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Starstruck111

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Just a quick one. What would people say are ideal numbers for the BG. As a recently diagnosed type 1 I’m still new to all this but had a really good week. Only testing now when I wake up, before meals and before bed. Fasting bloods between 4.3 and 5 and throughout the rest of the day between 4 and 8. I’m more confident eating what I want instead of trying to limit carbs but are my numbers doing ok?
 
They sound good to me!! I have an A1C of 32 (5.1%) and I eat what I want, for me it's always vegan. I do not limit carbs.

You don't say whether you are on insulin yet? Or what kind? Do you carb count yet?

It will be easier for people to help you if they know.

But there are a few things to keep in mind. When you are first diagnosed you are in what we call the honeymoon phase, which means your body is probably still making some insulin. So for now it seems to be working for you but could start to change and you will want to catch those changes. Eventually you don't make insulin at all.

Be prepared for a higher insulin need as time goes on. BG levels can be a little rocky on control until you stabilize. When you are on insulin always carry a quick carb with you.
 
Hi. I’m taking 10 units of tresiba once a day and insulin depends on meals. I have the same breakfast and usually carb count 1/2 for 10g of carbs. Although if lunch is less than 20 carbs I don’t have anything. I’m more active in an afternoon and find myself going to low before I’m sure to eat again.

It’s amazing how much the weather plays such a big part in insulin sensitivity. Today I didn’t have any with breakfast and after a walk in the sunshine was already low before lunch. Not quite hypo but at 4.3 felt too low for my liking.
 
Those are great numbers, but if you're new to insulin they're very close to hypo levels, which could be a risk. If your pancreas is still erratically producing insulin you could find yourself in a nasty hypo.
On the other hand, if you find you numbers fairly stable it could be perfectly safe. Have you asked your diabetes team what they think of it?
 
It's not just the weather but also exercise itself that can cause a variation. But if you are going low in the morning or afternoon it is either from too high of a bolus at meals or too high of a basal dose set for the day. You might talk to your team about an adjustment.

It sounds like your daily basal level might be a little too high if you took no insulin and you dropped too low. Although there is always that exercise thing that makes us drop. I have to start out higher for exercise, or not take as much insulin with a meal to allow for it.
 
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