1st of all thanks everyone, now a few more questions

Thanks for all your advice and info

Contacted my team about levels and insulin doses,

Was told i can bolus for what I'm eating rather than eat for what I'm bolusing, which has kinda helped

Also told I DONT HAVE to test blood sugars after every meal, definitely before , 1st thing in the morning and last thing at night, was given a sliding scale if the bg goes up.

Anywho, this morning my bg was 5.6, I had a small but filling breakfast of a baked egg, slice of toast and a flat white coffee, and took 5 units of novorapid , was out shopping about 3 hours later and felt a bit low, so checked my bg with my monitor I keep in my car, read 4.2 so I knew I needed to either adjust my breakfast novorapid or have a bit more breakfast, in the meantime I had 2 small squares of dark chocolate , tested again before my lunch about an hour later and it had gone up to 9.8, would 2 squares of chocolate do that over that period of time or what ?

Also coffee, yes or no, it's kinda been my mainstay since diagnosis , recently switched to flat whites from cappachino, fills the hunger pangs between meals or 1st thin in the morning

 

See I'd read that about dark chocolate, that's why I opted for it, just seemed a bit strange that it gave that spike , as you said it probably wasnt it it , I've not been stressed as of late, well none than normal, in currently on one dose of 14 units of lantus at night , I wonder as you suggested could it be down to that !

Apologies for all the nieve questions but its still pretty new to me and it's like being in maths and science class again, my bgs are a bit better

6.8 ave over a week
6.2 ave over 2
6.2 over 1 month
And 7.0 over 3


Down from 8 over the previous 3 months

 

Sorry , in what aspect ?

 

Not that I go low that often and would usually use jelly babies when I do , the choc was close to hand after doing the shopping, dont think I've ever done a Basel test , was given the doses on leaving hospital , I can adjust my bolus if and when needed but told not to change the Basel without medical advice