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So treat again and contact your diabetes nurse on changing your doses again.Yeah I'm going low again. 3.8. Here we go again![]()
So treat again and contact your diabetes nurse on changing your doses again.Yeah I'm going low again. 3.8. Here we go again![]()
And even when you do know better its still very easy to overdo itEnding up at 14.1 isn't the end of the world, it takes time to learn what works best.
But yeah whilst 14 may not be the best ever, its a lot lot better than less 2 or 3Went to sleep and was 14.1 a few hours later.
It was easy to do. The problem is I don't know how many mmols different foods raise me, or how quickly. I'm writing more things down now. I'll learnOvertreating a low is very common even in long time diabetics who never had such horrible hypos as you've been having.
Ending up at 14.1 isn't the end of the world, it takes time to learn what works best.
Of course you don't know yet, it's all new to you!The problem is I don't know how many mmols different foods raise me, or how quickly.
After 1 litre of orange juice and 3 teaspoons of honey (has the same effect as sugar) which would amount to 123g of carbs in one go, I'm amazed the highest reading is 14.1. This would strengthen your theory that Lantus is probably the cause of persistent lows. It would be interesting to your medical team to know both the carb intake and the resulting BG graphSorry, I deleted my last post. I don't know what I'm pressing. Here it is again.
They've reduced my lantus by 2 units.
Basically I didn't handle the second low well at all. Had too much (1 litre of orange juice and 3 teaspoons of sugar. No, honey, why did I type sugar. I'm probably going low again). Went to sleep and was 14.1 a few hours later.
The 4.1 is when I last posted, but countour said I was lower than that. After the alarm went off I had 42 billion carbs (I was very thirsty) too quickly (I think). I slept for most of the day except when my alarm went off at 9:30'ish. I handled my first low much better. I had too much too quickly because I panicked
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Sorry, your earlier post hadn't appeared when I wrote the above!After 1 litre of orange juice and 3 teaspoons of honey (has the same effect as sugar) which would amount to 123g of carbs in one go, I'm amazed the highest reading is 14.1. This would strengthen your theory that Lantus is probably the cause of persistent lows. It would be interesting to your medical team to know both the carb intake and the resulting BG graph
Yes I'll be interested as well. I've got everything written down and I can show the diabetes nurse on my phone as well. It was 137g of carbs, your calculations are very good. The thing I changed last night was that I spaced out my orange juice and measured every 10 minutes instead of every 2 haha (I was relatively lucid and BSL wasn't dropping further so seemed safe. My fear basically stems from that I've been alone at nights this week. Peaked at 8.6 last night and then dropped down to 4.1 about 2 hours later and then it levelled out at 4.6 for the rest of the night, so lantus is in my notebook to discuss -- it already was in my head to discuss but it's written down now so I'm less likely to forget, which I've been know to doAfter 1 litre of orange juice and 3 teaspoons of honey (has the same effect as sugar) which would amount to 123g of carbs in one go, I'm amazed the highest reading is 14.1. This would strengthen your theory that Lantus is probably the cause of persistent lows. It would be interesting to your medical team to know both the carb intake and the resulting BG graph
I'm a bit of a "data hoarder", if there's such a thing. I've got a bookshelf of diaries that I've kept since 1990! I can look back and see what I did on most days (there's some weeks missing from when I was in ICU) from that period if I want to. I never do, but it's there if for some crazy reason I need it. I have food diaries from 2019 but no blood glucose or insulin data to match up with the food... that's started now@plantae your record keeping is admirable and a lesson to us all. It should save you lots of time in working out your doses, but since there are a large number of variables here, you need that data.
I wonder if this might help, taken from something I wrote some years ago:That's the problem. I don't know what it feels like either. All I know is that I can't remember a thing. My mum has told be that I refused to take my glucose. The Dr said that my paramedics said I went comatose. I can't remember any of this. Looking back on my messages this was not and is not me at all. And that upsets me
I honestly think you should not feel guilty at all. This is not a condition you brought on yourself. Although hypos are frightening both for you and your mother, it is worth remembering that many Type 1s (I realise you are 3c, but this is still appropriate) have slept through hypos. This is one of the worst I can relate:Thank you for taking the time to write/adapt this for me @Grant_Vicat
I don't think I became violent, nobody has told me that... I've been told that I became very stubborn, refused to do what anyone was telling/asking me to do and would not talk. When I was in hospital the Dr asked me for permission to talk to my mum which I, of course, gave because I was lucid again at that stage. He gave her many suggestions, some of which match exactly what you've written. I still feel guilty though... she was trying to save my life and I shut down. At least I can understand why now.
The other night my symptoms were extreme headache, extreme thirst and then after the hypo extreme fatigue. I also noticed last night that I was shaking; I've never noticed that before so maybe I'm starting to become more aware and can now start to recognise these symptoms. I've also set my libre alarm to go off at a higher level in the attempt for me to learn to recognise my lows (apart from avoiding them of course)
I've got glucose tubes now. They're exactly 15 g of glucose so I can more easily track my progress instead of trying to think "oh this orange juice has about 20.2 g of carbs, 18.9 g of sugars etc etc" and trying to calculate things when I'm not thinking straight anyway