antoniobarba1944
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After being diagnosed with type 1 LADA last year, and after studying the results of my blood levels for 6 months, my diabetic specialist in the hospital gave me a ratio of 1 unit of insulin to 10 grams of carbs. The target that she gave me for my blood results was to keep between 140 mg/dl and 180mg/dl, and to keep my carb intake at around 200 grams per day. For much of the time I find it works, but I find that now I am getting quite a few days when my blood sugar level drops below 50mg/dl and I am beginning a Hypo, and in the mornings after a satisfactory reading the previous night my blood levels are sometimes over 200 mg/dl. I find that I can compensate for the high blood reading with a slight increase in my insulin before breakfast. However to compensate the hypo, which I do with about 25 carbohydrates of food, I seem to be overcompensating, and ending up then with a very high reading. I wonder if anyone can give me some ideas of how they deal with hypos without overcompensating ?
I am type 1 lada using 3 x humalog insulin pre - meals and 1 x Lantus at night .
I am type 1 lada using 3 x humalog insulin pre - meals and 1 x Lantus at night .