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That's the plan Slip - Just checked level after lunch and already at 6.6. Much better!! :) :) Breakfast is the dodgy one probably coupled with the liver dump, so will eat 20 mins before eating and see what happens?

On the Humalog now. First test this morning and injected just before eating and went back to 2 Weetabix, banana and raspberries to get a comparison. The level after one hour was around 10. Not brilliant but certainly better than 12. Also the period it was higher was much shorter and returned...

After a few days testing. I managed to get a reasonable sugar level of 6.8. The result was having a slice of toast 30 mins after injecting and then an hour later having 1 Weetabix with milk and raspberries. Highest reading at 9! It would seem you were right Weetabix is probably too high a...

Thanks slip. My levels before injecting before all meals tends to be between 5 to 5.5 and i tend to inject one hour before eating with the exception of bfast. I will now change my type of food at bfast and hopefully this will improve. I have become so concerned with not going above 7.8 post...

High levels again this morning for a short period of time. Say 45 minutes. now back to normal levels. Banana cut out and no difference. I guess it is the Weetabix! I have downloaded the GI index and it has made me realise I have been a bit of a fool. Never realised how high Weetabix and all...

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Thanks for the advice. I have basically been going by the carb content. I'm not sure if this is correct or not, but I calculated a banana is 20g, 2 Weetabix are 26g and raspberries seem to have no effect for me but only have a handful. I have been injecting 9 to 10 units so felt this was more...

Hi I have raised this before and have seen many posts on this discussion, but I still have a few frustrations having tried a few different things! A typical morning would be as follows: Sugar level shows 4.7 in morning. Inject Novorapid 5.15am. Have breakfast at 7.15am(2 Weetabix...

Thanks for the message. It is starting to make a bit more sense now, especially as the bigger spikes are in the morning. I never realised that cereals could also cause such an increase in the spike. I tested myself just over an hour after breakfast and was at 10.3. Then 90 mins after that I...

Hi Steve, before eating my levels are usually between 5 and 6. As an example of strange things, i had a BG level of 5.6 and ate 3 plain weetabix after injecting 30 mins prior and the BG level rose to 12.5 about two hours after eating. On the same day i injected again 30 mins prior to having...

Thanks. So if i am not having food and doing the testing say in the morning having had my basal injection the previous night. If the BG level increases throughout the day then my basal level is too low. If it drops then it is too high? But test on three different days first and monitor. I...

Sorry to be a bit nieve but what is a basal check?

That's right

Do you mean the basal insulin is too high? It seems as if my body converts the carbs much quicker than the Nov rapid can act.

I am still trying to manage my sugar levels post prandial. I am typically getting readings between 8 and 11 after eating (I know 9 is fine). Initially I was injecting immediately before eating, but have now started to inject between 30 to 60 minutes before eating. This has helped as I don't...

I am on 9 units of novorapid. I am carb counting. Tonight i had a turkey escalope and chips. Not too many chips. I was 5.4 before eating but only had my novorapid five minutes before eating. From reading other posts it looks like i should be injecting between 30 - 45 minutes before eating...

Hi I have been type 1 for over 6 months now and my levels when testing before eating are now usually in the range of 5 to 6.5. All good :). However, after eating my sugar levels regularly go up to 11 and then after two hours drop back down to under 7. I have tried taking novorapid 10,20 or 30...

I was diagnosed type 1 about 6 months ago. My blood sugar levels have been fine. However during the past week they have been a bit all over the shop. I have had levels of between 9 and 14 quite often, but they are always fine first thing in the morning.. I am currently on Novorapid during...

Cheers I'll give that a go. Just want to reduce the spikes!

Thanks very much for the quick response!! Much appreciated :)