Hi there. I too use Levemir as my basal. Some observations:
1. 9.1 to 13.8 without eating anything on the morning of your 'normal day' account - it seems that without any input carb-wise you are going up. Also, even with a double ratio bolus you are still rising (which bolus are you on?)
2. 13.3 to 8.4 at 2am night-time reading. The posts by donnelysdogs and Robert72 about you probably having corrected the 'before bed reading' which probably took you too low is really important. What was the correction given?
3. All your first of the day readings are too high - this is a basal issue. This then puts you out the rest of the day.
4. 200 ml and 2 digestives on a reading of 4. Given your high readings you were probably starting to feel a hypo at 4. Although this is getting on the low side you over-compensated on carbs. A small swig of lucozade (better than orange) and 1 digestive would suffice. You'll find as you get better readings you will start feeling hypos at a lower 2.5 to 3.5 say which is fine (as long as you are sensitive to them - don't take your average readings too low or you will only become aware when your blood glucose is too low - if at all). Always having readings at 4 for example is actual a bad thing. Aim for 5 to 7.
5. Your correction boluses don't seem to be very effective at all. Not that I'm saying you will be the same as me (obviously test one step at a time) but I need 1 unit to every 1 mmol/L I am over. As an example, once you were on 13.8 and gave yourself a correction of 2 units. I would have given 6 or 7 using Humalog. You asked if your body was used to them as when you went without there was no real difference... You're just not taking enough. I made this error for a long time. A correction needs to pull it right down to 6 or 7.
6. You are taking Levemir as one dose but you rightly say it lasts 18 hours.
I would say you need more basal given twice a day (I take two lots of 27 units a day) - when you get up and when you go to bed. I would say increase by 2 units every couple of days until you get those morning readings right down. When they are fine tinker with your bolus - you might find a ratio of 2 is fine but you might find 1.5 is ok given your basal is now higher. Also be aware that your ratio can change during the day. You might need a ratio of 2 during the day and 1 at night for example.
Increase those correction boluses. Test this one at a time increasing them until you get good corrections. The good thing is your measuring is frequent.
Good luck!
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