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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi all
I'm quite new to forum discussions and would appreciate any advice. I have been diagnosed T1D last September and have been trying to do everything as best I can by the book. After 12 months of trial and error my blood sugars are still not quite right. there are weeks where my sugars have ranges from 4.5 - 6.0 on average then there are weeks where my average is 8.0 - 9-5 pre meal. I carb count, weigh my food ( try and eat the same type of foods at the same time) but very rarely hit 9mmols 2 hours after my meal. I currently take Lantus and NovoRapid as the Bolus and am usually 14 mmol to 18 mmol 2 hours after food but this drops to approx. 6 mmol to 9.5 mmol two hours after that. My consultant has told me not to check at the two hour post meal just to check just before my meals. Bit confused at this as I have always been lead to believe the ideal target 2 hours post meal is just under 9mmol am therefore am a bit worried about any long term complications. That by the by, my main confusion is my blood sugars following sleep - I have been testing on waking (usually at about 5am) and can range between 5.5 and 6.5 mmol 2 hours later when I get to work and have breakfast my readings are anything from 8.5 to 13.5 mmol!! requiring a correction dose on top of the insulin needed to cover my breakfast. I have heard of the Dawn effect but the rise in blood sugars over just 2 hours seems a little excessive. I would very much appreciate any advice or suggestions on how I could combat this rise in a morning or is t the case of just accepting this - just worried for the long term.
Thanks
Chris
I'm quite new to forum discussions and would appreciate any advice. I have been diagnosed T1D last September and have been trying to do everything as best I can by the book. After 12 months of trial and error my blood sugars are still not quite right. there are weeks where my sugars have ranges from 4.5 - 6.0 on average then there are weeks where my average is 8.0 - 9-5 pre meal. I carb count, weigh my food ( try and eat the same type of foods at the same time) but very rarely hit 9mmols 2 hours after my meal. I currently take Lantus and NovoRapid as the Bolus and am usually 14 mmol to 18 mmol 2 hours after food but this drops to approx. 6 mmol to 9.5 mmol two hours after that. My consultant has told me not to check at the two hour post meal just to check just before my meals. Bit confused at this as I have always been lead to believe the ideal target 2 hours post meal is just under 9mmol am therefore am a bit worried about any long term complications. That by the by, my main confusion is my blood sugars following sleep - I have been testing on waking (usually at about 5am) and can range between 5.5 and 6.5 mmol 2 hours later when I get to work and have breakfast my readings are anything from 8.5 to 13.5 mmol!! requiring a correction dose on top of the insulin needed to cover my breakfast. I have heard of the Dawn effect but the rise in blood sugars over just 2 hours seems a little excessive. I would very much appreciate any advice or suggestions on how I could combat this rise in a morning or is t the case of just accepting this - just worried for the long term.
Thanks
Chris