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<blockquote data-quote="ma5on" data-source="post: 47964" data-attributes="member: 13825"><p>My first post but something I've bored my husband about for months now!</p><p></p><p>I also find 'that' week completely different from the rest of the month. The week before I might as well be injecting water for all the good the insulin does for me, then as soon as I come on, it's complete control all the way (despite eating the same, if not worse!).....madness.</p><p></p><p>I can only assume that hormones the week before cause some kind of insulin resistance in my body, and I try and remind myself of this when I increase my doses by up to 50% and STILL wake up with a sugar of 15mmol. Once that week arrives, I enjoy pre-bed and morning sugars of about 4-5 mmol. </p><p></p><p>I have spent the last 2 years (been Diabetic for nearly 7 now) trying to get a good hold on my levels. The worst HbA1C I had was 14.7% and that kicked me into dealing with it instead of trying to ignore it and be 'normal'! To be honest I always felt I was messing up until I realised that for most of the month I'm pretty good.....it's the week before that screws things up.</p><p></p><p>Now I'm trying to go lower carb during that time to see if it helps....not easy when I'm craving bread and chocolate like you wouldn't believe!!! Am waiting for my hospital to loan me one of those glucose monitors.....I'll be fascinated to see what that reveals!</p><p></p><p>Glad I'm not the only one though....I don't really know any women diabetics so never had the chance to discuss it! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ma5on, post: 47964, member: 13825"] My first post but something I've bored my husband about for months now! I also find 'that' week completely different from the rest of the month. The week before I might as well be injecting water for all the good the insulin does for me, then as soon as I come on, it's complete control all the way (despite eating the same, if not worse!).....madness. I can only assume that hormones the week before cause some kind of insulin resistance in my body, and I try and remind myself of this when I increase my doses by up to 50% and STILL wake up with a sugar of 15mmol. Once that week arrives, I enjoy pre-bed and morning sugars of about 4-5 mmol. I have spent the last 2 years (been Diabetic for nearly 7 now) trying to get a good hold on my levels. The worst HbA1C I had was 14.7% and that kicked me into dealing with it instead of trying to ignore it and be 'normal'! To be honest I always felt I was messing up until I realised that for most of the month I'm pretty good.....it's the week before that screws things up. Now I'm trying to go lower carb during that time to see if it helps....not easy when I'm craving bread and chocolate like you wouldn't believe!!! Am waiting for my hospital to loan me one of those glucose monitors.....I'll be fascinated to see what that reveals! Glad I'm not the only one though....I don't really know any women diabetics so never had the chance to discuss it! :o) [/QUOTE]
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