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Chanz111

Chanz111

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Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi everyone

I have just joined this today. I have been diabetic for 20 years and this moment in time I am really resenting it

No matter what I do my levels never seem to be stable resulting me to having up to 8 injections a day I can't cope with it all

Any advice or tips would be most welcome

Chanel x
 
Chanz111 said:
Hi everyone

I have just joined this today. I have been diabetic for 20 years and this moment in time I am really resenting it

No matter what I do my levels never seem to be stable resulting me to having up to 8 injections a day I can't cope with it all

Any advice or tips would be most welcome

Chanel x
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Hi @Chanz111, and welcome.

I've also been diabetic for 20 years...It's a constant battle, but you can definitely fight a good fight, and live a relatively 'normal' life.

Would help the guys here to give you more directed advice/opinions if you shared a little more info, e.g.
  • Are your issues recent, or have you always had difficulties?
  • What are your last couple of HBA1Cs
  • Do you test frequently, if so what kind of results do you typically have for morning, before meals, before bed
  • You say you're on 8 injections a day, are any of these correction doses?
  • Have you tried to change your diet? If so, did this help?
  • etc
 
It's just been over the past year since having to have laser eye surgery due to having high sugars in the past ..

So I'm on nova rapid so I take that basically when I eat to try keep my levels down I have recently started testing again and I always seem to be really high in the morning like 14 even tho I take my slow realising insulin before I go to bed my sugars rapidly drop around dinner time it's just a constant battle trying to get it right I feel like no matter what I do nothing seems to fix it
 
also ssems that your insulin intake may need ajusting
 
First and foremost do some basal testing @Chanz111, if your basal dose is out then this may explain why your having to do so many correction doses.
 
Hi Chanel :)

Do you count carbs? After you've got your basal sorted, that's the best thing to get better control.

If you were abLe to put a typical day - what you eat, your injections, your blood sugars - that might be a good snapshot so that people could make more suggestions.
 
I would recommend tracking your results on your phone - this is a good way to spot patterns and to then see where the difficulties lie - I use Diaconnect religiously now, it tracks my carb intake, insulin doses, exercise, other things too like periods as these affect my doses, but helps me when I need support from my DSN as I can then email them to her and adjust my ratios when necessary.

Don't let it get you down - you are amongst many people here who know exactly what it's like so share you worries with us ;)
 
It's sometimes difficult to control for no reason whatsoever. I'm really struggling this week after having a great week last week (Im on a libre sensor so can track my BG constantly). Nothing has changed, I'll just write it off and start again. A few years ago I went through the same initial high in the morning and that was the start of a daily fight to bring my levels down. In the end,after constant nagging from my diabetic nurse I gave in and went on a pump. Thats the best thing I've done. Seek help if its available, you don't have to fight this on your own, we have a brilliant health service in this country with a lot of dedicated people working in it.

Hope you get things sorted quickly. It's sometimes hard to get out of a downward spiral but as others have said, at least you can come on here and find lots of others who have gone through the same thing.
 
Hi, I have been type 1 for 4 years now and I learnt to count carbs and it really works. You just need to know how many grams of cars you are eating then understand your ratio I.e I am 1/1 which means 1 unit for every 10 g and this has an effect of 2mmols. You might be different that's why you need to record your intake and results for a week then you can get the best advice. After all this time your body will build up resistance no doubt so you will need to increase the dose.
Remember, 4 hours after fast acting dose you will know the impact.
 
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