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hale710 said:
I'm up and at it again. Ducking Fiabetes!

I've doubled basal this last week but it's had little effect on BG. Go to bed around 8, by 2.30 I'm up at 15/16 so take a correction.

I'm still 15/16 when I wake at 6.30.. Takes me until late afternoon to bring it down again with corrections

Every inch of me wants to boost that basal to 9 or 10 because I know it's probably needed. But I'll continue my slow and steady 0.5u raise per day until I get the right level.

Gunna be a zombie tomorrow!


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I remember this well.

Honeymoon period ending maybe?

When this happened to me I kept thinking it was totally over but then my needs would go up a bit again. Seems to have levelled out now though.


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dtennant9 said:
I remember this well.

Honeymoon period ending maybe?

When this happened to me I kept thinking it was totally over but then my needs would go up a bit again. Seems to have levelled out now though.


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Yep I think honeymoons on the way out!

Bolus ratios haven't changed, it jut seems to be the basal :(


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hale710 said:
Yep I think honeymoons on the way out!

Bolus ratios haven't changed, it jut seems to be the basal :(


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At the time my Bolus and Basal both went up quite quickly.

I used to be on 9U Basal, 22U now.

I also never used to Bolus for breakfast or I would hypo, and quite often got away with just 1U for lunch.

Seemed annoying at the time but would love to be taking these quantities now.


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1 or 2u bolus is still the norm for me!


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hale710 said:
I'm up and at it again. Ducking Fiabetes!

I've doubled basal this last week but it's had little effect on BG. Go to bed around 8, by 2.30 I'm up at 15/16 so take a correction.

I'm still 15/16 when I wake at 6.30.. Takes me until late afternoon to bring it down again with corrections

Every inch of me wants to boost that basal to 9 or 10 because I know it's probably needed. But I'll continue my slow and steady 0.5u raise per day until I get the right level.

Gunna be a zombie tomorrow!


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Frustrating but you're doing the right thing. Slow steady increase and you'll get there soon. In some respect it's better if your honeymoon has ended. You should eventually get a more stable grip on "ducking fiabetes" :-)


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Gosh Hale yr bg levels are definately on the 'up'. Good luck with the increasing. Not sue if 0.5 increase is a good idea tbh as its not doing much. I think I would chance 1.0 and then test and then increase to 1.5 etc.

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mo1905 said:
Frustrating but you're doing the right thing. Slow steady increase and you'll get there soon. In some respect it's better if your honeymoon has ended. You should eventually get a more stable grip on "ducking fiabetes" :-)


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I don't mind it ending, just wish it had waited until after pump assessment ;)

I'm going to basal test overnight on Friday I think. JHogg will LOVE the disturbed sleep ;) should give me a better idea on where I'm rising.

From experience I used to rise until 3am then drop until the morning. If I can prove that I'm still rising even once my basal is correct for during the day then I've got another good pump argument :)


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AnnieC said:
I'm confused do all T1's have to test during the night ??
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Personal choice really. On a general day no I don't. But if I've been particularly active then I will. Or if I've been high before bed and taken a correction I'll check at some point over night to make sure I'm not going hypo.

It seems that most parents of children with diabetes check overnight.

For me, I use it as a tool for understanding my condition better and ensuring my basal insulin is on the correct dose.

Does that help? :)


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Thanks I understand better now I have got a type 1 adult son but don't know if he ever tests at night
 
AnnieC said:
Thanks I understand better now I have got a type 1 adult son but don't know if he ever tests at night
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If he's in control then he probably doesn't need to. It is a good habit to get into to check basal occasionally though


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AnnieC said:
Thanks I understand better now I have got a type 1 adult son but don't know if he ever tests at night
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It's only necessary when things go wrong really , for example if you go to bed with your bg levels within range and wake up in double figures, or if you have a night or two where you wake up hypo, other than that many don't bother to test through the night.
 
mo1905 said:
Be careful where you stick that lancet :)
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I am pretty sure that is how I broke one of my blood test machines overnight, possibly shoving in a test strip a little heavy handed and it buckling in the machine! ooopps I find it so hard to wake up in the middle of the night!
 
kkkk said:
I am pretty sure that is how I broke one of my blood test machines overnight, possibly shoving in a test strip a little heavy handed and it buckling in the machine! ooopps I find it so hard to wake up in the middle of the night!
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lol kkkk, go back a post or two, not sure that is what mo1905 was referring to lol ;-)
 
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