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Type1Lad

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Type of diabetes
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So this morning I eat breakfast and my sugars spiked to 17, I found out why my infusion set wasn't connected to my cannula properly. Anyway I checked my sugar a few hours later and they were 11 so I was like Yay time for some more food, and had 2 rolls, with cheese on mum made them in the oven. I checked when I woke up from the nap I had and bam 15. So what I'm trying to say is if I waited till i was 6-8 and eat I wouldn't have normal sugars now so why after I eat at 11, they went back up to 15 :/
 
If I were 11mmol/l before a meal I'd leave a longer time period between bolusing and eating @Type1Lad , this gives the insulin time to work and start lowering your bg before the food digests.

The book Think Like a Pancreas discusses bolus timings when your bg levels are outside your target range.
 
Well if you ate 2 rolls and only had a rise of 4mmols then you did very well.
 
agree with @CarbsRok

the starting point is as important as the rise
so an 11 start and a 15 spike is cool

better if it were a 5 start and a rise to 9 ................
 
himtoo said:
agree with @CarbsRok

the starting point is as important as the rise
so an 11 start and a 15 spike is cool

better if it were a 5 start and a rise to 9 ................
Click to expand...

... Better still if it only peaked at 7.5!
 
haha thanks for the replies i wouldn't usually eat until back in range but I was hungry today has been an awful day with sugars though always tomorrow
 
Maybe the nap also had something to do with it. I know that if I have a nap my BG is likely to rise.
 
Personally I find that I get really hungry when I am running high

Hope today is a better one
 
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