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I have been told the same thing, I’ve been told bolusing 10 mins before food is more than enough. I’ve tested bolusing 10,20,30 minutes before food and it’s had little affect on peaks. The only thing I’ve found help is to restrict carbs to max 40g per meal (enough carb so I have enough insulin...

Thank you for all your comments guys, No I am not new to insulin (diagnosed over 10 years ago). I aim to stay between 5-12 as I’m relatively new to my Dexcom G6 and being able to see my levels at all times. I will keep in mind the point about the accuracy of the Dexcom.

Hi, I recently had a diabetic clinic session with my usual nurse. I recently switched from novorapid to apidra to try and get a faster working insulin. In the middle of the conversation I mentioned my goal was to try and smooth out the peaks around meal times wherever possible. She told me it...

@kitedoc thank you - I’ve never heard the term basal testing, learning there can be different methods to test is also

Hi @MeiChanski No problem at all. Thank you for your suggestion, i will do those tests tonight I think. Hopefully that help eliminate some options that could be causing the highs.

Hi @Knikki , Thank you so much for your reply. I carb count for every meal, I find that most of the hypos are between 3-6pm. That’s a good plan point - tonight I plan to set some alarms to check my level using my meter to see how accurate the G6 is. My dinner usually has about 50-70g of...

I am a type 1 diabetic on Tresiba and newly on apedra for meals, I just started using the Dexcom G6 a month ago. I can now see that every night i go to bed with levels within range but as soon as I go to sleep my levels creep up and stay at 13-15, as soon as I wake up in the morning my levels...