timings

How quickly after eating something would you expect to see an effect on a finger prick test? I’ve seen mentions of minutes on this forum. Also why is it recommended that you test 2 hours after a meal? Is this because it would be expected that your body should have dealt with the consumed carbs...

So since starting using Fiasp I've noticed increasingly that its action curve has been flattening. By that I mean, its peak is less and less effective and its tail is more and more effective. The more this happens the harder I'm finding it to match dosage times to my meals. My main technique has...

Hello, I am looking for a little advice. Currently I am taking Levemir and Novorapid. I split the Levemir doses as follows: 4 units at 8.15am and 8 units at 8.15pm. However, my blood sugars start to drop drastically at 4pm. I have a feeling this may be to do with the 12 hour split. I would like...

Hey guys ! I have some basic questions related to timing with insulin and measuring sugar after meals. How many minutes before meal should I take the insulin ? When should I measure sugar after meal ? 1.5h, 2h, 2.5h ? and should I start counting the time from when I took the insulin, or when...

hello Am type one diabetic. For last three days am having constant hypos during afternoon and evening eg tonight was 9.3 pre meal. An hour later was 3.8. Am on 1:10 ratio. Changed two things recently: 1. Brought levemir dose forward from (very varying but generally 11pm ISH) to 8:30pm SHARP...

Just after some advice/ thoughts about timings for Levemir. Currently I take my morning Levemir about 6am and my night injection about 10.30/ 11 pm. I have recently cut down my evening doseage as I tend to be sensitive to hypo early morning after breakfast. I am now wondering if it could be...