Hi to anyone reading this post.
I am a type 1 diabetic. Have been for these last 23 years (since i was 40). I have never tested my BG in all these years, and relied on how I felt to judge how much QA insulin to take - usually 10 units per meal (yeah, I know...) but when I took early retirement from my job, I decided to get a grip, and I completed the DAFNE course in November 2015. One of the bet decisions i have made in my life, I have to say.
6 weeks before the course began I attended a routine pre-arranged appointment at the diabetic clinic, to get my HbA1c. It was 115mmol iirc, the result of being stupid for so many years.
6 weeks after the course ended, I attended another routine appointment at the clinic, and because I had determined to bring down the HbA1c result, I had a reading of 57mmol. I was very happy.
I maintained this level until late October this year when I had another routine appointment (9 months after the last one). The reading was 46 mmol, but doctor told me that I had many low BG readings in the mornings, and that I should reduce my morning BI by one unit, and that if I was still low in another 2 weeks, I should reduce my evening BI to the same level. This I duly did, and felt better in the mornings. I had to increase my morning QA ratio to 1.5:1 to get the lunchtime reading to an average of 8.0. Still too high for my liking, but I determined that i would work to manage my QA levels better. I have, and now read 7.5 on average when i awake, and 6.5 on average at lunchtime.
All good and well so far, but this last week my lunhtime BG readings have been 11.0 on average (I eat the same food amount at breakfast everyday) and this is causing me some disappointment. I am not ill, and am keeping fit and busy.
Pehaps I am being too hard on myself, as I increase my QA at lunchtime, and by 5pm I am usually back in the 5.5 - 6.0 range, although sometimes I am low (3.0 - 4.0) at circa 4pm, so I take a sip of lucozade.
I am very scared to take too much QA in the morning. I suppose what i am asking people is; am I worrying about nothing?
Not controlling my BG at breakfast/lunchtime is making me a tad depressed. My next apointment at the clinic is in January 2017.
I apologise for the length of this War and Peace post. I hope I am maing sense...
ptw1953
I am a type 1 diabetic. Have been for these last 23 years (since i was 40). I have never tested my BG in all these years, and relied on how I felt to judge how much QA insulin to take - usually 10 units per meal (yeah, I know...) but when I took early retirement from my job, I decided to get a grip, and I completed the DAFNE course in November 2015. One of the bet decisions i have made in my life, I have to say.
6 weeks before the course began I attended a routine pre-arranged appointment at the diabetic clinic, to get my HbA1c. It was 115mmol iirc, the result of being stupid for so many years.
6 weeks after the course ended, I attended another routine appointment at the clinic, and because I had determined to bring down the HbA1c result, I had a reading of 57mmol. I was very happy.
I maintained this level until late October this year when I had another routine appointment (9 months after the last one). The reading was 46 mmol, but doctor told me that I had many low BG readings in the mornings, and that I should reduce my morning BI by one unit, and that if I was still low in another 2 weeks, I should reduce my evening BI to the same level. This I duly did, and felt better in the mornings. I had to increase my morning QA ratio to 1.5:1 to get the lunchtime reading to an average of 8.0. Still too high for my liking, but I determined that i would work to manage my QA levels better. I have, and now read 7.5 on average when i awake, and 6.5 on average at lunchtime.
All good and well so far, but this last week my lunhtime BG readings have been 11.0 on average (I eat the same food amount at breakfast everyday) and this is causing me some disappointment. I am not ill, and am keeping fit and busy.
Pehaps I am being too hard on myself, as I increase my QA at lunchtime, and by 5pm I am usually back in the 5.5 - 6.0 range, although sometimes I am low (3.0 - 4.0) at circa 4pm, so I take a sip of lucozade.
I am very scared to take too much QA in the morning. I suppose what i am asking people is; am I worrying about nothing?
Not controlling my BG at breakfast/lunchtime is making me a tad depressed. My next apointment at the clinic is in January 2017.
I apologise for the length of this War and Peace post. I hope I am maing sense...
ptw1953
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