David Wass
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Many of us have to eat something even if it's just a hard boiled egg or a few nuts to stop this.
A few weeks ago I was doing an experiment backing up my bolus to find out when my insulin starts working at breakfast as I always get a spike around two hours. So I injected my normal bolus and tested every 10 min. By the time I finally ate because it wasn't coming down I had injected 3 extra times in 3 hours. Now I just eat something small with no carbs 15-20 min after I bolus and then I test after 2.5 hours and if I need a small correction bolus I take one and then the rest of the day is fine. The problem I have is 1/2 unit correction away from food drops me 30-40 so I can't always take one. Or I take one but eat something so I don't drop as much.
I have heard on this forum that a few people keep some nuts on their head board and eat them before they get out of bed.
Thanks.
I'm aware that I have a dawn effect. Took quite some time before I found a breakfast that worked for me and I also tend to inject a little while before eating it.
I wasn't so familiar with the concept of having some nuts (or similar) first thing. This counteracts the dawn effect in some way then?
Do you work out? Totally raises me.
Just a side note, love nuts and nut butters and though they don't raise me much they do STOP me from coming down. Just something to think about.
I have scrambled egg and fried mushrooms most mornings and automatically inject 10 units before bf or my bg would just keep rising all morning. I sometimes have to do a correction dose 2 hours later if Im busy at work. I have stretches through the day and night where bg is stable so Im sure the background insulin is fine but the mornings are the worse. I set my alarm and give 2 units at 5am to help stop the rise too. Some days I give 10 injections a day including the 2 Levemir. I have an appointment on 3rd Oct to hopefully get a pump. Does anyone else give 9 to 10 injections a day?
Working out will normally raise me a bit. I tend to creep up during the day regardless of this though. I think I just can't get a LAntus dose that suits me perfectly at night and in the day. May be pumping soon.
I've noticed the same thing with nuts. Nice to know it wasn't just my imagination!
Sounds like this has similarities to me. Having to wake at 5 is a real pain though. I don't normally need that many injections but sometimes it does get up there. Sounds like a pump would suit you (although I don't know that much about them myself).
Every morning my sugars rise even though i have been flat all through the night in fact from when i got to bed to when i wake up it has dropped by 1.5 to 2 as in from 7 to 5 and so on but when i get out of bed my sugar levels rise to doubles sometimes. This seems to heca problem for me 6 out if 7 days a week. When i take a correction dose it does then stay flat ish once its kicked in. I have done testing during the night so i know my background is working fine plus tests in between meals which are ok. Help please!!!
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR! I swear this is a life saver; my husband researched for overnight skyrocketing BG and told me to have 1/2 tbsp stirred of ACV into water before bed and I kid you not from day one of doing this my morning readings have been within range without fail. And better yet, it's pretty cheap at about £1 a bottle from most supermarkets and will last me approx 1/2 months.
Hope this helps! Let me know your results if you try it x
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