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@Bluetit1802 I don’t think it’s diet related but everyday around 3pm my blood sugar shoots to 12 or 13. I’ve always suffered with anxiety so not sure about that one and my nurse has reduced my morning insulin from 9 units (levemir) to 5 units as she says 4.5 or 4.3 is low during the night my mum and I have now put my levemir up to 10 units in the morning with no change and my nurse also advised me to have novorapid before lunch even though I’ve never done it before I have been using 2-3 units of novorapid at lunchtime
 
I can't comment on your insulin regime as I am not an insulin user.

If it shoots up around 3pm, it could be your lunch time food. Do you keep a food diary, including portion sizes, and do you test before and 2 hours after first bite? The idea is to keep any rise down under 2mmol/l. If it is above that, there could be too many carbs in that meal for your insulin to cope with. It would be wiser and easier to reduce the carbs rather than increase the insulin.
 
I don’t keep a diary but I’ll get one my nurse acctually said not to check after lunch thanks for your advice @Bluetit1802
 
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Ziggy2017 said:
@Rachox thanks I don’t think I can reverse my diabetes since it’s due to medication I have to take
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Might there be an alternative form of medication that wouldn't raise your bg? For example, I need to take an anti-coagulant because I suffer from atrial fibrillation. At first I was prescribed Apixaban, but then I discovered that Apixaban can raise bg, so I asked to change to Dabigatran, which works in a different way and doesn't raise bg. I know some medicines have no bg-friendly alternatives, but it might be worth checking.
 
Unfortunately I don’t think so,these are medications I’m going to have to take for the rest of my life.the meds are tacrolimous and mycophenolate mofetil (even my doctors refer to it as MMF) the reason I have to have these medications is because I had a double lung transplant they are anti rejection drugs so I can’t come off them I don’t mind being diabetic it’s just hyperglycaemia that gets on my nerves
 
Ziggy2017 said:
Unfortunately I don’t think so,these are medications I’m going to have to take for the rest of my life.the meds are tacrolimous and mycophenolate mofetil (even my doctors refer to it as MMF) the reason I have to have these medications is because I had a double lung transplant they are anti rejection drugs so I can’t come off them I don’t mind being diabetic it’s just hyperglycaemia that gets on my nerves
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Have you tried reducing the carbohydrate in your diet, to see if it helps lower your bg?
 
I think that's really poor advice, from your nurse, when she told you not to test after lunch. Great way to get your numbers looking artificially great, but it's a bit of a "head in the sand" approach - unless I'm missing something? One thing I'm learning very quickly is to keep a healthy scepticism around professional advice. A lot of it doesn't seem to measure up. In the end, it's your health, and your body, and nobody will know it better than you. Taking control back can't be a bad thing, and that means being a bit of a detective to figure out why that 3pm level is so high. Yesterday, I tasted (perhaps 10g) of a delicious banana and raspberrry cake I made for Mum (she's 93 and fighting fit and likes a bit of cake at morning tea) and my BG shot up 2 hours post like it used to before I started low carb. Good luck in solving your mysteries!!
 
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