice (50g carb) as carb. Had 5 clicks of Apidra.
9.8 2 hours after
7.4 at bedtime - 3 and a half hours after dinner
7.0 at 2 a.m.
6.2 at 7a.m.
So on this basis, all looked well with less than 1.7 variance between going to bed and getting up with no dip in night.
However, I then decided "in for a penny and in for a pound", so did another test at 8.30 a.m. before eating my breakfast and it had gone down to 5.3. It shocked me a bit, because I'm not used to seeing such low results, and it was nearly a whole mmol. Does it sound as though the Lantus is too strong, or is that normal from your experiences?
Overall, my results have been more stable and easier to predict, but the low numbers are scaring me a bit because I'm so frightened of hypos as I had so many when I started taking insulin.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Paula
I'm still new to all this - diagnosed in Feb and still in Honeymoon Period. This is my third posting so I really apologise if I'm asking too much, but I can't say enough how much this forum helps me.....
I upped my Lantus last Thursday from 7 to 8. I waited a few days for it to bed in and then did the overnight test as recommended on this forum and also in "Think Like a Pancreas". Results as follows:
6.6 before dinner. Had low fat dinner with some rice (50g carb) as carb. Had 5 clicks of Apidra.
9.8 2 hours after
7.4 at bedtime - 3 and a half hours after dinner
7.0 at 2 a.m.
6.2 at 7a.m.
So on this basis, all looked well with less than 1.7 variance between going to bed and getting up with no dip in night.
However, I then decided "in for a penny and in for a pound", so did another test at 8.30 a.m. before eating my breakfast and it had gone down to 5.3. It shocked me a bit, because I'm not used to seeing such low results, and it was nearly a whole mmol. Does it sound as though the Lantus is too strong, or is that normal from your experiences?
Overall, my results have been more stable and easier to predict, but the low numbers are scaring me a bit because I'm so frightened of hypos as I had so many when I started taking insulin.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Paula