Type 1: Erratic blood sugars?

Doriscrisp said:

. I wondered if anyone knew the benefits of injecting before or after eating? As this has been suggested too.

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Depending on what you are eating, usually most carbohydrates will be digested to start impacting on your blood sugar pretty rapidly. If you are eating something very low GI or very fatty, there might be a delay.

Insulin that is injected doesn't necessarily start working immediately. So if you inject with or after your meal, the carbs will have started acting to raise your blood sugar before the insulin has a chance to get to work. Once your blood sugar is raised, that can make you more insulin resistant, making it harder for the insulin to start working.

So yes, bolus timing is definitely worth looking into.

This article has more information- http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.c...blood-glucose-management/strike-the-spike-ii/

I'm trying to keep my control tight but it's hard. I have my long acting insulin balanced now and know what will happen in the morning. As I get up at 6am it would appear my body is now used to it. So at the weekend I need to get up to take my fast acting (Humalog) and my Lantus or I am at 15+ by 9. Sometimes my body seems to throw me a curve ball and I have a run where my sugars are high at night. I keep my carbs as low as I can and hope this does the trick.