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<blockquote data-quote="Fatima_94" data-source="post: 1627623" data-attributes="member: 416946"><p>usually around 3.6-3.9, I've tried to get onto the course that helps with carbohydrate counting (even though I do usually do this regardless I'm sure I'd still benefit from it) but have been fobbed off by my previous GP many times. However, I will be asking to be referred to the course when I see my doctor next</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is a difficult one for me to answer because, well.. I used to have my long-acting insulin figured out perfectly. But around a year ago, things started changing. My body started reacting very differently to the long-acting insulin in the mornings depending on how much I ate during the day (this system has carried on since then) so if i've only eaten low-carb meals or eaten lightly during the day I wake up dangerously low in the mornings. Or if I've eaten a normal amount during the day and only put 17 long-acting, I go very high in the mornings. If I've eaten a moderate amount during the day I put 23, if I've eaten quite a lot then 27 (otherwise my sugars go sky-high in the morning). I may create a new thread for this as it still boggles me why my body changed like this when for years before, I had a pretty stable dose every day and what I ate never seemed to affect how much I should put for the long-acting insulin. My dose only used to change when I either put on or lost a significant amount of weight, so now that it is changing on a daily basis it's quite haphazard.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Refreshing to hear your experiences with your friends who are doctors.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You're right, my friends are definitely only doing it out of love and concern and I guess I should have been a less hot-headed when writing this post as I've painted a bad picture. Thank you for your honesty.</p><p></p><p></p><p>3.6-3.9, the thing I could say is that the frequency definitely increases with stress, but other than that I haven't noticed any particular pattern. It is usually around 2 hours after injecting insulin (and also sometimes in the mornings).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>thank you!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fatima_94, post: 1627623, member: 416946"] usually around 3.6-3.9, I've tried to get onto the course that helps with carbohydrate counting (even though I do usually do this regardless I'm sure I'd still benefit from it) but have been fobbed off by my previous GP many times. However, I will be asking to be referred to the course when I see my doctor next This is a difficult one for me to answer because, well.. I used to have my long-acting insulin figured out perfectly. But around a year ago, things started changing. My body started reacting very differently to the long-acting insulin in the mornings depending on how much I ate during the day (this system has carried on since then) so if i've only eaten low-carb meals or eaten lightly during the day I wake up dangerously low in the mornings. Or if I've eaten a normal amount during the day and only put 17 long-acting, I go very high in the mornings. If I've eaten a moderate amount during the day I put 23, if I've eaten quite a lot then 27 (otherwise my sugars go sky-high in the morning). I may create a new thread for this as it still boggles me why my body changed like this when for years before, I had a pretty stable dose every day and what I ate never seemed to affect how much I should put for the long-acting insulin. My dose only used to change when I either put on or lost a significant amount of weight, so now that it is changing on a daily basis it's quite haphazard. Refreshing to hear your experiences with your friends who are doctors. You're right, my friends are definitely only doing it out of love and concern and I guess I should have been a less hot-headed when writing this post as I've painted a bad picture. Thank you for your honesty. 3.6-3.9, the thing I could say is that the frequency definitely increases with stress, but other than that I haven't noticed any particular pattern. It is usually around 2 hours after injecting insulin (and also sometimes in the mornings). thank you! [/QUOTE]
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