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Hi folks,
I've been having a few issues with my BS recently, i think i may have reached the end (or at least stopped for a bit) of the honeymoon period. I was diagnosed a yr and a half ago and had reasonable BS levels, i didn't really understand the importance of having super tight control. i usually averaged between 6-9 mmol/L with the odd 12 or 13, but now it seems t be all over the place, and i haven't really changed anything.
I'm t1, i take novorapid with food, and i'm on levemir twice a day. I had been on levemir once daily taken about 10.30pm but found that my BS tended to increase by the following evening, so about 8 months ago i started on 2 shots a day. I take one about 8.30am and one about 11pm. initially it was 5 units in the morning, and 6 units at night, though i have recently increased it to try to combat morning highs, and am now taking 6units in the morning and 7 units in the evening.
currently my fasting BS is usually over 13mmol/l (when i first increased the levemir it came down to a more reasonable 7or 8, but has since gone up again). I don't seem to have as many problems during the day, but i do compensate for any highish readings using the novorapid.
I wondered if anyone has encountered a simialr thing before and could give me a few pointers?
I play squash for about 3hrs once a week, but have never had any after effects from exercise before. I do tend to eat about 9pm and go to bed about 11.30pm would this have any effect?
I have found that even if i check my blood sugar before bed (even when i haven't eaten for the past 2 hrs or so) and its say 8mmol/l i will still wake up with it higher, usually in the double figures.
also even if i take novorapid to correct any high readings at the same time(inject a different place) as i take the levermir it seems to have no effect and i wake up with high BS.
i'm really lost, i'm looking into following a low carb diet just to see if that helps at all, and i can't get an appointment at the diabetic clinic until may!
My last HbA1c was 8.2%, the previous one to that i think was last summer, at 6% so somethings defnately going on!
If you have any ideas i would love to know!
Thanks
Naomi
I've been having a few issues with my BS recently, i think i may have reached the end (or at least stopped for a bit) of the honeymoon period. I was diagnosed a yr and a half ago and had reasonable BS levels, i didn't really understand the importance of having super tight control. i usually averaged between 6-9 mmol/L with the odd 12 or 13, but now it seems t be all over the place, and i haven't really changed anything.
I'm t1, i take novorapid with food, and i'm on levemir twice a day. I had been on levemir once daily taken about 10.30pm but found that my BS tended to increase by the following evening, so about 8 months ago i started on 2 shots a day. I take one about 8.30am and one about 11pm. initially it was 5 units in the morning, and 6 units at night, though i have recently increased it to try to combat morning highs, and am now taking 6units in the morning and 7 units in the evening.
currently my fasting BS is usually over 13mmol/l (when i first increased the levemir it came down to a more reasonable 7or 8, but has since gone up again). I don't seem to have as many problems during the day, but i do compensate for any highish readings using the novorapid.
I wondered if anyone has encountered a simialr thing before and could give me a few pointers?
I play squash for about 3hrs once a week, but have never had any after effects from exercise before. I do tend to eat about 9pm and go to bed about 11.30pm would this have any effect?
I have found that even if i check my blood sugar before bed (even when i haven't eaten for the past 2 hrs or so) and its say 8mmol/l i will still wake up with it higher, usually in the double figures.
also even if i take novorapid to correct any high readings at the same time(inject a different place) as i take the levermir it seems to have no effect and i wake up with high BS.
i'm really lost, i'm looking into following a low carb diet just to see if that helps at all, and i can't get an appointment at the diabetic clinic until may!
My last HbA1c was 8.2%, the previous one to that i think was last summer, at 6% so somethings defnately going on!
If you have any ideas i would love to know!
Thanks
Naomi