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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2306220" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi Haidi, would you mind telling us what you expect to see on his graph? I see that yes, he went over 10 for a relatively short period of time but I'm guessing the 'spikes' you mention are where it pops up but still remains under 10? Forgive me if I'm wrong but it seems that you are worrying because the line is not a flat one? I can pretty much guarantee that NO type 1 gets a flat line which then just pops higher when they eat a meal and goes straight down again. There are a million factors that affect this as well including being newly diagnosed and possibly in the honeymoon period. There is NO way injections done by yourself can mimic the job of a working pancreas which detects exactly when glucose levels are rising & falling and turns things on and off every second. Even a non diabetics graph will not be flat and will 'spike' now and then. I wouldn't even call those points a spike apart from the one that shot up to 12. Again that is not unusual, it is pretty common for an insulin user. I think the one thing you need to understand is that the aim is to try and keep within a certain range and yes, it's great to be able to keep the line steadyish but perfection is NOT going to happen. How does your brother feel at the moment, is he involved in his own condition or does he leave it to you?, part of the problem can be the stress of thinking you're out of control diabetes wise when actually you're doing well. x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2306220, member: 451727"] Hi Haidi, would you mind telling us what you expect to see on his graph? I see that yes, he went over 10 for a relatively short period of time but I'm guessing the 'spikes' you mention are where it pops up but still remains under 10? Forgive me if I'm wrong but it seems that you are worrying because the line is not a flat one? I can pretty much guarantee that NO type 1 gets a flat line which then just pops higher when they eat a meal and goes straight down again. There are a million factors that affect this as well including being newly diagnosed and possibly in the honeymoon period. There is NO way injections done by yourself can mimic the job of a working pancreas which detects exactly when glucose levels are rising & falling and turns things on and off every second. Even a non diabetics graph will not be flat and will 'spike' now and then. I wouldn't even call those points a spike apart from the one that shot up to 12. Again that is not unusual, it is pretty common for an insulin user. I think the one thing you need to understand is that the aim is to try and keep within a certain range and yes, it's great to be able to keep the line steadyish but perfection is NOT going to happen. How does your brother feel at the moment, is he involved in his own condition or does he leave it to you?, part of the problem can be the stress of thinking you're out of control diabetes wise when actually you're doing well. x [/QUOTE]
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