Some advice please

No doubt your childhood has resulted in certain behaviors as an adult...............

Its OK to have something to eat before bed every night, and its also OK to have lots of carbs before bed if you want to as well, but when testing your doses ,as many variables if not all variables have to be removed ,that's what the step wise approach teaches..........

The likelihood is that your low carb snack before bed wont be effecting your overnight numbers that much if any, but you cant be sure, so in order to be confident the dose is right, you need to see it on paper, telling you, with no carbs or QA working away overnight, your BG held steady or went up or down........

Sorry if I am being repetitive..............

How did your lunchtime readings go....................I am having a few problems myself right now as well...........started going low mid morning (possible effects from previous evening exercise), and getting large spikes between lunch and dinner, its a never ending battle.........

Well at 12:37 today my BS was 5.7. Never had any lunch, no food has passed my lips since breakfast.
Tested 5 mins ago and my BS is 4.1. So looks like my morning BI is working fine. Just ned to get my evening 1 sorted and I will be a happy man:-)
Although no big rush as my morning BS has been high for the past 17/18 yrs.

DAFNE was what I needed years ago.

derekh1965 said:


Well at 12:37 today my BS was 5.7. Never had any lunch, no food has passed my lips since breakfast.
Tested 5 mins ago and my BS is 4.1. So looks like my morning BI is working fine. Just ned to get my evening 1 sorted and I will be a happy man:-)
Although no big rush as my morning BS has been high for the past 17/18 yrs.

DAFNE was what I needed years ago.

I hopefully am getting there.

Here is my diary for the weekend.

WOW, they are good results, apart from the lows obviously...........

I would maybe think about your ratios now your BI is doing the job.....

you must be well chuffed...................

Hi Novprapidboi

I was well chuffed but true to form for me it doesn't last.

I have decided to go back onto Lantus. 32 units at 22:30. When I took it before I am sure I took 2 injections. 1 in the am and 1 pm but can't remember how much.

My first evening taking the Lantus I woke with a BS of 7.3 which I was delighted with. Then last night I thought I would try splitting the dose as it's duration is 18 - 24 hrs. Took 18 last night with the intention of taking 12 this morning but woke with a BS of 13.7.

I am probably too early to receive a reply this morning but worth as try. Should I take 32 this morning and 32 tonight or what do you think?

You have a great knowledge concerning all this and I fully appreciate all the help you are giving to me.

best regards

Derek

I don't know it all, just using what I have learned....................but I like helping if I can............

are you talking about splitting the evening dose, before bed and then in the morning..........that's a new one to me...........

I think the 32 before bed is the best option, its seems to have given you a good result, so if this continues you know your have the right dose..................I think taking less before bed is just reducing your chance of waking on target......

on the wed night you were 9.0, so assuming the QA was right, then it looks as if the 30 was just short of what you needed.............

So my non professional advice would be to take the 32 at 22:30, the your 22 when you get up, so the chances of waking in single figures is greatest and then your giving yourself more BI to stop any rise from breakfast to lunch..............

what has your team been saying...........

Yes I'm going t stick with the 32 at 22:30 and maybe take 22 at 10:30. The trouble I was having with the Isophane was the peak was making my BS go low. Although they will tell you BI doesn't lower your BS it clearly does. n An example is Tuesday 3am test I was 5.6 then at 8:30 I was 14.7!!

Isophane peaks between 4 to 6 hrs.

Lantus (Glargine) has a much less defined peak than Isophane.

Never mind, one of these days I'll be hunkey dorey.

The most significant peak that I have used is humulin I, both Lantus and Levemir don't have any noticeable peak, but everyone is different.............

It will make your BG drop if the dose it too much defo.........

Could you take your daytime dose with your breakfast, this might drop down your breakfast ratio as well..............

Hi there, just been reading your posts and thought I would just mention that when you make changes with Lantus it can take (from my experience) upto 3 days for the changes to actually work fully so don't worry about highs in the meantime, just give the lantus a few days to settle.

I too used to take all my Lantus in the evening and then I tried splitting it 50/50 morning and night. I take it at 8.30 in the morning and again at 8.30 in the evening. I have an alarm set on my mobile phone to remind me!!!

Personally I have found this has worked really well.

Hope this helps

Karen x