Levels dropping quickly

Is it possible that your first test was a false reading, did you wash your hands on both occasions?

 

Hiya Koi,

That sounds odd, can you give more of a picture, so what are your daily results like, when do you eat and what are you eating ? Have you been experiencing dips like this for long ? Try and provide a full picture if you can.

Also any lumps around sites, do you rotate sites much ?

Not a doctor but it may provide more clues

 

As juicy says .... May be worth looking at what you are eating ... There are some foods that push my levels up then crash them down! Also at bedtime .... How long before bed are you eating? And what do you have for dinner?

One thing I have learnt about diabetes is although it can be a nightmare to manage normally most things (spikes and dips) have a cause sometimes it is really hard to figure it out ( as you may need to eliminate all the factors)

Good luck

 

It could well be meter inaccuracy. Occasionally a test strip is dodgy, or soaks up the wrong amount of blood. Unless it's a pattern I wouldn't worry about it.

If it is happening often then try to get your hands on a Freestyle Libre, could be enlightening.

 

Unfortunately your regime doesn't give you much flexibility, can you ask to look at doing multiple daily injections and carb count for your insulin ? I find my insulin requirements change with the weather, however I can adapt my insulin requirements to suit, twice a day is hard to manage if your are exercising more, eating more etc, so you will benefit greatly from the flexibility if you are ok with that.