Problems getting balanced

Hi @becca59
if you are basal testing during the day and getting rises and / getting night time hypos all on the 1 dose of toujeo -- it suggests your timing of dose may need looking at , or maybe you would be suited with a different long acting insulin , or perhaps the need to talk with your care team would be something to think about.

have you discussed your regime with your DSN since retirement ??

What advice have you been goven around toujeo? Have you tried the other basal insulins!

Only asking really because I have tried all insulins, pump, cgm etc and my "stand in" consultant would not consider tourjeo for me....

If you are going high/low..

Do you carb count acccurately?

Do you keep 5 clear hours between lunch, tea etc. Or do you have snacks?
Do you alter your bolus rates.

You mention learning roller coaster off brother.. diabetes really doesn't have to be a rollsr coaster... not with correct management, insulin, timings of food etc.. ratios etc etc...

Can you give us details for 24 hours of your eating, injecting regime? Ie food and ratio's and how long before hand you inject and what your levels are 2 hours after eating and during the night?

You can get great advice with more info...

If your basal tests are showing you rising in the day, but you are hypoing overnight that does suggest you basal isn't suiting you. Have you done overnight basal tests? Have a chat with your DSN see if they suggest different basal insulin, or dose, or timing.

If the low bg levels occur around the 2-3am mark in the night, then a sensible compromise is to eat a snack around 10 - 11pm before bed and try to include some protein in the snack. I always needed to eat something before bed as failure to do so had me in hypoland

If you don't test 2 hours after meals, how do you know your ratios are correct?

A danfe course also told me not to do the 2 hour post meal check. But I do.

If your blood meter has an acting time on it and its set to be normal at 5 hours then you would not worry about testing at 2 hours at all and hypos...