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Apr 20, 2013
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average Fri 19/046.7 - bedtime 3.8 - this morning - 17.47pm - tea & QA - BG was 7.3 - 23.01pm - bedtime test was done - hypo before bed @ 22.42pm 3.9 treated with 4 jelly babies Sat 20/04 5.3 - bedtime 13.3 - this morning - 19.20pm - tea & QA - BG was 6.2 - 23.14pm - bedtime test was done - hypo before bed @ 22.52pm 3.9 treated with 4 jelly babies - supper was sandwich 2 slices / 2 treat size biscuits - probably about 5 cps - no QA |
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Apr 20, 2013
Anthony Murray
9 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / "Bed time" testing time & BG hit and miss I think I will try it again after I figure out the reason for the night highs and hopefully fix it. |
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Apr 20, 2013
novorapidboi26
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Topic: DAFNE Graduate Group (DGG) / ghdfjj Hello...........
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Apr 20, 2013
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / "Bed time" testing time & BG hit and miss So it seems you need more overnight than you do in the morning..........it would be good in my opinion to maybe try a split again when your ready, means you can deal with the two different parts of the day separately,.... |
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Apr 20, 2013
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary - CPs Entry? yeah 55 cps is 550g of carbs, and that a lot........ |
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Apr 20, 2013
novorapidboi26
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Topic: General Discussion / Double Hypos round meals. Its not uncommon, I think I have experienced this before............I suppose it all depends on why you had the first hypo, essentially you could be dropping even after you have given the 15g of quick acting carbs......which would mean your next meals dose would end up being too much........ what have your bg been like before the next meal, so after the hypo.........? |
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Apr 20, 2013
Anthony Murray
9 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / "Bed time" testing time & BG hit and miss
Thank you very much, I'll try the carb free dinner today. I was splitting my lantus from the 17th of February till the 23rd of March, was getting the same kind of results (hit and miss... mostly miss). I started out at 4 units at breakfast and 4 units at dinner and by the time I stopped splitting it I was taking 3 units at breakfast and 7 units at dinner. |
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Apr 20, 2013
Afric
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Topic: DAFNE Graduate Group (DGG) / ghdfjj Cvnjggn |
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Apr 19, 2013
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary - CPs Entry?
Thank you Vickyp 
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Apr 19, 2013
Vickyp
137 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary - CPs Entry? 55g is 5.5cps |
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Apr 19, 2013
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / BG Diary - CPs Entry? If something was 55 cps how would this be written into the diary. Would it be 5.5? |
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Apr 19, 2013
Gari
17 posts
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Hi all. I wanted to know if anyone else has two hypos round a meal time. If I have a hypo within 1 hour of a main meal, I tend to have another about 1 to 2 hours after I have eaten my meal. I wondered if anyone finds that they have to reduce their QA for the meal they eat after experiencing a hypo. This does seem to be a pattern for me. Please help. |
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Apr 19, 2013
novorapidboi26
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / "Bed time" testing time & BG hit and miss Welcome to the forum AnthonyThere is 2 possible reasons for the high which I am sure your aware: BI running out Not enough QA at dinner If you are reluctant to change the QA ratio, which in my opinion is good, then the next step is a BI test.... You should carry this out from dinner till bed time, so a carb free dinner...... This will tell you what your BI is doing between dinner and bed.......you may find that it holds steady till about 9 or 10 then goes up, this means that your BI dose is running out..... Because its a single Lantus dose your only option would be to move the time of it or compensate with some extra QA at dinner..........if you don't want to split you will likely need to compensate somewhere for the lack of full coverage over the 24 hours.... When did you split it? What were the timings then? |
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Apr 19, 2013
Anthony Murray
9 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / "Bed time" testing time & BG hit and miss I was wondering if someone could help me with my night time highs.I'm currently using Humalog (1:1) and Lantus (10 units a night) What time should I do my "bed time" test? I take my dinner at 5 and do my test at either 9, 10 or 10:30, take my lantus and then go to sleep at around 1 or 2. If my BG is good or close to good at 9 then I take that as a win, if it's quite high then I will probably wait till later to check again just in case I have some insulin still working away. When I had my last check-up in February the DSN thought that I should change my dinner ratio to 1.5:1. I haven't tried it because surely if I was supposed to be on 1.5:1 and I'm only doing 1:1 then my "bed time" BG would be in the 20+ range. I've tried splitting my lantus but it didn't make any difference. I know people say lantus is a 24 hour insulin but I read in the dafne book that it's 18-24 hours and can be split. |
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Apr 19, 2013
novorapidboi26
1,819 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DIARY Your numbers look really good, well done.......You do seem to be on the lower side as you approach bed time....that may justify a carb free test from dinner on wards, just to see what your BI is doing at that time........your on Lantus, I assume, so you may have to reduce your dinner time ratio to avoid making changes to your BI because of its inflexibility...... Do you feel low at 4.2 - 5.0? Officially this isn't actually a hypo and so you don't need to take anything for it.......obviously if you fear going low overnight then you should take something........would be interesting to see what your BG does without extra CPs........ Good job though......welcome to the forum...... 
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Apr 18, 2013
Stephen Will...
3 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / DIARY Things going well so far |
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Apr 18, 2013
mum2westiesGill
502 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / 7-day waking average 6.3 - bedtime10.5 - this morning - 19.22pm - tea & QA - BG was 6.3 - 22.23pm - bedtime test was done |
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Apr 17, 2013
youone
102 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dealing with large carb meals
QA: Humalog BI: Lantus |
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Apr 17, 2013
youone
102 posts
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Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Carbohydrates help needed - ASDA Ready Sliced Tiger Chest
When your at home weighting is the easy option if you know the gram value The method I used before the smart phone apps appeared is this ,it might be of use to you If your BI is set right and your used to carb free meals try this Cut a slice of the tiger bread which you would normally eat Take BG retain the reading done't take any QA re test 2 hours later that should be the highest reading and cross check after 4 hours if its constant compare the two readings what ever the correction is to bring it back to the reading 4 hours previous is the amount of CP the tiger bread was If you weighted the bread you now have a value you can use. Seems along about way of doing it but it worked for be.I still do this if I come across a food which isn't listed anywhere Especially my mothers baking
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Apr 17, 2013
paulj
36 posts
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Topic: General Discussion / Dealing with large carb meals be careful to bear in mind that some q/a insulin you take i.e. novo-rapid can have a effect on your bg levels for up to 5 hours after intially taken. i think! so therfore if you take a reading after say 2 hours this may be giving you a false picture.but everyone is different i guesscheers
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Apr 17, 2013
youone
102 posts
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That's great news Gari, just test every 2 hours until after a 8 hour period has passed, since this is a new method for you, where all different keep passing the info on |
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Apr 17, 2013
Gari
17 posts
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Youone thankyou thankyou thankyou. Thanks so much for your advice. I tried today. Had 23cps worth gave 8iu and then 7iu 2 hours after and now 7pm and my levels have been stable around 5mmols for the last hour. Once again thankyou so much. |
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Apr 17, 2013
Apollo
45 posts
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Topic: Questions for HCPs / novo-rapid insulin duration Hmm sounds impressive.I'll pass on trying it out myself as I've got meters coming out of my ears. Last time I asked Bayer for a contour USB they sent me two of them plus a non USB model so I could almost have a different meter for every room in the house & they are asking me if I want the new latest model now. But it sounds like it has had a lot more thought put into it than I initially gave it credit for. I'll add it to my reading to do list
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