Finally I have someone who knows what they are doing, rather than doctors who just look at my Hb1ac and nothing else.
So I have a new diabetic nurse. And I went to a little course today. It was on using the new accu-chek expert sugar tester. (At the moment I inject, but I want the pump). I've always had bad control, but that's not through lack of trying. I go hypo on such a regular basis, and then I go sky high.
Well, turns out going low always results in going high after. My diabetic nurse wants me to concentrate on not going low. She said, at the moment, she doesn't want to worry too much about highs until I sort my lows. And even just in one day I've noticed I'm not going too high, not like I used to. This is the first day I've not had a hypo.
One of the things I was doing, for example, and only realised it at this meeting yesterday, was this: if I testing and my sugars were really high, like say 20, I would do my correction dose. Then, in two hours, I'd test again and it would still be high so I would give myself more insulin. According to the accu-chek handbook, it can take two hours before the correction dose even starts, so I've been doubling doses and sending myself low.
I'm feeling so positive write now. I've got someone who's actually listening to me, and identifying what the issues are. I feel like, for the first time since I was diagnosed, I might actually have a chance to get this under control.
The only problem is I don't think my insulin correction is quite right. My sugars seem to have settled, but between 10 and 12, rather than 5.5 to 8 like I set my target at. But then I was told I need to run a bit higher to bring back my hypo awareness, so at this moment I'm not too worried.
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So I have a new diabetic nurse. And I went to a little course today. It was on using the new accu-chek expert sugar tester. (At the moment I inject, but I want the pump). I've always had bad control, but that's not through lack of trying. I go hypo on such a regular basis, and then I go sky high.
Well, turns out going low always results in going high after. My diabetic nurse wants me to concentrate on not going low. She said, at the moment, she doesn't want to worry too much about highs until I sort my lows. And even just in one day I've noticed I'm not going too high, not like I used to. This is the first day I've not had a hypo.
One of the things I was doing, for example, and only realised it at this meeting yesterday, was this: if I testing and my sugars were really high, like say 20, I would do my correction dose. Then, in two hours, I'd test again and it would still be high so I would give myself more insulin. According to the accu-chek handbook, it can take two hours before the correction dose even starts, so I've been doubling doses and sending myself low.
I'm feeling so positive write now. I've got someone who's actually listening to me, and identifying what the issues are. I feel like, for the first time since I was diagnosed, I might actually have a chance to get this under control.
The only problem is I don't think my insulin correction is quite right. My sugars seem to have settled, but between 10 and 12, rather than 5.5 to 8 like I set my target at. But then I was told I need to run a bit higher to bring back my hypo awareness, so at this moment I'm not too worried.
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