Introverted_And_Proud
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- Type of diabetes
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- Insulin
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So, this is a bit of a weird one that I've been dealing with for a while now. Not sure if anybody could help me with it, but figured it was worth a shot. For context, I am a Type 1 diabetic who uses Novorapid and Tresiba insulin. I also suffer with IBS-C (this is semi-relevant).
Two days a week, I always eat the same evening meal: fresh stir-fry chicken (0g of carbs) with 200g of Aunt Bessie's roast potatoes (36g of carbs) and 100g of frozen bag broccoli (3g of carbs). When I inject for this meal, I always do it right before eating. And every single time, within 30 minutes to an hour of injecting, my blood sugar levels will drop continuously, usually for up to an hour in some cases. Sometimes, my levels will stop above 4mmol - 5mmol, then slowly start to rise until they reach high levels by the time I go to bed. Other times, however, my levels will go below 4mmol, forcing me to take hypo treatment. The hypo treatment kicks in quickly within 10 to 15 minutes and puts my levels in the green. But from there they keep rising and wind up going too high after around two hours have passed.
Now, the strangest thing is this is the only meal where I have this particular problem. The other evening meals I eat throughout the week never do this. My levels are usually quite stable with them. And some of the foods I've listed above I also eat with other evening meals (i.e. broccoli and potatoes), yet they haven't caused the same issue. Furthermore, I don't think this is being caused by me accidentally injecting into a muscle. I admit I am underweight for my age and have minimal body fat, but I don't usually feel any pain or bleed when I inject. So, this has certainly left me scratching my head and looking over my Libre data to try to figure out the cause behind this strange pattern.
I came up with the following theories:
Maybe I'm injecting too much insulin?
Could it be my digestion is slower on certain days or at certain times?
Perhaps my IBS isn't reacting well to certain foods I'm eating and delaying the carbs reaching the insulin?
Is the protein affecting my digestion?
Is it the combination of what I'm eating?
So, I tried the following solutions in attempt to rule out the cause:
Reduced my Tresiba dose; no change.
Increased my Novorapid carb-to-insulin ratio to inject less insulin; sometimes it steepened the drop and increased the rise, other times the outcome didn't change.
Ate meal on different days and/or at different times; no change.
Ate chicken an hour after the carbs; no change.
Swapped out broccoli, chicken and potatoes one at a time for alternative and IBS friendly food options to rule out the culprit; no change.
At this point, I am absolutely stumped. I keep feeling like I'm doing something wrong and I'm always on edge when I have to inject. Has anyone else encountered a problem similar to this and possibly might have any other ideas of what could be causing it?
Two days a week, I always eat the same evening meal: fresh stir-fry chicken (0g of carbs) with 200g of Aunt Bessie's roast potatoes (36g of carbs) and 100g of frozen bag broccoli (3g of carbs). When I inject for this meal, I always do it right before eating. And every single time, within 30 minutes to an hour of injecting, my blood sugar levels will drop continuously, usually for up to an hour in some cases. Sometimes, my levels will stop above 4mmol - 5mmol, then slowly start to rise until they reach high levels by the time I go to bed. Other times, however, my levels will go below 4mmol, forcing me to take hypo treatment. The hypo treatment kicks in quickly within 10 to 15 minutes and puts my levels in the green. But from there they keep rising and wind up going too high after around two hours have passed.
Now, the strangest thing is this is the only meal where I have this particular problem. The other evening meals I eat throughout the week never do this. My levels are usually quite stable with them. And some of the foods I've listed above I also eat with other evening meals (i.e. broccoli and potatoes), yet they haven't caused the same issue. Furthermore, I don't think this is being caused by me accidentally injecting into a muscle. I admit I am underweight for my age and have minimal body fat, but I don't usually feel any pain or bleed when I inject. So, this has certainly left me scratching my head and looking over my Libre data to try to figure out the cause behind this strange pattern.
I came up with the following theories:
Maybe I'm injecting too much insulin?
Could it be my digestion is slower on certain days or at certain times?
Perhaps my IBS isn't reacting well to certain foods I'm eating and delaying the carbs reaching the insulin?
Is the protein affecting my digestion?
Is it the combination of what I'm eating?
So, I tried the following solutions in attempt to rule out the cause:
Reduced my Tresiba dose; no change.
Increased my Novorapid carb-to-insulin ratio to inject less insulin; sometimes it steepened the drop and increased the rise, other times the outcome didn't change.
Ate meal on different days and/or at different times; no change.
Ate chicken an hour after the carbs; no change.
Swapped out broccoli, chicken and potatoes one at a time for alternative and IBS friendly food options to rule out the culprit; no change.
At this point, I am absolutely stumped. I keep feeling like I'm doing something wrong and I'm always on edge when I have to inject. Has anyone else encountered a problem similar to this and possibly might have any other ideas of what could be causing it?
