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<blockquote data-quote="noblehead" data-source="post: 107291" data-attributes="member: 11028"><p>Debloubed,</p><p></p><p>I'll disagree with Hana on 5.9 being to high. This would be perfectly acceptable in my view; as a fellow type 1, I feel it is better to achieve pre-meal bg's of 5 plus, but below 6.5. Being type 1 and on insulin, means that it is easy to run into hypo territory between meal-times. Running hypo's frequently is not advised, as the body adapts to this level and you can loose warnings signs of going hypo. I know this to be true, as I have had this happen to myself.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, back to your bed time reading of 15.9. What time did you have your evening meal? My reasons for asking is, had it been around say 8pm, your novorapid would still be active, its profile is 4-5 hours before it is completely depleted, therefore your insulin from your evening meal would still be working. Also possible that you didn't quite match the correct amount of insulin to match the food that you ate.</p><p></p><p>Should this not be the case, and you had your meal at 6pm, you may have over corrected at bed-time, and give yourself to much insulin. I have just recently done the DAFNE course, but they advise not to correct between meals, however, what they say is that 1 unit of novorapid brings blood glucose down by 2-3 mmol/l , so no more than 3 units would be required at 15.9. DAFNE don't advise that you should correct before bed. I use correction doses before eating should I be outside my range.</p><p></p><p>Hope the above is helpful, often it is difficult to match insulin/carbs correctly, and the results are either being to high or to low, so if the 15.9 was a one-off, I wouldn't worry to much. At least your man recognised you were hypo, and got you back to normal ! </p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p></p><p>Nigel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noblehead, post: 107291, member: 11028"] Debloubed, I'll disagree with Hana on 5.9 being to high. This would be perfectly acceptable in my view; as a fellow type 1, I feel it is better to achieve pre-meal bg's of 5 plus, but below 6.5. Being type 1 and on insulin, means that it is easy to run into hypo territory between meal-times. Running hypo's frequently is not advised, as the body adapts to this level and you can loose warnings signs of going hypo. I know this to be true, as I have had this happen to myself. Anyway, back to your bed time reading of 15.9. What time did you have your evening meal? My reasons for asking is, had it been around say 8pm, your novorapid would still be active, its profile is 4-5 hours before it is completely depleted, therefore your insulin from your evening meal would still be working. Also possible that you didn't quite match the correct amount of insulin to match the food that you ate. Should this not be the case, and you had your meal at 6pm, you may have over corrected at bed-time, and give yourself to much insulin. I have just recently done the DAFNE course, but they advise not to correct between meals, however, what they say is that 1 unit of novorapid brings blood glucose down by 2-3 mmol/l , so no more than 3 units would be required at 15.9. DAFNE don't advise that you should correct before bed. I use correction doses before eating should I be outside my range. Hope the above is helpful, often it is difficult to match insulin/carbs correctly, and the results are either being to high or to low, so if the 15.9 was a one-off, I wouldn't worry to much. At least your man recognised you were hypo, and got you back to normal ! Regards Nigel [/QUOTE]
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