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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2362066" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi Dave, just to add a new thought in, (picked up on my type 1 course). A few people had similar problems to you in that seemingly no matter what they did, at certain times during the day their levels were stubbornly higher than they wished. The solution surprisingly was to take LESS insulin, not more. They said that what can happen (especially in the early days of honeymooning or when a person is still producing some of their own insulin which is common), is that the insulin is injected, the body panics and thinks it is going too low too rapidly so it produces glucagon sending levels even higher. They said do not add a correction dose when the reading is under 10 as this would be even more likely to happen with some people, unless it remains around 10 for several hours. Maybe worth trying? I do think you would benefit from a libre because you will get data galore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2362066, member: 451727"] Hi Dave, just to add a new thought in, (picked up on my type 1 course). A few people had similar problems to you in that seemingly no matter what they did, at certain times during the day their levels were stubbornly higher than they wished. The solution surprisingly was to take LESS insulin, not more. They said that what can happen (especially in the early days of honeymooning or when a person is still producing some of their own insulin which is common), is that the insulin is injected, the body panics and thinks it is going too low too rapidly so it produces glucagon sending levels even higher. They said do not add a correction dose when the reading is under 10 as this would be even more likely to happen with some people, unless it remains around 10 for several hours. Maybe worth trying? I do think you would benefit from a libre because you will get data galore. [/QUOTE]
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