My Diabetic Review

My Diabetic Review

Hi,

If it's ok i'd like to let you know how i went on with my diabetic review today 07/12/11. I had a phone call last week off my Dsn saying about my great HbA1c result which was 6.8%.

My bs results are all over the place.
My Dsn would like to see me again in about 10 days time because

1. she was rather concerned about me having a lot of lo's & also the fact of all the jelly babies (i have 4 -6 for each hypo), she wants me to have instead either dextrose gel or tablets

2. she has said to me to lower my BI from 34u to 30u

i've booked my appointment for next Thursday 15/12/11

Gill

so whats the difference between quickly the absorbed sugar in jelly babies and the quickly absorbed sugar in dextrose ? Not a lot.
On what grounds has she advised you to drop you BI from 34u to 30u, I would only ever reduce it by 2u at a time and only with good reason i.e I had tried a carb-free meal
and my BG was dropping because of too much BI.
Congrats regarding your HBA1c, you must be doing something right
What are you defining as 'lo' by the way ?

Congrats from me too....................

You should only be having 15-20g of quick acting sugar, so depending on brand of jelly baby that can vary, but 4-6 may be a little too much, but you need to test after treating your self to see if it is too much, it may be just right for you...........you never know..........

Even now as a seasoned DAFNE graduate I can find it very hard to resist over treating, in fact, last night was one of those times...........I was 4.6 before dinner, and I injected 10 minutes before eating, soon after I finished I went LOW, and had a chocolate biscuit, a cornetto and some other ice lolly, just because I could and it was all Christmasy............

Do you agree with the change in BI?

I suppose it is a logical step to take initially to bring your levels up slightly, then fine tune your ratios again.................

Let us know how you get on.............

Must admit our consultant said during our post DAFNE training that his approach was to change BI by 20% to see confirmed results within a few days.
So -4u may not not in fact be too radical.
Regards
Garry