Today I hit upon the thought of buying a pack of test strips and using 1/3 of a pot to test how my blood sugar changes each hour.
When I think about it, it seems like potentially an idea actually worth trying. The strips may cost me between £15 and £20 but the chance to see how my blood sugar is affected will be reasonably close to the results of a CGM -albeit testing each hour in the night is not going to happen :yawn:
I'm on a split dose of Levemir at the moment but get periods of time* where the blood sugar suddenly shoots up -which I gather is the result of one of the doses of Levemir running out.
I'm considering whether switching to 3 doses of Levemir per day might help, but to do so, I could do with knowing how my blood sugar is changing on a typical day. Hence the interest in doing a test each hour of the waking day.
Ed
* These times are as follows:
(i) between around 4pm and 6pm (night time Levemir running out) -evening meal helps as the evening meal Humalog helps out
(ii)between 10pm and 11pm (which is likely a result of the evening meal Humalog running out)
Levemir shots at 7.30am and 11pm
When I think about it, it seems like potentially an idea actually worth trying. The strips may cost me between £15 and £20 but the chance to see how my blood sugar is affected will be reasonably close to the results of a CGM -albeit testing each hour in the night is not going to happen :yawn:
I'm on a split dose of Levemir at the moment but get periods of time* where the blood sugar suddenly shoots up -which I gather is the result of one of the doses of Levemir running out.
I'm considering whether switching to 3 doses of Levemir per day might help, but to do so, I could do with knowing how my blood sugar is changing on a typical day. Hence the interest in doing a test each hour of the waking day.
Ed
* These times are as follows:
(i) between around 4pm and 6pm (night time Levemir running out) -evening meal helps as the evening meal Humalog helps out
(ii)between 10pm and 11pm (which is likely a result of the evening meal Humalog running out)
Levemir shots at 7.30am and 11pm