- Messages
- 694
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
So I've recently started my job as a housekeeper having previously done work experience there. Everyday without fail I have a low blood sugars at approx 2:30pm. My diabetes nurse has lowered my basal rate to 0.225u/h and will more than likely be lowering it again. I have lunch at around 12:30pm and I have 40g of carbs I do 4 units of insulin for that (1:10 ratio for lunch) 2 hours later at 2:30 my sugars have dropped to around 2.5 and it doesn't matter whether at dinner my sugars were 5.0 or 15.0 it still drops to 2.5. Having checked at 2:30pm I still have around 2 units still active and so the inevitable thing that happens is that I go low again. I'm on my feet for 6 hours a day and am constantly running so I know that can affect me but having never done anything like this before I'm not really sure what to do. I can't speak to my diabetes nurse until the end of this week and so though some of you guys could help me as the constant low sugars are driving me crazy and are wearing me out and it's making my work performance suffer.