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New long diabetic type 1 does anyone know if I should take extra insulin if my sugars are over 13 all the time had my tea time shot but thinking about injecting some more

Thanks appreciate your help really been useful [emoji4]

Yeah cheers mate I’ve downloaded that app and used it with my tea it’s really useful , I’ll stick with the pistachios for snacks then [emoji23] just gonna have to keep track of the carbs I guess what a pain in **** type 1 is

She said same that it’s trial and error , and I eat seeded bread for breakfast and lunch and then tea is different but normally like a chicken dinner or fish and salads I’m gonna learn carb counting as it’s obviously essential to all This , question do you take insulin before snacking on cereal...

Okay sounds good does it matter that I’m on humalog insulin or is it still the same work out method

In contact everyday this week they have put my units up as I haven’t been told how to carb count because of Covid I have to wait a while to see a dietitian I think if I knew how to carb count then adding on my correction dosses I would be okay it’s just a nightmare that I can’t see the dietitian...

I eat tea at 5pm then I’ll have some supper like apple and peanut butter , the lows hit 3 and I’ll have 4 jelly babies to bring me back up but then it brings me up too much I always end up going to bed with a level of 13 I normally go low after lunch at around 2

Yes true I think it’s also because I’m having a lot of hypo I eat carbs on a night when it happens which may not be doing me favours over the cause of the night I haven’t gone to to sleep with less then 13 sugar level yet so it makes sense that I’m waking up still high do you have any tips to...

Yeah I mean I’m 20 year old just looked at the liver dump and wouldn’t be surprised if it was that with hormones getting realised etc are u type 1 may I ask ?

I’m taking Lantus 16 units on a morning and I will have a look now , just so annoying not been in range when your trying your best

First week in but so far On a morning I wake up with around 13 on the dot I take 12 units of humalog with breakfast 2 toast and wheatbix then lunch I take 8 units and sugar level normally around 8 before eating I’m either too high or too low basically cos after lunch I keep getting hypos

Did anyone find it hard at first to keep there blood sugar levels down as mine our always high on a morning and after breakfast finding it difficult to be in range haven’t seen a dietitian because of Covid so struggling on how to be doing it all correctly