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Why is my blood sugar high (8+) and staying high despite insulin
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<blockquote data-quote="CristyN29" data-source="post: 2385031" data-attributes="member: 537226"><p>Keep in mind there are a lot of factors influencing I:C ratio, that vary even through the day, day by day, meal by meal. I can say Im in the non-hard spiker category as I still believe to have some C-Peptide and maybe a milder form of onset(LADA or T1 idk, I was dx'd at 18 years ) and didnt need insulin for like 2.5 years until I started to eat poorly. But swiss roll has a high GI and if you're not using a very fast insulin like fiasp(that's still slower than human-made insulin) you'll need to prebolus. 1-10 is the "average" I:C ratio but it varies, for example I had a bad hypo with 1:20 with white pita but spiked like crazy at a party with cake+french fries(might have miscalculated as I couldn't measure the portion entirely). Also correction doses aren't stable aswell. Usually it drops me by 1mmol/l(20mg/dl) but sometimes it happens that it doesn't drop me at all(probably cause of left food protein or fat) or if I drink alcohol or exercise it drops me hard(my only hypos, in the high 2s).</p><p>Also basal matters aswell as there are some basals that will constantly drop you and you'll need to snack sometimes(like abasaglar) or some like tresiba that works for me and keeps me constantly in the same range(3.8-4.3)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CristyN29, post: 2385031, member: 537226"] Keep in mind there are a lot of factors influencing I:C ratio, that vary even through the day, day by day, meal by meal. I can say Im in the non-hard spiker category as I still believe to have some C-Peptide and maybe a milder form of onset(LADA or T1 idk, I was dx'd at 18 years ) and didnt need insulin for like 2.5 years until I started to eat poorly. But swiss roll has a high GI and if you're not using a very fast insulin like fiasp(that's still slower than human-made insulin) you'll need to prebolus. 1-10 is the "average" I:C ratio but it varies, for example I had a bad hypo with 1:20 with white pita but spiked like crazy at a party with cake+french fries(might have miscalculated as I couldn't measure the portion entirely). Also correction doses aren't stable aswell. Usually it drops me by 1mmol/l(20mg/dl) but sometimes it happens that it doesn't drop me at all(probably cause of left food protein or fat) or if I drink alcohol or exercise it drops me hard(my only hypos, in the high 2s). Also basal matters aswell as there are some basals that will constantly drop you and you'll need to snack sometimes(like abasaglar) or some like tresiba that works for me and keeps me constantly in the same range(3.8-4.3) [/QUOTE]
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