Hi again
Am becoming major pain in the pancreas to this site I fear (boom boom).
Just had conflab with SDN who has cut insulin down to 6u am and 4u pm (honeymooning, moi?). She is aware I am desperate for control but the cut is due to 4's most afternoons and a lovely hypo today at the same time. However the cut at night time is because I am going to bed in the 5's at times (though not always) and she says that for a newly diagnosed the control is 'too tight' :?:
When I queried this reasoning she said gold standard pre bed was around 7. preferably 8 and otherwise as long as bg was not over 10 that this would be fine for now. When I queried how long they would keep me at non diabetic levels of bg I was advised that I was not to worry about this as when honeymoon period ended my requirments would go up.
Is it just me?
Is she right that newbies are preferred not to have readings like this already? I am only staring to try as I mean to go on (lectured again for not eating gigantic plates of pasta if I want). She says she knows I want tight control but it is too soon to be at this level. Am frustrated and feel quite despondent now. Am glad insulin is cut but not to expense of high bg.
BTW they havent all been at 4-7, some are still over this (almost 50/50 over test period of 9 days).
I also queried post prandial as when driving they are not within range sometimes hours after eating. I asked when we would start to look at this. Was told no to worry about that for now.
Not to worry! I know what the research says.
Sorry for the moan people. Am fed up working really hard and trying to be positive in lieu of some notion that things will work out eventually, maybe, whenever. :?
Lx
Am becoming major pain in the pancreas to this site I fear (boom boom).
Just had conflab with SDN who has cut insulin down to 6u am and 4u pm (honeymooning, moi?). She is aware I am desperate for control but the cut is due to 4's most afternoons and a lovely hypo today at the same time. However the cut at night time is because I am going to bed in the 5's at times (though not always) and she says that for a newly diagnosed the control is 'too tight' :?:
When I queried this reasoning she said gold standard pre bed was around 7. preferably 8 and otherwise as long as bg was not over 10 that this would be fine for now. When I queried how long they would keep me at non diabetic levels of bg I was advised that I was not to worry about this as when honeymoon period ended my requirments would go up.
Is it just me?
Is she right that newbies are preferred not to have readings like this already? I am only staring to try as I mean to go on (lectured again for not eating gigantic plates of pasta if I want). She says she knows I want tight control but it is too soon to be at this level. Am frustrated and feel quite despondent now. Am glad insulin is cut but not to expense of high bg.
BTW they havent all been at 4-7, some are still over this (almost 50/50 over test period of 9 days).
I also queried post prandial as when driving they are not within range sometimes hours after eating. I asked when we would start to look at this. Was told no to worry about that for now.
Not to worry! I know what the research says.
Sorry for the moan people. Am fed up working really hard and trying to be positive in lieu of some notion that things will work out eventually, maybe, whenever. :?
Lx
