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teddybear74

teddybear74

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
hi all

i have just had my recent hba1c results and they are 117 compared to 106 last year im taking 16units of insuman and 4units of novo rapid im not sure why my levels have gone up can anyone help me understand please im type 2
 
What numbers are you seeing before and after food?
 
Fenn said:
What numbers are you seeing before and after food?
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the last few days have been first thing 6 then 10 after breakfast the highest i have been is 15 i inject twice a day on both insulins
 
I assume you are talking about mmol/mol? And not mg/dL
 
Its either reduce your intake of carbohydrates or increase your insulin (under supervision)

You dont need to be frightened to eat, just frightened to eat carbs, eat cheese, alot of cheese, it wont touch your numbers
 
im waiting to go on the dafne course and im seeing my nurse on friday
 
Sorry for deleting previous post, I am useless at technology

There are a huge amount of posts on here about foods you can eat without them pushing up your numbers, just eat that stuff and your numbers will fall.
 
Thats good but nothing they will tell you that cant be learned here
 
With novo you should be able to adjust dose to suit meals, this should give you good numbers? Have you tried carb counting? A rule of thumb is 10:1 ratio but its different for everyone. 10 grams of carb = 1 unit of novo, so a slice of bread @ 20 grams is two units, a piece of chicken which is 0 grams is 0 units, if you see my point? Its trial and error but best done with medical advice, not me, a perfect stranger on the internet (or fat bloke in the pub said)
 
Fenn said:
With novo you should be able to adjust dose to suit meals, this should give you good numbers? Have you tried carb counting? A rule of thumb is 10:1 ratio but its different for everyone. 10 grams of carb = 1 unit of novo, so a slice of bread @ 20 grams is two units, a piece of chicken which is 0 grams is 0 units, if you see my point? Its trial and error but best done with medical advice, not me, a perfect stranger on the internet (or fat bloke in the pub said)
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thanks ill have a look today
 
teddybear74 said:
the last few days have been first thing 6 then 10 after breakfast the highest i have been is 15 i inject twice a day on both insulins
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Hi,

Just spotted this topic.
Most insulin users start looking at what the long acting insulin is doing before working out where it's not right regarding injecting for meals.
Think of it as getting the foundations right before building on it?

By all means discuss with your HCPs
This link may help you understand how we go about it. https://www.mysugr.com/en/blog/basal-rate-testing/
 
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