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At a loss

RosieDred

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Messages
289
Location
South Wales
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
My bg levels yesterday were all between 8 and 9. I injected an extra half unit at breakfast, full unit at lunch and 1 1/2 at tea and my levels refused to come down.

Woke up with them on 8.6, injected an extra unit but was 10.3 before lunch. Injected an extra unit and a half. Before tea I was 9.8 so injected an extra unit and a half again. Now almost 4 hours later I'm 13.8!!

I don't really know what to do? They just don't seem to be coming down


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Are you getting a cold? Mine usually shot up when I am getting sick which means I need to increase my basal on my pump to try to combat high sugars


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Also maybe get a new insulin cartridge out incase that is the reason they are a bit higher (due to it working less effectively for some reason)


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Thanks patch. I don't feel like I'm coming down with anything so don't think my high levels are because of that.

I haven't tried changing the cartridge. Do they go wrong often then? That's a bit concerning.


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I don't think they go wrong often but it's worth changing them if you suddenly get unexplained highs.

Have your sugars come down yet?


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Hi. What is you BMI? If noticeably overweight and insulin resistant you can get into a bit of a vicious circle with insulin. I'm guessing of course but worth asking
 
Patch13 said:
I don't think they go wrong often but it's worth changing them if you suddenly get unexplained highs.

Have your sugars come down yet?


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Thanks again. I woke on 4.4 so that was good. I was 7.7 before lunch though, gave myself an extra half unit then dropped to 4.4 again but now I'm 8.3. Not too bad considering I've been munching a little. Hoping to stay in single figures the rest of the day.


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Daibell said:
Hi. What is you BMI? If noticeably overweight and insulin resistant you can get into a bit of a vicious circle with insulin. I'm guessing of course but worth asking
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I'm not exactly sure of my bmi but I'm only just out of the underweight bracket so definitely not overweight. Thank you For your help though


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