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<blockquote data-quote="Katie Kerr" data-source="post: 2390582" data-attributes="member: 541764"><p>Wow - firstly thank you so much for all your responses, and for the welcome to the forum, it's super helpful and I appreciate them a lot!</p><p></p><p>It sounds like I need to focus on getting my basal right, and that splitting doses may not be for me while I'm on the Tresiba. I will speak to my healthcare team when I can about the possibility of other background insulins if I can't find the balance with Tresiba, but thank you Rokaab and StewM for your very helpful explanations of how Tresiba works. </p><p></p><p>Also - I think I may have massively underestimated the impact of protein from my low-carb lunches (normally about 70g of chicken slices)! I normally sit at about 6-8mmol before lunch urbanracer. Thank you InResponse for explaining that, I knew protein could have an effect but I assumed it was minimal. I never intentionally set up to be low-carb/keto either, it was more of a case of trying and failing with carb counting, so I thought I could avoid needing fast-acting insulin altogether if I just didn't have any carbs with lunch, (skipping breakfast altogether because I'm so sensitive to carbs in the morning) and then only having to carb count for meals in the evening. I will try a dose of 3 units (about half my current carb ratio) and see how I get on.</p><p></p><p>Lots to work on! Thank you all so much for sharing your expertise <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Regretting not joining the forum a long time ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Katie Kerr, post: 2390582, member: 541764"] Wow - firstly thank you so much for all your responses, and for the welcome to the forum, it's super helpful and I appreciate them a lot! It sounds like I need to focus on getting my basal right, and that splitting doses may not be for me while I'm on the Tresiba. I will speak to my healthcare team when I can about the possibility of other background insulins if I can't find the balance with Tresiba, but thank you Rokaab and StewM for your very helpful explanations of how Tresiba works. Also - I think I may have massively underestimated the impact of protein from my low-carb lunches (normally about 70g of chicken slices)! I normally sit at about 6-8mmol before lunch urbanracer. Thank you InResponse for explaining that, I knew protein could have an effect but I assumed it was minimal. I never intentionally set up to be low-carb/keto either, it was more of a case of trying and failing with carb counting, so I thought I could avoid needing fast-acting insulin altogether if I just didn't have any carbs with lunch, (skipping breakfast altogether because I'm so sensitive to carbs in the morning) and then only having to carb count for meals in the evening. I will try a dose of 3 units (about half my current carb ratio) and see how I get on. Lots to work on! Thank you all so much for sharing your expertise :) Regretting not joining the forum a long time ago. [/QUOTE]
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