New Type 1 - sugar readings high 20's

azure said:

Did you speak to your nurse?

Both your insulins might need adjusting. Your nurse should also have given you an idea of carb amounts for your meals.

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Diakat said:

@Christina97587
Just occurred to me and I might be being stupid. Has your insulin been kept out of the recent heat? It can go off.
Do you have new vials in the fridge to try today to see if that makes a difference?
It might not but if my numbers were not moving it is something g I would consider.

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fletchweb said:

Good that you're down to 15.1 instead of the 20s. I've hit the 20s for very short periods of time due to foolishness and just for that short duration it wipes me out. A technique you might want to consider while adjusting your insulin - do it gradual set the high bar to 15. Meaning okay I'm going to try to maintain my sugars so they will go no higher than 15 - once that becomes easy than go to 13, than 12, than 11 etc. That gradual adjustment will also give you valuable experience of the affect of insulin increases and your sensitivity levels to those increases. People tend to be all over the map in regard to insulin sensitivity. An addition of a couple of units can have a significant impact on some while have next to no impact on others. The gradual approach will be a way of determining how you react to your insulin and could potential avoid hypos.

I suspect in another couple of weeks your highs won;t be as high as they are now..\

Many of us have endured the same struggle so you're by no means alone.

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librarising said:

@JayPizzay has said the most sensible thing so far in this thread. Too many T1s replying seem to have either had a different introduction to insulin injecting, or forgotten their early weeks.
Sadly I can't find my record book (it's somewhere !) from when I went on to insulin, but I know it took weeks for my blood sugars to really come down, and I was advised every three days or so by my local diabetes clinic, who slowly titrated my doses.
It was a fairly long time beforeany mention of carb counting came along.
@Christina97587 did going on to insulin instantly make you feel better in some way ? It did for me, even though my sugar levels lagged behind feeling better.
You need to take this one step at a time. You can learn about correction doses when the time is ready, and when you're ready.
You're probably doing fine, though some messages come across as a bit worrying. Think of it like learning to drive - at first you concentrate on basics. I look forward to hearing about those levels coming down eventually !
Geoff

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