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Rise in levels

MissMJ73

MissMJ73

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
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Insulin
Hi all

I did my bloods this morning at 7.30 and they came back as 10.9. Got to work and retook at 8.50 when I ate and they’d gone up to 12.8. I’ve been told this could be dawn phenomenon as it does happen regularly. I worked out the carbs in my breakfast and injected for that plus a small correctional to bring them down.

However when I tested again at 10.20 as was having a snack from our food van at work, they’d gone up to 19.8!! I injected for what I was eating and correct again. Just don’t know why it would go up and did I do the right thing in correcting again?

I noticed yesterday this happening and then in the afternoon they’d drop. I was diagnosed in March 2010 as type 2 but changed to type 1 in June last year.

TIA for your help.
 
those are high i would speak to your dn maybe a different insulin or other med may help.
 
Is it normal for your Bg to be over 10 when you wake up?
This may suggest you could consider increasing or splitting your basal dose. I would talk to your doctor about this.

You may also find you need a high insulin to carb ratio in the morning than during the rest of the day. This is not uncommon. Your doctor/nurse should be able to assist.

When I test and realise I need a correction, I make the correction then rather than waiting for my next meal: I would not wait nearly and hour and a half before correcting the 10.9.
This is easier for me now I have a pump but I used to do the same when injecting.

Finally, it is not unusual to become temporarily insulin resistant when you have high BG. For example, when my BG is over 14, I need twice as much insulin to correct than usual.
 
Could be for a number of reasons, bad insulin; bad pen; bad injection site; illness; just todays quirk.......I probably could go on.........and on...........:)

Any chance your insulin pen may have been affected by the cold weather we're having at the mo? Change the insulin cartridge/disposable pen first. Ensure you're injection sites are ok, if in doubt try somewhere you haven't injected before - within reason!

illness, stress, other environmental affects all have an effect, usually people realise they're coming down with a cold because of unusual high numbers before cold symptoms appear.

But then again it could be just one of those things, but a high of 19 is a bit extreme.
 
paulus1 said:
those are high i would speak to your dn maybe a different insulin or other med may help.
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For me other than the 19 and even that to a degree are low considering I was over 40 this time last year!
 
helensaramay said:
Is it normal for your Bg to be over 10 when you wake up?
This may suggest you could consider increasing or splitting your basal dose. I would talk to your doctor about this.

You may also find you need a high insulin to carb ratio in the morning than during the rest of the day. This is not uncommon. Your doctor/nurse should be able to assist.

When I test and realise I need a correction, I make the correction then rather than waiting for my next meal: I would not wait nearly and hour and a half before correcting the 10.9.
This is easier for me now I have a pump but I used to do the same when injecting.

Finally, it is not unusual to become temporarily insulin resistant when you have high BG. For example, when my BG is over 14, I need twice as much insulin to correct than usual.
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Yes that seems to be the norm :/. I’ve just been on a Reacct course and don’t think I can split my Abasaglar. I didn’t eat the first time I tested but yes guess your right I could have corrected them as you don’t need to eat to correct. Thank you.
 
slip said:
Could be for a number of reasons, bad insulin; bad pen; bad injection site; illness; just todays quirk.......I probably could go on.........and on...........:)

Any chance your insulin pen may have been affected by the cold weather we're having at the mo? Change the insulin cartridge/disposable pen first. Ensure you're injection sites are ok, if in doubt try somewhere you haven't injected before - within reason!

illness, stress, other environmental affects all have an effect, usually people realise they're coming down with a cold because of unusual high numbers before cold symptoms appear.

But then again it could be just one of those things, but a high of 19 is a bit extreme.
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I’m trying a different pen at the moment as had wondered that as it only seems to be since I was using the previous one. Will see what happens.

Hope it’s not another cold as still getting over the last!

Thank you
 
In the past I found that if I ate with a correction and a bolus for carb then it would take a very long time to work and I remained high. I now wait until the correction’s has time to work before eating. I hope your highs don’t presage I’ll health. Cold weather increases insulin needs for some too. There are a number of different things that could be influencing your bs so maybe concentrate on trying to bring them down with staged corrections?
 
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