Greetings from the US. I wanted to comment on the 'how does it affect you?' post. If I am running really low, say below 70 mg/dL, the world turns red. This usually happens at night when I wake up and feel that awful 'low' sensation. I'll look at the clock which normally has a green LED display and it is red. Open the fridge door to grab food and it looks like a 'running red' condition from my old Navy days on board ship. I'll grab glucose tablets, bread or crackers and honey, then add a bit of cheese and an hour later I'm starting to feel more normal and go back to bed. I'm sure that I shoot way high after that but asleep at that point.
Yes - I'm considering using one of the new Continuous Glucose Monitoring systems that can alarm and wake me up when glucose is on the way down. However, my last HbA1c was 8.2. Very bad. I was diagnosed about 15 years ago as Type 2, insulin resistant, tried all the oral meds which seemed to work for 6 months to a year, and finally went on insulin because it was easier and gave better control without side effects. I'm male, 67 yo, 69" and 175# usually very active. I had a MI last August and have a couple of stents which seems to have really helped my overall health.
I'm starting an intense monitoring program with testing before and after each meal along with morning fasting and before bed checks. I was horrified last night when my BG was 344. I did eat a large meal of spaghetti and took 8 units of Novolog to counter it but obviously that didn't work. Fasting number this morning was 94. I'm experimenting with carb counting and starting a ratio of 1 unit of Novolog to 10 grams of carbs (and carrying lots of glucose tablets). We'll see how that works. There is an interesting carb to insulin ratio table that you can customize at www(dot)thinslice(dot)com(slash)mdtc(dot)htm and I'll carry that with me for awhile.
I'll keep you good folks posted on the result. :wave:
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