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Hi, if they're still up for grabs I'll be happy to take them off your hands! Sent from my XT1580 using Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app

Hello and welcome! I was diagnosed with T1 at the beginning of this year and have learnt so much from this forum already. It's a wealth of knowledge!

I have been in antidepressants for depression and anxiety for five years now, and they really do make a difference. I was only diagnosed t1 last month so I can't really comment on how they might affect your BG.

I was told six to sleep.

I was 32 - 6 January this year, 3 days before my 33rd birthday. I'm gradually getting there!

Success! Lunch time today I had the same sandwich. BG was 7.7; dosed my bolus (food and correction) 30 minutes before eating. 1 hour after lunch: 7.3 2 hours after lunch: 6.4 3h: 5.5 5h: 5.1 Cheers guys! [emoji38][emoji38]

I may be misunderstanding; this was my school of thought: The mean tmax of novorapid is 1-3 hours, therefore my sandwich spike came right in the middle of the time when I had the most insulin in my body, theoretically. However, my sandwich was ryebread and has a relatively low GI, producing a...

So if my BG spiked after 2 hours, I guess I should be injecting after eating?

For instance, before lunch today my BG was 6.3. Had my novorapid and a sandwich. Two hours later I had spiked to 9, but three hours later I was back down to 6.5. Just tested for dinner and I'm now 5.5. So, did I not take enough insulin to cover my sandwich? Or because my levels were good...

Hi David! I'm also a recently diagnosed T1 (nearly four weeks in now!) and having 'good fun' learning!

So I did the 'afternoon' portion of the basal test today. My numbers were pretty steady overall: 12.00: 7.1 13.00: 6.5 14.00: 6.9 15.00: 6.3 16.00: 6.6 17.00: 6.9 18.00: 7.0 So I think I need to lower my baseline. Although it held pretty steady!

Yeah I'm about 2st overweight. I take my basal at 10pm.

So I tried nighttime basal testing last night. I was 6.5 when I went to bed (2300), 6.1 at 0245, 6.9 at 0430 the 6.6 on waking. So that's pretty steady!

I'm 5'11. Bmi = fat! [emoji481] [emoji481] I've got some alarms set for basal testing tonight!

No half unit pen. I've been recommended those by a few people on here. I have an appointment with my DSN next week so I'll ask then!

After 2 hours my BG was 6.3. It's now down to 4.8. I did count the carbs in the green beans last night (2g). Based on this lunchtime: 5u covered the 8.5g CHO, and also lowered my BG by 2.6 mmol/L.

My DSN did say I might be a bit insulin resistant because I'm about 92 kg, so I am a bit overweight!

I tried having a lidl protein roll for lunch today, which is 8.5 g CHO per roll, I believe. I was 7.4 before lunch and had my roll with 5u novorapid. Three hours later my BG is 5.2. So maybe I am over-calculating a bit? [emoji36]

Yes I think I may need to adjust my basal further. I'm doing a lot playing around with things at the moment trying see what works. I'm going to try basal testing over the night couple of nights (hopefully my alarm won't wake the baby!) and see what's happening there.

Hi, yes I'm aware that I'm not doing the 2:10 ratio all of the time, as been increasing my breakfast/lunch bolus to try and bring my levels down. Today I had 10g CHO for breakfast, injected 5u and my levels went from 7.0 upon waking to 6.8 3h after eating.