Oh haha. Barbecued burger with a green salad. My ratio at suppertime seems to be between 1:10 and 1:12, but seems more like 1:4 to 1:5 during the day. Is it normal to have such vastly different ratios at different times?
Oh haha. Barbecued burger with a green salad. My ratio at suppertime seems to be between 1:10 and 1:12, but seems more like 1:4 to 1:5 during the day. Is it normal to have such vastly different ratios at different times?What was the supper I mean....
What was the supper I mean....
Oh haha. Barbecued burger with a green salad. My ratio at suppertime seems to be between 1:10 and 1:12, but seems more like 1:4 to 1:5 during the day. Is it normal to have such vastly different ratios at different times?
I would say yes.......
You would expect to need more insulin upon waking due to increased insulin resistance....
When I was injecting I was on 3units for every 10 grams [1:3.3] and 2 units for every 10 grams [1:5] the rest of the day....
Now pumping I have five different ratio ranging from 1:7.5 to 1:15
Thanks for your encouragement Alison! I ate melon with my eggs this morning. So far, doesn't seem to have had any problems with my blood sugar because of it.This is all sounding good, well done @evej
Although I’m type 2 I go to bed at a bs of 5 or 6 and wake up this morning at 14.3! It’s driving me crazy. Doesn’t matter what I do either.I tried splitting lantus, because it was making me feel terrible. It didn't seem to make any difference at all to the actual numbers (but it did help the feeling terrible a bit.)
My numbers go crazy around the time I wake up no matter what I do, whether I eat breakfast, whether I don't, whether I take insulin, whether I don't. I've sort of given up. It is what it is.
I tried splitting lantus, because it was making me feel terrible. It didn't seem to make any difference at all to the actual numbers (but it did help the feeling terrible a bit.)
My numbers go crazy around the time I wake up no matter what I do, whether I eat breakfast, whether I don't, whether I take insulin, whether I don't. I've sort of given up. It is what it is.
Ann, I can certainly sympathize. That's exactly what was happening to me. Mine would be fine all night, then start rising around 5:30 or 6 and it didn't seem as if there was anything I could do either. However, splitting my Lantus and testing for basal has certainly helped. I do need to take a bit of Humalog in the morning though. Still definitely a work in progress over here!Although I’m type 2 I go to bed at a bs of 5 or 6 and wake up this morning at 14.3! It’s driving me crazy. Doesn’t matter what I do either.
I never managed to beat the dawn phenomenon, hence the pump....
I think a sustained low carb diet would help towards tackling it... especially for those diabetics not being treated with insulin...
I never managed to beat the dawn phenomenon, hence the pump....
I think a sustained low carb diet would help towards tackling it... especially for those diabetics not being treated with insulin...
The thinking behind low carb is that the body won't have access to quickly absorbed carbs and subsequent glucose and so the liver can't set it aside in its stores.I'm not sure having low carb diet would make any difference, beyond removing
But if it's caused by adrenaline on waking a low carb diet won't stop that. It might reduce some of the other variables in the equation. but I think minimisation is the best strategy, rather than hoping to end it. It's sort of part of being alive!
The thinking behind low carb is that the body won't have access to quickly absorbed carbs and subsequent glucose and so the liver can't set it aside in its stores.
And yeah...I am not saying it can be eliminated, it will always happen as a result of the fast but the effects we see can be tamed for sure....
I am certainly not flying the flag for low carb or lower carb...just saying that reducing them can help with DP, especially if you don't have insulin to help you out..Might not the liver ignore this attempt to control it, and decide it will get it's glycogen from amino acids?
I plan to eat 130g a day, though a small hypo often ups that total a bit, and I find that works well for me. I can understand the need for very low carb for someone with type 2 diabetes, who's been eating far too many carbs, but I don't really like the ketosis idea. I create my own quirky diets, rather than follow other people's.
I am certainly not flying the flag for low carb or lower carb...just saying that reducing them can help with DP, especially if you don't have insulin to help you out..
Agreed....its a helpful bit of kit...I agree with you on that. But I have found Freestyle Libre has been really useful for this. I can see where I'm making mistakes more easily, like did I take enough insulin to cover my evening meal? which will always make it worse, or what's going on with the basal?
This morning I just had to correct by one unit, because it was just starting to hit 8 mmol/L, when it had been happy around 7 for ages. I can do that with Freestyle Libre, so that makes a massive difference.
Hopefully, at some point, everyone will have access to that sort of blood glucose monitoring.
First round of daytime testing.
7:45: Last bolus 2u Humalog
11:45: 12.9 @ Libra trending across. 11.8 @ blood
12:45: 11.8 Libre trending across
1:45: 10.3 Libre trending across. 9.7 @ blood
2:15 9.2 Libre trending slow down
I had nothing to eat after 7:45. I stopped the test at 2:15 because I've dropped 3.6mmol/L in 2.5 hours. I would assume my daytime Lantus is too high. I took 14u this morning. So do I go to 12u or 13u tomorrow morning? Will stay at the 6u tonight.
Thanks!
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