miszu
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Good eve,
so i was diagnosed in december, its been half a year now and since im out of hospital this is my first hba1c result. I know it should be every 3 months but anyway better late than never. 6 months ago my hba1c was 86,4 mmol/mol and now its 46,0 mmol/mol. I dont have much to compare to so i dont know if i should be excited about the results, but its almost half of my previous hba1c so im glad.
I had one hard time when my BG was sky high for 3 weeks and didnt know what to do but that was maybe in.. april? so its all fine now. I was able to reduce total 3 units insulin in the past few months. In the hospital I started with
morning - 8 units, thats now 6 units.
lunch - 6 units, thats still the same.
dinner - 7 units, now 6.
I reduced the morning 8 units to 7 close to when i got out of hospital, coz i felt like thats a bit too much. Needed some time to get use to the -1 unit but i ate better carbs and my body was happy with the 7 units then. The other -2 units were not long ago, one is a morning -1 unit making it 6 units morning insulin. I started working around that time, my daily routine was to wake up at 6-7AM, bfast then getting ready and then next reading at 9AM at work. I noticed my after meal BGs were very low then since i started working, readings between 3-4,5. I always had to eat some snacks right after i got to work. So i decided to lower my morning BG to 6 units. My after bfast BGs are between 5-6 now. Once i got a 2,8 2hrs after lunch, i freaked out then and had 40gr of sugar (juice, choco cookies and something else), my BG after this amount was 6. I try to have smt extra for lunch now like a few apple slices. I didnt lower my insulin for lunch coz that change with food seemed to work well and i like having some more energy there, i def need it at work! But sleeping early, it can be annoying getting a low reading after brushing teeth and all ready to sleep... i kept getting 4,somethings after dinner. dinner at 8PM, bed at 10PM so yea i didnt enjoy the extra food that late. So i reduced insulin by 1 unit for dinner. Now its better, still sometimes need a little snack but not as often. I eat the same amount of carbs now as before when i started carb counting at the hospital, i do keep a more strict eye on what i eat, i try to have only good carbs but probably the biggest change is that im more active now. I mean for 4 years i didnt move around much, was staying home with other issues that time, now i go out every day, go to work, do sports again. I dont get long acting insulin, dont need it yet my doctor said. My morning BG is usually between 5,5-6,5. Before meal BGs usually between 4-5,5. After meal it stays under 8, when im at work my after meal BGs are around 6, when im being lazy it can be close to 8. My goal is to always keep my BG under 6,5. Tho i still try out new foods, test them if i can have it or not in the future and that can do bad to my BG sometimes, but it always goes back to the usual by next reading. So overall, i dont know if this 46 mmol/mol is good average or what but i feel like im learning more and im able to control my diabetes well.
Thanks for reading, good day/night for all and hope everyones doing great ! (
so i was diagnosed in december, its been half a year now and since im out of hospital this is my first hba1c result. I know it should be every 3 months but anyway better late than never. 6 months ago my hba1c was 86,4 mmol/mol and now its 46,0 mmol/mol. I dont have much to compare to so i dont know if i should be excited about the results, but its almost half of my previous hba1c so im glad.
I had one hard time when my BG was sky high for 3 weeks and didnt know what to do but that was maybe in.. april? so its all fine now. I was able to reduce total 3 units insulin in the past few months. In the hospital I started with
morning - 8 units, thats now 6 units.
lunch - 6 units, thats still the same.
dinner - 7 units, now 6.
I reduced the morning 8 units to 7 close to when i got out of hospital, coz i felt like thats a bit too much. Needed some time to get use to the -1 unit but i ate better carbs and my body was happy with the 7 units then. The other -2 units were not long ago, one is a morning -1 unit making it 6 units morning insulin. I started working around that time, my daily routine was to wake up at 6-7AM, bfast then getting ready and then next reading at 9AM at work. I noticed my after meal BGs were very low then since i started working, readings between 3-4,5. I always had to eat some snacks right after i got to work. So i decided to lower my morning BG to 6 units. My after bfast BGs are between 5-6 now. Once i got a 2,8 2hrs after lunch, i freaked out then and had 40gr of sugar (juice, choco cookies and something else), my BG after this amount was 6. I try to have smt extra for lunch now like a few apple slices. I didnt lower my insulin for lunch coz that change with food seemed to work well and i like having some more energy there, i def need it at work! But sleeping early, it can be annoying getting a low reading after brushing teeth and all ready to sleep... i kept getting 4,somethings after dinner. dinner at 8PM, bed at 10PM so yea i didnt enjoy the extra food that late. So i reduced insulin by 1 unit for dinner. Now its better, still sometimes need a little snack but not as often. I eat the same amount of carbs now as before when i started carb counting at the hospital, i do keep a more strict eye on what i eat, i try to have only good carbs but probably the biggest change is that im more active now. I mean for 4 years i didnt move around much, was staying home with other issues that time, now i go out every day, go to work, do sports again. I dont get long acting insulin, dont need it yet my doctor said. My morning BG is usually between 5,5-6,5. Before meal BGs usually between 4-5,5. After meal it stays under 8, when im at work my after meal BGs are around 6, when im being lazy it can be close to 8. My goal is to always keep my BG under 6,5. Tho i still try out new foods, test them if i can have it or not in the future and that can do bad to my BG sometimes, but it always goes back to the usual by next reading. So overall, i dont know if this 46 mmol/mol is good average or what but i feel like im learning more and im able to control my diabetes well.
Thanks for reading, good day/night for all and hope everyones doing great ! (