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So do you leave an hour between injection and breakfast every morning.....? I haven't heard such a length of time but if that's what you need to keep the spike down that's what you need...:) 45 minutes is the longest I have used......30 minutes is where it seems to have settled for now.....

I wouldn't count that out for sure....

My reference to fat and protein was because high fat meals can cause a delay in absorption. But a sandwich and yoghurt will digest normally for most folk.....

As a non libre user I may be talking rubbish I wouldn't put too much faith in the trending arrow....as long as you know what you active insulin you should be fine.... The issue seems to be how quickly the insulin starts....ten to fifteen minutes usually is the norm but everyone is...

If you are dropping before you eat then you could assume that the insulin is starting to work before digestion is taking place.... The normal behaviour is a rise up to the 1.5-2 hour mark, then a steady drop back down in to range..... You say after 2 hours that it will continue to rise, which...

I wouldn't say you do need to use blood test data, certainly not for pump basal rates once they are already partially established.... but for injections, the argument could be that the blood test gives a much more accurate before and after picture which would make adjustments more effective...

My understanding is that the dawn phenomenon process always happens in everyone, it just happens in varying severities, which is connected to the amount of carbs you eat, your physical make up, the medications your on etc..... the trick is being able to adapt to these almost inventible changes...

Welcome Andy.....

Would you like the doses to be close together? They certainly don't have to be, its just whatever you need that dictates the dose.... Are you using blood test data for these basal tests....?

You're a brave guy.......this is one of the deal breakers for me ever leaving, although Scotland is beautiful...... best of luck....

I am sure I read new manufacturing premises were being built......its an international product now.....

I am one of those folk that rarely remembers their dreams.......what does that mean? my levels overnight are certainly not consistently perfect.....

At least control wont completely collapse with a 48 year veteran like yourself.....;)..... hopefully they are working day and night in the factories....

I cant really see any big veins, but more smaller capillaries.... these wee vessels can get nicked all the time when injecting.....you might get a bruise, but nothing to worry about.....

Definitely give the Lantus a couple of days..... Also, 2mmol isn't significant.......when fine tuning the basal testing on pumps you would only make a change if it fluctuated by more than 1.7mmol.....you certainly cant achieve those levels of accuracy on injections, so a 2mmol fluctuation could...

For me, and this has only been in the last two to three years of nearly twenty, has been the mild hypochondria brought on by the slight worsening of my retinopathy...... The hypochondria now subsided after being looked at again and again and insisting that the eye doctor explains in details...

A 5.3 is great two hours after a meal......even if the carb content was pretty low... how many chips did you have....? could the alcohol have been responsible for the number, well maybe, but two glasses isn't that much and the liver doesn't start trying to remove the alcohol straight away in...

Its definitely genetic and environmental I think....

Do you adjust your own doses on the pump? specifically the basal rates

Can your body recover on its own....yes......its obviously not wise but your liver will respond..... mine still does even after nearly 20 years...