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<blockquote data-quote="LooperCat" data-source="post: 1879139" data-attributes="member: 468055"><p>Ooh, it’s a tricky one. I often only eat one meal a day, but I’m on a pump and have done fairly extensive basal rate testing to get my levels right so I can do that. Lantus is a tricky one, because it has quite a peak and a tail off, and doesn’t often last the full 24 hours. A couple of questions...</p><p></p><p>What is your Lantus regime - are you taking it once a day (when?) or splitting it?</p><p>Are you using a glucose sensor or finger pricks?</p><p></p><p>The rise in the morning sounds awfully like dawn phenomenon - I never noticed it until I went LC, I think the carbs in my diet masked the effect before. Your liver dumps glucose and cortisol into your bloodstream to get you going for the day - people with pancreases just deal with that by releasing some insulin, but we have to do it ourselves. I’ve got my pump pretty well timed to squash that, but had to wake up at sparrow-fart o’clock to inject a unit or two in an attempt to head it off at the pass when I was on injections. </p><p></p><p>Congrats on the weight loss, and the amazing Hba1c btw!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LooperCat, post: 1879139, member: 468055"] Ooh, it’s a tricky one. I often only eat one meal a day, but I’m on a pump and have done fairly extensive basal rate testing to get my levels right so I can do that. Lantus is a tricky one, because it has quite a peak and a tail off, and doesn’t often last the full 24 hours. A couple of questions... What is your Lantus regime - are you taking it once a day (when?) or splitting it? Are you using a glucose sensor or finger pricks? The rise in the morning sounds awfully like dawn phenomenon - I never noticed it until I went LC, I think the carbs in my diet masked the effect before. Your liver dumps glucose and cortisol into your bloodstream to get you going for the day - people with pancreases just deal with that by releasing some insulin, but we have to do it ourselves. I’ve got my pump pretty well timed to squash that, but had to wake up at sparrow-fart o’clock to inject a unit or two in an attempt to head it off at the pass when I was on injections. Congrats on the weight loss, and the amazing Hba1c btw! [/QUOTE]
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