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chelseacee13

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Really not coping at the minute! Just feel run down (n) can't get bgl under controll I've tried increasing glargine & novo rapid! No better & then yesterday had a breakdown ha done a blood test it came back at 17.9 & burst out crying and went and cried myself to sleep.. Woke up at 20.1 and burst out crying again. I've never had this before I didn't even feel upset or anything
 
Hi, sorry to hear you're going through a rough patch. Give us an idea of your diet and hopefully we can give you some advice ?


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hi chelsea,
do you have a diabetic nurse you would get in touch with ?:)
 
I've been diabetic for 30 years. And it was only a few years ago I discovered that simply by eating rye bread steadily throughout most of the day, my blood sugar tends to stay stable for 24 hours. (Though of course I must keep an eye on things: I test around 16 times per day, mostly using visually read strips.) I don't eat any after 4.00pm, for this would make me go high later in the evening and overnight.

I eat other stuff too, of course. And I eat very well indeed.

I don't take any significant amount of long-acting - so called 'basal' - insulin: just a tiny amount last thing at night to stop the blood sugar rising overnight. This means that I always go to bed without fretting whether I've eaten enough.

Before I got onto the rye bread, I was regularly having hypos, and my blood sugar would constantly yo-yo.

Now my blood sugar tends to be near normal all the time. (And it's so simple; I don't have to 'count carbs'.) Moreover I have no great fear of hypos.

You've said your diet doesn't change. You could try changing it, carefully.

I've just had a look at your other recent postings. And I see that you may have some kind of infection or something. As others have said, this would certainly make your blood sugar rise.

In my case, an extra bit of Novorapid injected into my stomach area - as opposed to anywhere else - brings the level down very quickly. (So be careful!) Personally, I would never take extra injections of the long-acting insulin.
 
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Hey - ok take some deep breaths and try to relax. Don't go rushing into changing anything at the moment without trying to work out why.

Are you coming down with anything, tooth infection that type of thing ? Are you under alot of pressure ? These all affect you. If there are no immediate reasons as to why you are running high it's likely one of these could be a trigger. Can you also test for ketones ? Running at your current levels I would be more concerned about this.

Can you keep a diary of your doses and readings ? For a DSN to really grasp why you're running so high this would help. So see if you can write this down and contact your DSN to advise - they are there to guide you so should be able to understand more from this and help you.

Running high for short periods of time is nothing to get stressed about, we have all been there at some point so you're not alone here.

There is a reason, you may not know it now but it will come to light so just be easy on yourself and once your levels come down so should you start to feel better, good luck ;)
 
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