eratic readings

[gbswales]

I originally posted this as a reply in another thread but then realised that it might get lost there!

First I am type 2 diabetic and have been on insulin since a chronic attack of pancreatitis 3 years ago. I am ther first to admit that until this year my level control has not been particularly good with HBA1c reading about 10 (though that is a LOT lower than when my diabetes was diagnosed)

Lately I have been following a low carb regime (not strictly but sensibly) and have seen much better readings over a period where I am keeping the average (dont have recent HBA1C yet) well into single figures and usually a daily average of about 5.5. Over the last few days my levels have dropped lower than normal sometimes as low as 3.5 or 2.8 so I thought I was doing well

Last night after a normal protein based meal my levels went up after two hours to 6.9 (about 10pm) oddly, although I hadnt eaten anything and had been out shopping by 1am they had gone up further to 7.2 and this morning were back down to 6.8 before breakfast (normally with a reading of 7.2 I would have been at around 5.0 in the morning which is higher than normal. I had the exact same breakfast as always - 2 weetabix sweetner and milk and nothing else around 9am and took a couple more units than usual to compensate for the higher than normal morning reading. This would normally leave me with a level of about 4.5 by lunchtime - instead by late morning it had gone UP to 11.4 (I checked twice with different fingers in case there were food traces)

It is so frustrating to stick to a controlled diet programme that works only to find for no reason it suddenly peaks to the highest reading I have had in a long time.

 

[gbswales]

The day continued to be strange. After the high reading after breakfast it continued to rise to 14.2 an hour later soI increased my lunchtime insulin dosage by a couple of units. I had a fairly light lunch - two crispbreads (fairly low carb ones) some pate - a couple of baby tomatoes plus a couple of squares of 88%cocoa chocolate (normally I would have a piece of fruit but had run out) - I had to go into the office for the afernoon and then by early evening my level had dropped to 3.8 before dinner. The meal comprised a 2 egg ommlette with slices of ham a bowl of salad with dressing and a dark chocolate magnum (i was always an ice-cream aholic and these are not too bad carb wise) I went out to the cinema and checked before bed and it was 7.2 which is a fairly normal reading for me at that time. I took my normal dose of Lantus and went to sleep earlier than usual. I would have expected to wake up around 7.30 with a reading of about 4.5 - 5.5 but in fact I woke up around 6.00 with hypo symptoms and a reading of 2.8 - so early breakfast!

I really dont understand why my levels should drop by over 5 when all I did was sleep (no activity at all) The only conclusion I can come to is that my pancreas suddenly decided to work a little better than usual last night. However after weeks of very consistent readings these fluctuations are worrying

 

[hanadr]

gbs
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Hana