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alexwilko99

alexwilko99

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Type of diabetes
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I was just wondering if anyone gets frustrated about the BG levels.

My target range is between 4-10 but i like being around 4-6 pre-meal and 5-7 post-meal, if I'm any higher than this I get really annoyed even though I'm with my target range. is it just me or... '
 
Not only you, diabetes is 24/7 and we can get obsessed by numbers ! Trouble is, stressing about high numbers can increase levels lol !
 
I've sort of reached 'wtfp?' with the numbers... Did an upload of BG data yesterday and had the same Himalayan Mountain range staring me in the face as I had 3 months ago, six months ago and 12 months ago, blah, blah... :banghead:

I've been changing the diet, exercise, basal testing (including today - which produced a wonderful set of BGs between 5 and 7.8), so *** is going on??? Can I trust my meter? Am I testing badly? Who knows, perhaps a bit of everything.

Oh well, hey ho! Back to the roller-coaster :grumpy:
 
4-6 pre-meal and 5-7 post-meal
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Those are the usual BG targets published by DUK, ADA, etc - not sure where the "4-10" comes from.

Also, I love that video - "Before we discovered antibiotics, we used bloodletting for everything but today we recommend antibiotics. Therefore antibiotics are bad and we need to go back to using bloodletting" (13:40-14:30 - does the guy really think we are that dumb that we can't remember what he said a mere minute ago?)
 
alexwilko99 said:
I was just wondering if anyone gets frustrated about the BG levels.

My target range is between 4-10 but i like being around 4-6 pre-meal and 5-7 post-meal, if I'm any higher than this I get really annoyed even though I'm with my target range. is it just me or... '
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Yeah everyone gets frustrated. It's not just you Alex. Hang in there, you are doing the right thing. :-)

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alexwilko99 said:
I was just wondering if anyone gets frustrated about the BG levels.

My target range is between 4-10 but i like being around 4-6 pre-meal and 5-7 post-meal, if I'm any higher than this I get really annoyed even though I'm with my target range. is it just me or... '
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Yup been there felt like that. If you are more or less hitting your targets and your A1c is looking good then you are doing a good job.

For a year and a bit I got really intense about having perfect levels and worked stupidly hard at it, my levels were great but I was miserable.
There is a middle ground where you can be relaxed but have good levels, finding it is the hard part and there isn't a map for it (lazy **** cartographers)

Hang in there you will find what works for you. One thing to think about is that your meter could have up to a 20% error on it and also, depending on how you are, a single unit of insulin could take you from one end of your perfect range to the other.

Like Spiker said, it sounds like you are doing a grand job.
 
Mine are all over the place at the moment. Have increased my basal by >50% in the last 6 months, think I'm coming to the end of my honeymoon period. Also mine never recover within 2hrs of a meal, 3-4 more likely. Thinking low carb is the way forward although I'm not overweight.
 
not that I know because I'm T2 but have you gone the other way? too much basal and not enough bolus
get your numbers for a few days, post them and the cluey people can help you work it out
 
jack412 said:
not that I know because I'm T2 but have you gone the other way? too much basal and not enough bolus
get your numbers for a few days, post them and the cluey people can help you work it out
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My bolus has also increased by similar amounts. I was using a relatively low amount of insulin according to the docs. I'm going to track it more closely going forward, and increase the amount of exercise I'm doing.
 
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