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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi everyone,
I am looking for a bit of advice. I am just coming to the end of the honeymoon period and with the help of my diabetes dietician I have started carb counting. I do ok for the most of the day but thing tend to go wrong later on in the day. Sometime it is my own fault (snacking), other times miscalculation, or maybe I need a different carb:insulin ratio in the evening. Whatever the reason I sometimes end up with a high BG just before bedtime when I take my basal dose. What is the best thing to do when things **** up like this? Do people take a wee top up of fast acting just before bed? Is this safe? I feel like I am caught between a rock and a hard place, I am loathed to go to bed with a BG in the high teens, likewise I am uneasy taking novorapid just before bed. What do other folks do in this situation (besides not get into in in the first place)? Advice would be appreciated.
I am looking for a bit of advice. I am just coming to the end of the honeymoon period and with the help of my diabetes dietician I have started carb counting. I do ok for the most of the day but thing tend to go wrong later on in the day. Sometime it is my own fault (snacking), other times miscalculation, or maybe I need a different carb:insulin ratio in the evening. Whatever the reason I sometimes end up with a high BG just before bedtime when I take my basal dose. What is the best thing to do when things **** up like this? Do people take a wee top up of fast acting just before bed? Is this safe? I feel like I am caught between a rock and a hard place, I am loathed to go to bed with a BG in the high teens, likewise I am uneasy taking novorapid just before bed. What do other folks do in this situation (besides not get into in in the first place)? Advice would be appreciated.