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How long did it take to get bs below 10

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Shazza

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Hi when my Son was first diagnosed he took mixtard twice a day, his bs quickly went below 10, he did have a lot of hypos tho as went too low, anyway his consultant felt the regime was too strict for him with mealtimes etc so changed him on to novo/levimer, im just wondering how long it took others to get a steady bs everyday? His DN is happy with him but every day his numbers are diff, apart from morning, we havent been told what ratio he is yet altho we are back at the hospital next week so hoping things become clearer then, for now I am sticking with the dosage we were told and increasing it a little before meals if bs is high. carb counting like crazy and writing everything down .. long for the day when we will know what his bs is before he tests

thanks
 
We got fairly good control pretty quickly (within a few days). It took a week or two to fine tune the Levemir and Novorapid meal ratio and to figure out how to handle exercise but those were very minor tweaks. Without the help of this forum and a book called Type 1 Diabetes in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults by Ragnar Hanas I think it would have taken much longer.
 
Will have a look at that book, just seems to be taking us a while, just over a month since he started on novo/levimer but feels so much longer, I havent changed his levimer at all as honestly dont know much about that. Its been one thing after another with bad reaction to flu jabs, 5 teeth out, colds, then xmas, that I,d just like to get some normality but dont feel like ti wont ever happen

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It's not easy to get a new insulin regime working when there are other factors upsetting his blood sugars. I know with Jess that colds, flu, excitement and exercise all affect her readings. Keep trying and I'm sure you'll get there. I really can recommend that book, it helped me immensely in understanding the different insulins and how they affect control.
 
I was diagnosed with T1 in October and managed to get control pretty quickly. Just kept on experimenting with different amounts of insulin and logging everything - not just BG and insulin, but carbs, exercise & alcohol as well.

But I am 24 so I guess that makes things a little easier.

At the beginning I tried to get into a routine just to get my levels sorted out - similar/same meals, timing of going out/exercise - That way you know can work out whether you are injecting too much or too little. And of course, just as you think you are getting the hang of it, life throws you a curve ball which you weren't expecting!

It does get easier, and you will get use to it... good luck!
 
funnily enough yesterday was his first full day below 10 and todays looking good as well :D back in normal eating routine and no illness ... fingers crossed altho as you say James im sure something else will be along we wont be expecting!!

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Initially we had reasonable control with a week or so of diagnosis.

It is a constant juggling act though - the difference between weekends and school days is also significant for us a Iestyn is a lot more active at the weekends than when stuck behind a desk all day at school.

Also he is determined that he is going to carry on eating what he wants (ie the same as the rest of us - actually the rest of us have eaten much less chocolate this Christmas so he didn't feel left out) so every day is a balancing act.
 
Hi Dot

Yes Ewan is the same schooldays are completly diff from the wknds, finding the lunchtime injection at school a hard one to figure out :roll: never know if he,s going to hang about chatting to pals or play football ... any exercise and he drops really quickly, we,ll get there but never thought id be a juggler lol
 
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