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How frustrating is this disease? I can do the same thing 2 days running and blood sugars can be all over the place. I seem to jog along quite nicely for a week or two, then have a complete aberration! An example was last weekend. We went out for dinner on Sat night, Spanish tapas, so fairly...

Glad to hear that you are OK @catapillar . Sounds pretty scarey! Good luck with going back to work tomorrow.

Thansk for your support @StewartH ! Yes I had thought that a reduction in basal is needed. I have reduced it this morning and am planning on doing overnight testing next week. I am comforted that you managed to improve your control after so many years of being diabetic, well done you! I am...

@donnelleysdogs, That sounds like good advice. But I am so not keen to delay or miss meals! That is what is stopping me from doing a proper basal test. I guess I have to knuckle down and just do it!

@slip , yes I did corrections on Tuesday evening. After dinner (8u Humalog, approx 30g carbs) my BS went up above 15, soI took 1 unit at 8pm and 1 unit at 9pm. It is amazing the effect that this small amount has overnight!

So I was going to do my basal testing last night, but couldn't do it because of high BS after dinner and needing a correction. But as I went low over night (2.9 on the libre) maybe the correction dose wasn't necessary?

Ok here is my day yesterday: All was going fine until I ate dinner! 7.40am woke with BS 7.5 15 units Lantus, 3 units Humallog 8.10 am eat breakfast i slice toast (Burgen bread, 11g carb) boiled egg, fried mushrooms 8.30 to 9.30 dog walk - not all walking, met some friends in the park! 10...

Thanks @donnellysdogs. You say you would have corrected for a level of 11 and tested hourly. Would you have eaten anything in that time? I think my correction doses get all muddled up with my next meal and bolus.

Thanks @iHs. Interesting to hear that you find eating carb on a high bg level doesn't produce normality within 4 hours. It sounds like I really need to do proper correction doses before I think about doing a pre-meal bolus..

Thanks @Juicyj Yes I know I should do proper basal testing. But when I try to do an overnight test, I have always eaten too late or my BS is too high and I need a correction dose! I am just making excuses aren't I? Generally I do go down overnight, which is why I think I might still be taking...

Thanks @paulliljeros. Yes I have read both Think Like a Pancreas and Sugar Surfing. I use sugar surfing technique of eating a jelly baby or 2 when going low (in the 4's with a straight down arrow on the libre). I think I will re read Think Like A Pancreas. It is nice to come on here and get...

Thanks @slip , yes I will try to post 'a day in the life'. In actual fact, I have had a much better day today! Yes I do try to take into account protein when working out my dose. I am working on the assumption that I need 2units for 10g of carb, but not really sure whether this is correct.

Thanks @CarbsRok That sounds like a good idea not to eat if my BS is over 8. I am thinking of asking about changing to Levemir, as I could do a split dose then. I take my Lantus all in 1 go in the morning, and I have read that it can act like rapid acting insulin in some people. As I do a...

Thanks @catapillar - That's comforting that you think it is an acceptable spike. That means my ratio is about right, but of course I needed to take more to correct my already high reading. I am not at all sure when I should do the correction dose.

I am a 50 something year old woman diagnosed with type 1 diabetes 2.5 years ago. I have had a libre for just over 1 year. I eat a reasonably low carb diet, generally about 100g - 150g per day. But I still can't get my Hb1ac down to a reasonable figure! Last year it was in the high 7's but...

Thanks @leking and @Juicyj. I have a libre so able to keep an eye on it. I am back home now so will take it easy - well as much as I can on Christmas Eve! Of all the days to make that mistake!

UGH! I just took 16 units of humalog instead of my lantus! I have had lots of carbs for breakfast! A mini tin of coke, 2 pieces of toast with marmalade and a bowl of muesli! What can I expect to happen? I woke up with blood sugar at 10, and it is going down slowly at the moment - it is now...

I did the same yesterday! My blood sugars were higher than normal yesterday. I corrected with 2 units last night and woke this morning at 5.2. Oh well! Today is another day. Good luck @Hollye777 for today.

Thanks for your replies. Yes I had suspected that it was a stress response, although I don't feel stressed! I feel reassured by your replies,so will be testing and correcting as necessary! Thanks again:)

Having had the libre for sometime now, I have noticed that I always get high blood sugars when socialising. They tend to go up to 14 or 15, even though I low carb and inject plenty of fast acting insulin. Of course it is always difficult to get them back down again too! For example, we had...