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Thanks Alison. I am probably trying to do too much at once. I'm doing 14u and 6u again today. But, I do want to try 13u and 7. Maybe tomorrow... but I don't think I'll do any testing today. Yesterday's 14 | 6 test seemed ok. Pretty much a flat line during the test period of 3:15 to 6:15...

Ok... I forgot my Lantus tonight. Took it two hours late. I am totally burning out. Between still feeling sick from my thyroid issues to trying to fix my blood sugar, I just feel like I cannot do this anymore.

I also do multiple corrections with fast acting, but sometimes I think I wait too long

I didn't know Lantus could do that, but since I'm injecting in my stomach, should be ok. My 1.5 low was a long time ago - probably about 10 years ago and was before I was taking Lantus. I was on Humulin N and Humulin R at that time. Yes, I'd like to see what novorapid thinks of this idea as...

What did your doc say about injection sites? I inject into my belly or hips. Canada's health service is free, but you have to pay at least partially for most medications. It would cost about $135/ month whereas I get Lantus covered by my insurance. Your hypo experience sounds VERY scary...

Yes, that does make sense. But then, in your opinion, what would I do, since increasing night time Lantus would make me crash in the middle of the night? And given that it seems as if I'm CLOSE with daytime, reducing daytime to be in line with night time would LIKELY mean not enough Lantus...

Agreed that we need to work within the limitations of reality and that insulin requirements vary during the day AND night. I have to disagree though with "using sufficient basal to achieve a reasonable blood sugar", and would have to agree with novorapid that basal's function is to keep blood...

Yes, it's a treatment for hypothyroidism, and you're right about raising / lowering blood sugar. I think even if taking exactly the right amount, it would make a difference because NDT gives a distinct increase in T3 around the 2 hour mark, then starts to decrease. It's the T3 apparently that...

So, I can't test lunch today because I'm too high, but hope I can test suppertime. Any thoughts on why my blood sugar started to rise at 3am last night? This was most unusual and I completely missed it. I only caught it when I checked at 6 and gave myself 2u. Unfortunately my needle...

Who knows? I am starting to think I'll never figure this out! I'm still fighting that rise... so probably won't be able to test lunch today. :( It seems that if I get on top of it quickly enough, it's reasonably easy to get it to go down. If it gets away from me though, it's really hard to...

I would love to try Tresiba or Toujeo but my insurance doesn't cover either. Re: basal, I don't know a whole lot, but I would have to agree with novorapid in that basal should hold me steady. As I understand it, the Humalog is what would bring me down to a better level. The basal would hold...

Thanks! I stayed at 14 today because I'd dropped from 15 the day before. I will try the test again at 14u. There was no hypo. Just a 3.6mmol/L DROP from 2.5 hours before.

I think at this point patterns graph might be a bit useless, as I'm rather all over the map! Patterns map does shows widest variation from suppertime to bed time. But... I was using a 1:10 ratio there before I switched to twice daily Lantus and that clearly needs to be adjusted.

HAHA!! well I'm almost 60, so should get two medals??

Would a stress reponse to missing lunch happen at 3AM?

I took 14u Lantus again because I'd only taken it for 1 day. Will try to test daytime again. BUT... totally different graph this morning. At 3am I started a gentle rise, which is proving difficult to stop. Looks like my Humalog pen needle didn't work for my 6am 2u correction though, so I've...

I am not taking magnesium, but think I perhaps should. Will look into that.

Ok. I will work on the dawn phenomenon. But.... I had a weird night last night. For the first time in a long time, my blood sugar started to rise at 3am. Just a slow steady upswing, but I didn't expect it. Have to look at why... cuz right now I have no idea!

Nothing else I can think of. I made sure not to exercise. You're right could be a lantus peak though. And I do have other variables. Perhaps I need to take into account when I take my thyroid meds. I'm on NDT, so the T3 would affect my blood sugar. Arghhhh!

First round of daytime testing. 7:45: Last bolus 2u Humalog 11:45: 12.9 @ Libra trending across. 11.8 @ blood 12:45: 11.8 Libre trending across 1:45: 10.3 Libre trending across. 9.7 @ blood 2:15 9.2 Libre trending slow down I had nothing to eat after 7:45. I stopped the test at 2:15 because...