Hi all,
I've been a Type 1 diabetic for about 31 years now and on the whole I have good control. Lately I've been experiencing very bad night time hypos and my husband has had to revive me with Dextrose glucose tables on a few occasions now, luckily I'm conscious enough to eat them although it takes him a long time to get me to do so, as I deny to him that I'm having a low. I'm sure some of you can relate to this!
Last night I tested before bed and I was 10. Normally I would give myself a small correction dose of 1 unit which would bring me down to about 7, but last night I decided against it given that I've been experiencing night time lows and didn't want to exacerbate the situation. At 2.30am I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep which often for me is a sign of a hypo, so I tested and sure enough I was 2.5. I took 4 Dextrose tablets which normally sees me right, and went back to sleep. Next thing I knew my husband was trying to bring me round by feeding me more Dextrose which he finally managed to succeed with, and I came round. This was 6.45am. He gave me 8 tablets and by the time I was conscious enough to test myself the result was 2.8.
Anyway, I'm not sure exactly what I'm after except perhaps for some views from other people who might have gone through this and can give me some ideas of what they did to resolve it. I've tried lowering my Lantus, I was taking 13 units before bed but have lowered this to 12, and don't really want to lower it much more as this will affect my levels during the following day. I also carb count and therefore take my insulin according to what I eat. I walk about 5 miles every day but that hasn't increased lately so it's not exercise that's causing it.
I want to go onto the insulin pump as I've heard good things about how that can stop the severe hypos - is that correct? However, I raised this with my diabetic specialist at my last appointment in May but he told me a pump wouldn't suit me because my control is too good. When I said I'm starting to lose my hypo awareness and maybe a pump would help, he just told me the DVLA won't let me drive if I tell them that. Good response doc - not!
Do pumps help with the problem I'm experiencing? Does anyone think it would be worth me pursuing this or would it be a lost cause?
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thanks.
I've been a Type 1 diabetic for about 31 years now and on the whole I have good control. Lately I've been experiencing very bad night time hypos and my husband has had to revive me with Dextrose glucose tables on a few occasions now, luckily I'm conscious enough to eat them although it takes him a long time to get me to do so, as I deny to him that I'm having a low. I'm sure some of you can relate to this!
Last night I tested before bed and I was 10. Normally I would give myself a small correction dose of 1 unit which would bring me down to about 7, but last night I decided against it given that I've been experiencing night time lows and didn't want to exacerbate the situation. At 2.30am I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep which often for me is a sign of a hypo, so I tested and sure enough I was 2.5. I took 4 Dextrose tablets which normally sees me right, and went back to sleep. Next thing I knew my husband was trying to bring me round by feeding me more Dextrose which he finally managed to succeed with, and I came round. This was 6.45am. He gave me 8 tablets and by the time I was conscious enough to test myself the result was 2.8.
Anyway, I'm not sure exactly what I'm after except perhaps for some views from other people who might have gone through this and can give me some ideas of what they did to resolve it. I've tried lowering my Lantus, I was taking 13 units before bed but have lowered this to 12, and don't really want to lower it much more as this will affect my levels during the following day. I also carb count and therefore take my insulin according to what I eat. I walk about 5 miles every day but that hasn't increased lately so it's not exercise that's causing it.
I want to go onto the insulin pump as I've heard good things about how that can stop the severe hypos - is that correct? However, I raised this with my diabetic specialist at my last appointment in May but he told me a pump wouldn't suit me because my control is too good. When I said I'm starting to lose my hypo awareness and maybe a pump would help, he just told me the DVLA won't let me drive if I tell them that. Good response doc - not!
Do pumps help with the problem I'm experiencing? Does anyone think it would be worth me pursuing this or would it be a lost cause?
Any advice greatly appreciated!
Thanks.