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oceans above 13

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Insulin
Hi all , became type 2 last year at the end of november so this is all new to me and strange lol , i take TOUJEO 24 mll once a day and novorapid 4 mll with every time i have a meal and my AC1 from my first scan on librelink was 7.2 now it is 6.1 .
age 61 male .
 
oceans above 13 said:
Hi all , became type 2 last year at the end of november so this is all new to me and strange lol , i take TOUJEO 24 mll once a day and novorapid 4 mll with every time i have a meal and my AC1 from my first scan on librelink was 7.2 now it is 6.1 .
age 61 male .
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Hello, and welcome, @oceans above 13 . Community you wouldn’t really choose to join.. but so many of us started same way, and found a friendly and knowledgeable group of folks who are willing to share advice and support, from the knowledge gained through their own experience.
Have a read round the forum and come back with any questions.

There is also some info for new members in my signature, just below this post.
 
Thank you for getting back to me , 4 days ago i changed my libre 2 from one arm to the other as you have to do ,so as of last night i had a dip after i had eaten to 3.2 and tonight it did the same ? first night was sweet potatos and veg and chicken tonight i had speg blow and greek yogurt .
up at 6 in the morning lemon juice with hot water breakfast about 8.30 avocado and egge on ryvita 3 bits , lunch salad greens and chik peas and fish about 12 mid day , and then evening meal about 5.30 . what i am i doing wrong for me to spike down to that level ? ok its only been 2 months i have been type 2 but i did say my AC1 was 7.2 from day one and the other day it went down to 6.0- 42mmol/mol/ does this have any thing to do with my levels ?
 
Hi @oceans above 13 do you know what your hba1c was when you were diagnosed? (Your levels sound excellent to me now.)

I'm guessing it must have been fairly high for you to be on insulin from the start....(But I'm T1 so could be totally wrong.)

Have you told your DN/diabetes clinic about your low levels? It may be that your doses need adjustment. (Though as a T1 I am used to low blood sugar/hypos I also know how to adjust my doses.)
 
EllieM said:
Hi @oceans above 13 do you know what your hba1c was when you were diagnosed? (Your levels sound excellent to me now.)

I'm guessing it must have been fairly high for you to be on insulin from the start....(But I'm T1 so could be totally wrong.)

Have you told your DN/diabetes clinic about your low levels? It may be that your doses need adjustment. (Though as a T1 I am used to low blood sugar/hypos I also know how to adjust my doses.)
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Hi Ellie , yes my level was hbac1 7.2 at the start of december last year so at the end of feb yes it went down to 6.0 , did call my nurse about what had happened and she said i have to stop using the novorapid with every meay so i did as off friday last week just to use the all day one which is toujeo which is working for me she did say that she can see all my levels have come down so much - happy days .
 
oceans above 13 said:
Hi Ellie , yes my level was hbac1 7.2 at the start of december last year so at the end of feb yes it went down to 6.0 , did call my nurse about what had happened and she said i have to stop using the novorapid with every meay so i did as off friday last week just to use the all day one which is toujeo which is working for me she did say that she can see all my levels have come down so much - happy days .
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7.2% is 55mmol/mol and an average bg of 8.9mmol/L . To be honest I am slightly surprised that they put you on insulin rather than one of the large number of T2 drugs that are available before insulin, but I don't know your medical history and am sure they had their reasons. (Are you sure you aren't T1 or T3c?). In any case it isn't uncommon for insulin users to need to adjust their doses and your bg levels sound excellent to me, so hopefully the reduction in insulin will reduce the hypos.

Good luck with it all
 
EllieM said:
7.2% is 55mmol/mol and an average bg of 8.9mmol/L . To be honest I am slightly surprised that they put you on insulin rather than one of the large number of T2 drugs that are available before insulin, but I don't know your medical history and am sure they had their reasons. (Are you sure you aren't T1 or T3c?). In any case it isn't uncommon for insulin users to need to adjust their doses and your bg levels sound excellent to me, so hopefully the reduction in insulin will reduce the hypos.

Good luck with it all
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i have got the diabetic nurse on the 16 of march , but the nurse did say they could put me on tablets as i was talking to her on the phone on friday due to my levels gone so fare down , so my hba1c is 6.0 and my mmol/mol is 4.2 , and on my hospital letter is says i am a type 2 .and thank you for the good luck .
 
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