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derekh1965
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lothian 90 posts |
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Hi, |
Russ28
DAFNE Graduate
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals 4 posts |
First thing I would suggest is you BI in the evening needs to be later have it just before you go to bed not 2 hours before. Secondly to test if it is the evening BI or not you need to go to bed with nothing working but that BI injection so no CPs or QA less than 4 hours before bedtime, test BG at bedtime then BI and bed test in the morning if BG results from prev evening and following morn are pretty much the same BI is fine if not repeat the process tweaking the night time BI until they come stable. By the way one set of results is inadequate to check you need couple of nights doing the same to find patterns. Hope this was helpful and good luck |
derekh1965
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lothian 90 posts |
Thanks for your reply Russ. I'll give what you suggested tonight and see how it goes. |
alturn
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Grampian 78 posts |
There appear to be frequent changes to BI. DAFNE says BI changes should be allowed to take effect for 2 or 3 days before changing again. When BI is correct, then use QA adjustments but separate from BI changes. I was also advised to try and keep my am and pm BI at the same units (mine differed by 3 at one point). It's a continous process - I change my BI every few weeks depending on BGs. May also help to take BI at the same time each day. I believe Levemir should be taken twice a day as it will not last 24 hrs. |
Pip510
DAFNE Graduate
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals 4 posts |
Levemir has a working time of about 18 hours and you should inject twice daily, just before bed and when you get up in the morning. |
derekh1965
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lothian 90 posts |
Thanks for your replies. I have a habit of injecting for every carb I consume and not considering the 3-5 hrs length of humalog. |