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Message: <blockquote data-quote="db89" data-source="post: 1425785" data-attributes="member: 374526">Hi [USER=391597]@Hollieo4[/USER]Welcome to the forum! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />It is a lot to get your head around at first and I would second the recommendation to get Think Like a Pancreas if you can, it is really helpful explaining many aspects.Being newly diagnosed I would think you'll be in contact fairly often with your DSN to make adjustments and figure out what you need initially. It was a few weeks for me before I started being able to adjust my fast acting for what I was eating. I found it helpful to have similar meals at first to try and spot patterns which when discussed was then used to adjust doses (e.g. levels higher than I'd like a few days in a row 2 hours after similar breakfasts).NICE set targets a couple of years ago for testing levels with diabetes which were:Adults with Type 1 diabetes (NICE 2015)<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">on waking: 5–7mmol/l</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">before meals at other times of the day: 4–7mmol/l</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">90 minutes after meals: 5–9mmol/l.</li> </ul>There are things you can do with time which I have learned from this forum such as adjusting the timing of a bolus dose before meals. Try to make one change at a time if you can to see what works and what doesn't and soon you should get a clearer picture of your own diabetes and how it behaves.</blockquote>

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