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I am type 2 diabetes originally controlled with metformin but after a serious attack of pancreatitis (two months in hospital) I was told I would need insulin control.
At first I was on novamix for about two years but despite increasing dosage my levels were generally too high. My hospital moved me onto nightly Lantus and novarapid during the day because Novamix wasnt working well. The reason for this is probably that I find it difficult to sustain a regular pattern of meals and sleep. The idea was that I woud be able to match my insulin doses more closely to when I ate meals. I am achieving some level of control but my HBa1c at 10 is still too high.
One thing I cannot understand is that the sugar levels do not always seem to relate to what I have eaten. For example one morning last week I woke up with a pre-breakfast reading of 4.4 - took 24 units of nova rapid ate 2 weetabix with milk (no sugar) and a small class of orange juice - 3 hours later when I tested having had nothing other than a cup of coffeee (dash of milk no sugar) My level was 10.2! Another evening I ate late, had the wrong foods including ice cream and a bottle of cider (very rare that I even drink) and woke up the next morning expecting a level of about 12 and it was 5.3? Another night with a pre-dinner level of 6.9 I will have a much better meal (with no ice cream) then before bed (about three hours after) find that my sugar level has hit 15.
What happens with all this is that I get frustrated and think whats the point in all this testing if things dont work they way they should - and so I end up giving up testing and guessing for a few months.
At first I was on novamix for about two years but despite increasing dosage my levels were generally too high. My hospital moved me onto nightly Lantus and novarapid during the day because Novamix wasnt working well. The reason for this is probably that I find it difficult to sustain a regular pattern of meals and sleep. The idea was that I woud be able to match my insulin doses more closely to when I ate meals. I am achieving some level of control but my HBa1c at 10 is still too high.
One thing I cannot understand is that the sugar levels do not always seem to relate to what I have eaten. For example one morning last week I woke up with a pre-breakfast reading of 4.4 - took 24 units of nova rapid ate 2 weetabix with milk (no sugar) and a small class of orange juice - 3 hours later when I tested having had nothing other than a cup of coffeee (dash of milk no sugar) My level was 10.2! Another evening I ate late, had the wrong foods including ice cream and a bottle of cider (very rare that I even drink) and woke up the next morning expecting a level of about 12 and it was 5.3? Another night with a pre-dinner level of 6.9 I will have a much better meal (with no ice cream) then before bed (about three hours after) find that my sugar level has hit 15.
What happens with all this is that I get frustrated and think whats the point in all this testing if things dont work they way they should - and so I end up giving up testing and guessing for a few months.