Hi,
I've been diagnosed Type 1 and have been taking insulin for nearly a year now, my last HBA1C was 43 about 6 months ago.
I've recently taken up a new job where I wake up at 06:00 and start driving to work at 06:45 2 days a week. On these days when I eat my lunch if I stick at a 1:15 ratio I end up with BG of 15~ even with strict carb counting. After altering my ratios to about 1:12 for both breakfast and lunch I've stabilised the spike.
(The problem with the spike is that it also drops rapidly, no matter when I take the insulin. 2 hours post lunch I can be at 15, take 1 unit of novorapid and have a hypo 2 hours later, again without moving very much. This is especially annoying as it goes against my correction doses of roughly 1 unit to 4.5mmol/L and the hypo kicks in just when I need to get ready to drive home delaying me from getting home on time )
On the days that I work from home I wake up at about 07:00 my blood sugar is stable at a 1:15 ratio for both breakfast and lunch, despite me being sat down just as much as when I'm in the office.
I'm really confused as to why my body is doing this, does anyone have any thoughts?
(Yes, I will be speaking to my GP about this )
Cheers,
Gareth
I've been diagnosed Type 1 and have been taking insulin for nearly a year now, my last HBA1C was 43 about 6 months ago.
I've recently taken up a new job where I wake up at 06:00 and start driving to work at 06:45 2 days a week. On these days when I eat my lunch if I stick at a 1:15 ratio I end up with BG of 15~ even with strict carb counting. After altering my ratios to about 1:12 for both breakfast and lunch I've stabilised the spike.
(The problem with the spike is that it also drops rapidly, no matter when I take the insulin. 2 hours post lunch I can be at 15, take 1 unit of novorapid and have a hypo 2 hours later, again without moving very much. This is especially annoying as it goes against my correction doses of roughly 1 unit to 4.5mmol/L and the hypo kicks in just when I need to get ready to drive home delaying me from getting home on time )
On the days that I work from home I wake up at about 07:00 my blood sugar is stable at a 1:15 ratio for both breakfast and lunch, despite me being sat down just as much as when I'm in the office.
I'm really confused as to why my body is doing this, does anyone have any thoughts?
(Yes, I will be speaking to my GP about this )
Cheers,
Gareth