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How do you correct for your delicious mistakes?

chloegeek

chloegeek

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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So, we all make mistakes occasionally when trying to calculate our pre-meal doses right?

Well, I was curious! When do you guys tend to test after you have eaten? And when you discover how high your BG is, how long do you wait to dose and how much do you tend to dose for correction?
 
I usually test 2 hrs after I've eaten, unless I'm feeling a bit off, then I'll test a little earlier. When I test at 2hrs, if my BS is outside my preferred range is probably correct then, but i take each occasion as an individual thing and don't leap right in with a correction. I'd then test to make sure my correction had worked ok.

Obviously, we all have different correction doses, but I stick to mine unless my BS is 12 or over, then I know I have to take a bit extra than normal. For me - and this is just what works for me - 1 unit of insulin brings me down by approx 4mmol.
 
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I usually test 2 hrs after I've eaten, unless I'm feeling a bit off, then I'll test a little earlier. When I test at 2hrs, if my BS is outside my preferred range is probably correct then, but i take each occasion as an individual thing and don't leap right in with a correction. I'd then test to make sure my correction had worked ok.

Obviously, we all have different correction doses, but I stick to mine unless my BS is 12 or over, then I know I have to take a bit extra than normal. For me - and this is just what works for me - 1 unit of insulin brings me down by approx 4mmol.
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That's pretty cool ^=^ Fairly similar to what I've started doing. I was never taught how to correct, but I figured it out a little bit ago. It's helping me bring my levels back down to what they should be as I adjust for the fact that my honeymoon period seems to be ending.

Still interested to hear more from people. I'm just a bit nosy and curious. I'm not used to having others who are insulin controlled to talk to.
 
I daren't use very high correction doses, so after a catastrophe, eg this week with my daughter's birthday cake, I tend to take 1.5 u and get on the exercise machine. That tends to bring me down from, say, 15 to 5-ish within a couple of hours.

I don't feel good about it though.
 
LucySW said:
I daren't use very high correction doses, so after a catastrophe, eg this week with my daughter's birthday cake, I tend to take 1.5 u and get on the exercise machine. That tends to bring me down from, say, 15 to 5-ish within a couple of hours.

I don't feel good about it though.
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That's a really good tip. I also find that exercise (even just a walk) can work wonders, especially with "getting a small correction dose going". For example, if I have a high-carb high-fat meal at home and spend the night not moving from the sofa I need to keep plugging insulin. I've even found that (my own experience) one unit can pretty much have no effect if I'm in the high single digits and don't move. If I have the same meal at a restaurant and have a 15 minute walk home (for example) I need so much less and my levels trend upwards for much less time.
 
Yes, me the same with the walk. Sluglikeness makes me incredibly insulin-resistant.
 
I still haven't really figured out how exercise affects my BG. It's something I intend to work on over the holidays. Right now I would be happy figuring out my carb to meal ratio better, which is happening... Slowly.

Still! Exercise sounds like a really good idea. I think I need to do a bit more of it x.x
 
I've recently had to change my correction dose, I found that it wasnt working as well as it used to. Am not sure if its because am taking more care of myself now and eating correctly or my hormones are changing so on so forth. Most of the time I'll check an hour or so after eating as you got to give the insulin a chance to get to work, if you jump in with a correction not long after eating it will result in a hypo later on (I learnt that the hard way) its a lot of trial and error when finding the right correction dose but once you do you'll find your sugars back on track. :)
 
chloegeek said:
I still haven't really figured out how exercise affects my BG. It's something I intend to work on over the holidays. Right now I would be happy figuring out my carb to meal ratio better, which is happening... Slowly.

Still! Exercise sounds like a really good idea. I think I need to do a bit more of it x.x
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We're talking gentle exercise here - I have a cross trainer, others have ex bikes, or going for a walk. Not mountain climbers! For getting high BG down in a crisis.

Of course, regular vigorous exercise is also brilliant and incredibly good for us and for insulin sensitivity.
 
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LucySW said:
We're talking gentle exercise here - I have a cross trainer, others have ex bikes, or going for a walk. Not mountain climbers! For getting high BG down in a crisis.

Of course, regular vigorous exercise is also brilliant and incredibly good for us and for insulin sensitivity.
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I guess in that case I get that a few times a week! The university campus is pretty large! Even so I do mean to start exercising more ^=^
 
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