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<blockquote data-quote="annieblade" data-source="post: 1852579" data-attributes="member: 450180"><p><img src="https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/styles/dark/ratings/hug.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I was the same 18 months ago and equally as fed up. After 4 diagnoses I have now been told I have LADA (type 1.5). </p><p></p><p>You didn't say which insulin you are on but 18 units may be too high now your blood sugars have come down a bit. One thing I have learned is that diabetes management is an art not a science and no two days are identical. As you become more experienced you vary your insulin intake with more confidence. It all seems overwhelming at the start but it gets easier.</p><p></p><p>if you are dropping from 13 to 3 in two hours your bolus may need reducing, Starting at 13 pre breakfast suggests your night time basal may need to increase. Make sure you get telephone access to a diabetes specialist nurse and ask them for help while you start adjusting doses. If your GP has no specialist (mine doesn't) then get an urgent referral to a diabetes centre or the community diabetic nurse service.</p><p></p><p>My levels are still erratic (seems to go with LADA) but I have just completed my first ever 5k run - I started running 12 weeks ago - not bad for a 56 year old late onset diabetic!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="annieblade, post: 1852579, member: 450180"] [IMG]https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/styles/dark/ratings/hug.png[/IMG] I was the same 18 months ago and equally as fed up. After 4 diagnoses I have now been told I have LADA (type 1.5). You didn't say which insulin you are on but 18 units may be too high now your blood sugars have come down a bit. One thing I have learned is that diabetes management is an art not a science and no two days are identical. As you become more experienced you vary your insulin intake with more confidence. It all seems overwhelming at the start but it gets easier. if you are dropping from 13 to 3 in two hours your bolus may need reducing, Starting at 13 pre breakfast suggests your night time basal may need to increase. Make sure you get telephone access to a diabetes specialist nurse and ask them for help while you start adjusting doses. If your GP has no specialist (mine doesn't) then get an urgent referral to a diabetes centre or the community diabetic nurse service. My levels are still erratic (seems to go with LADA) but I have just completed my first ever 5k run - I started running 12 weeks ago - not bad for a 56 year old late onset diabetic! [/QUOTE]
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