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MisplacedIdentity

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I've been reducing my dinner time novarapid as isntructed by the diabetic team. I was told that if my levels at night are under 7 reduce it more, I was down to 1 unit and unable to reduce more so went without it yesterday. All was well, I had a light healthy dinner.

Today I had a chip shop dinner, no novarapid as went without yesterday.
This evening my BS is 16.3
I've taken my levemir and I feel fine, keetones are 0.1 so no concerns there.

Is there anything more I should do before going to bed?
 

Hi there @MisplacedIdentity , I'm not a T1 or insuling user, but I think my colleague @Jaylee is still online, so hopefully he might drop in on your thread.
 
@MisplacedIdentity have you been told how to give a correction dose? Ketones aren't high so there's nothing too urgent about it. Were you told to reduce Novorapid as you were going hypo during the night?
 
Hi .... I did nothing about it and went to bed, woke up at 5.1

My team told me to reduce the novarapid because I was getting bed time readings of 4.1 to 5.2 and need to be over 7 to sleep/
I was reduced to 1 unit then told if I'm still under 7 for bed to go without it but the diabetic team are not there to talk too over the weekend, I really think there should be something for newbies but now I'm awake and not stressing I could have called 111 for support.

Anyway, I've ot been told about corrections, just read about it online so didn't know if it applied to me or not. I think if I had done it I would have been at risk of having a hypo over night.

I'll discuss it with my diabetic team on monday, normally I eat really well so a one off take away really is a one off. Maybe I should take novarapid when I'm planning a high carb meal.

The diabetic team are weaning me off the novarapid due to the amount of hypos I'm having, my options are eat more carbs or reduce insulin and I've lost over 3 stone so really would prefer not to increase my food intake and weight again.

All is well, thank you
 
Hi,

Firstly, talk to your team about why you dropped from about 16 to 5 without any bolus/correction! Sounds to me like your basal dose is too high and is doing what your bolus insulin should be doing as well.

Keep a food(carb)/insulin/BG diary and talk it through with your team and also look into how to test your basal needs.

Good luck.
 
I thought you would most likely be ok. Good news.
You should ask for a half unit pen for times when a whole unit would be too much. Last night even half a unit would have been too much but once through the honeymoon period it might be useful.
 
Shiba - I think my background dose is too high too, I'll be calling clinic tomorrow to discuss reducing it, I can't do it myself as too new to this but slowly starting to understand what should and shouldn't be happening.

Dancer - I'll ask about half unit pens at my next consultation, I'm so glad I didn't have any last night, I would have ended up having to have a middle of the night hypo.

This honeymoon period is crazy and make no sense but I'm sure it will settle eventually.
 
Sounds like you are on the right track with cutting back on basal. Re bedtime BS, I find it useful to remember that my novorapid bolus will still be active within 4 hours of the dose so you don't want to be double dosing (levemir and extra bolus by attempting a correction dose in response to a spike that may have occurred whilst your bolus was still active).
Different meals have different impacts even if carbs are the same - think quality and company (i.e. low GI vs. high gi and what did you eat with ?).
The half unit pens are available and used for kids so I am sure you can get one prescribed and hopefully it won't be in a Disney theme!
The honeymoon thing must be confusing but I think that if you get the basal right it is an easier ride than not having any insulin!
 
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