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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2651110" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>Welcome to the forum [USER=581683]@kades[/USER] .</p><p></p><p>While those numbers are pretty much perfect in itself, they are a tad on the low side for someone newly diagnosed and still titrating their insulin doses, I think it's not a bad idea to eat a little something if you're seeing those numbers at night.</p><p></p><p>You're doing very well to take in account not only your reading but also checking if it's a steep drop or a steady line!</p><p></p><p>Can you contact your team tomorrow to ask about your doses? They may want you to adjust them a bit.</p><p></p><p>What did you use to 'treat' the 5.1, and how high did this treatment make you rise?</p><p>What I do when I'm lower than I like but still above hypo territory is to eat a small bite of something with carbs (fruit, bread) and see what it does before aggressively treating with quick acting glucose (which I of course do if I'm hypo).</p><p></p><p>It's a process and it takes time to learn.</p><p>What you can do to speed up the process is counting the carbs in your meals (check the back of the package or use google for unpacked foods) and noting how many carbs you had and how much insulin. If you log this on the Libre app you can nicely see how this meal affected your blood glucose, and this can help you and your diabetes nurse in deciding how to adjust your doses.</p><p></p><p>For now, I'd test before bed and if your on the lower side you could have a little snack. (I was told 8 before sleeping at the very beginning but now am happy to go to sleep much lower.)</p><p>Make sure you keep something to treat a hypo right at your bedside so you can treat right there if you drop too low, you should be able to treat without issue.</p><p>If you're scared about nighttime lows, what about setting the alarm of your libre a bit higher so it wakes you up before you're low? You can set it at 5 or 5.5 if you like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2651110, member: 372207"] Welcome to the forum [USER=581683]@kades[/USER] . While those numbers are pretty much perfect in itself, they are a tad on the low side for someone newly diagnosed and still titrating their insulin doses, I think it's not a bad idea to eat a little something if you're seeing those numbers at night. You're doing very well to take in account not only your reading but also checking if it's a steep drop or a steady line! Can you contact your team tomorrow to ask about your doses? They may want you to adjust them a bit. What did you use to 'treat' the 5.1, and how high did this treatment make you rise? What I do when I'm lower than I like but still above hypo territory is to eat a small bite of something with carbs (fruit, bread) and see what it does before aggressively treating with quick acting glucose (which I of course do if I'm hypo). It's a process and it takes time to learn. What you can do to speed up the process is counting the carbs in your meals (check the back of the package or use google for unpacked foods) and noting how many carbs you had and how much insulin. If you log this on the Libre app you can nicely see how this meal affected your blood glucose, and this can help you and your diabetes nurse in deciding how to adjust your doses. For now, I'd test before bed and if your on the lower side you could have a little snack. (I was told 8 before sleeping at the very beginning but now am happy to go to sleep much lower.) Make sure you keep something to treat a hypo right at your bedside so you can treat right there if you drop too low, you should be able to treat without issue. If you're scared about nighttime lows, what about setting the alarm of your libre a bit higher so it wakes you up before you're low? You can set it at 5 or 5.5 if you like. [/QUOTE]
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