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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 1425738" data-attributes="member: 53162">Hi [USER=307578]@sololite[/USER] - As a type 1, dependent on insulin, the advice given by your DSN sounds like standard advice in terms of increments required to bring BG levels down to get back into range. The point at which you should start to think about taking quick acting insulin to cover your meals is when your BG levels start to rise to uncontrollable levels after eating, at the moment it sounds like you still have some pancreas function as your BG levels still sounds pretty good.  How high you spike depends on carbs eaten and fat content of food, fat can delay spikes, whereas eating say crisps will spike my BG levels quite quickly, there are no set patterns to this hence why it's difficult to see a pattern, unless you eat the same thing/do the same exercise etc all the time there will be no set pattern.In regards to Levemir this can run out after around 20 hours, some opt to split their dose so that it overlaps, something you should be mindful of, however with any changes you should run these past your DSN first.Exercise helps my BG levels greatly, I can counter any post meal spikes quite easily if I do some gardening or a bike ride, so it's not reflective of your insulin production/control, but it is definately something you should continue to do <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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