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Nov 29, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment....

emma.nh said:
Not sure how relevant this is because I am so brittle and atypical... If I have fewer calories over a 24hr period my BI becomes too much and hypos follow. E

That is a strange observation..................are you on a pump?

If you had a carb free meal in an attempt to test you background/basal requirements and therefore less calories, could you get accurate results.......?

Nov 29, 2011

Fifty Years On 1 post

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings

Just to say that I'm taking Lantus twice a day 7 AM and 7 PM although my dose well down from the previous single night time dose of 26 units. I'm now taking 9 units mornings and 7 or 8 units evenings. I'd certainly suggest speaking to your diabetic nurse about split doses as I found it certainly helped me improve my control. Having said that I'm only up at this time because I did a 3 AM test myself. Foolishly didn't allow for high carbs in Branston Pickle with supper last night and BG went through the roof. I hope all settles down with you. Best wishes. Smile

Nov 28, 2011

hollylouise 7 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Feeling hungover!!

Nikki H-C said:
Dear all,
Having miscalculated my QI last night following chips and a battered sausage from the local chippy, I went to bed with hi levels and woke up with hi levels - See last 2 days readings attached. 19 before bed, +2 correction (obv not enough), 14 on waking up (+3 correction) and then about 6.8 ish all day.

Today, I feel like I've had a hangover all day and felt really tired. Now, at only 6.30pm, I'm considering going to bed as I still feel the same and am even bumping into things, walking in zig zag lines etc! No, no alcohol sinse Saturday night and even then only a small amount.

I'm not ill in anyway.

Is this a normal feeling after having been so high?

Many thanks for any thoughts you may have.

you mite find why you woke up with slight high sugars because you could off possible gone low in the night not woke up and your body has kicked in and kicked out to much glucose

Nov 28, 2011

emmahope 17 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment....

Not sure how relevant this is because I am so brittle and atypical... If I have fewer calories over a 24hr period my BI becomes too much and hypos follow. E

Nov 28, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings

pancreotectomy said:
having similar problems but on Levemir not Lantus. I find my morning readings are high but normalise throughout the day even going hypo at teatime. I am on a lot smaller dosage to you & take my levemir twice a day at 8am & 8pm taking only 3 units at 8am & 4 at 8pm. My diabetes changes because my dosages were the other way round when I finished the course & my lunchtime readings were always high but normalising by teatime, now as I say my breakfast readings are high lunchtime normal & teatime somtimes hypo. I have added problem of having lost hypo awareness at present & am trying to get it back by trying to run my bg a bit higher than normal. My consultant says not to worry about things changing but to work with things day to day. This morning my reading was 11.5 had breakfast & included an adjustment dose of nova rapid of 1.5units & 12 units for food eaten (using ratio of 1.5units of insulin to 1 cp) lunchtime bg was 5.5 so need to watch this afternoon but only use ratio of 1:1 at lunch. Maybe worth mentioning this to your diabetic nurse & see if she can advise you. javascript:emoticon('')

Being high in the morning and then going low in the afternoon may suggest you need more BI overnight, and less BI during the day..............

one thing at a time though............ Wink

Nov 28, 2011

pancreotectomy 3 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings

having similar problems but on Levemir not Lantus. I find my morning readings are high but normalise throughout the day even going hypo at teatime. I am on a lot smaller dosage to you & take my levemir twice a day at 8am & 8pm taking only 3 units at 8am & 4 at 8pm. My diabetes changes because my dosages were the other way round when I finished the course & my lunchtime readings were always high but normalising by teatime, now as I say my breakfast readings are high lunchtime normal & teatime somtimes hypo. I have added problem of having lost hypo awareness at present & am trying to get it back by trying to run my bg a bit higher than normal. My consultant says not to worry about things changing but to work with things day to day. This morning my reading was 11.5 had breakfast & included an adjustment dose of nova rapid of 1.5units & 12 units for food eaten (using ratio of 1.5units of insulin to 1 cp) lunchtime bg was 5.5 so need to watch this afternoon but only use ratio of 1:1 at lunch. Maybe worth mentioning this to your diabetic nurse & see if she can advise you. Confused

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Nov 27, 2011

Aarti 4 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings

That was meant to read lantus not labrusca ... Silly iPhone Embarassed

Nov 27, 2011

Aarti 4 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings

I was having a similar problem and ended up having very high ketones as a result, only to find out the cause was a cracked labrusca cartridge! As a precautionary I would change the cartridge if that's what you use!

Nov 27, 2011

ruthhutchinson 39 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers

Mine weighed in at 76g so need to double the CPs to 4.

Nov 27, 2011

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers

Bakerboy said:
Hi ruth looking at my carbs and cal book it states 1 iced bun which looks like a finger is 20g carbs for 37 g weight which would be 2 units of insulin Hope this helps you

It's on page 69, bottom right hand picture Smile

Nov 27, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers

I would of guessed 20g too, roughly the same as a slice of bread but not as much as a roll, and the icing probably wouldn't amount to more than the bread...........

hope you enjoyed them............

Nov 27, 2011

novorapidboi26 1,819 posts

Topic: General Discussion / feeling unnormal

Sounds it, you must of been in the high 30s or there abouts...........

Nov 27, 2011

ruthhutchinson 39 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers

Bakerboy said:
Hi ruth looking at my carbs and cal book it states 1 iced bun which looks like a finger is 20g carbs for 37 g weight which would be 2 units of insulin Hope this helps you

Thanks.

Nov 27, 2011

Bakerboy 9 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers

Hi ruth looking at my carbs and cal book it states 1 iced bun which looks like a finger is 20g carbs for 37 g weight which would be 2 units of insulin Hope this helps you Laughing

Nov 27, 2011

Merle 1 post

Topic: Questions for HCPs / Fitting when hypo

I have had Type 1 for 35 years. About 15 years ago I had bitten the inside of my mouth during sleep. When telling both my G.P and Diabetic Consultant this, they said it happened during a night-time hypo.
My husband insisted it was completely different symptoms I was having. On this information they eventually did a MRI scan on my brain. The result was night time epilepsy, which has bneen completely ( so far ) controlled by a daily tablet.
It has not affected driving as it is diagnosed as " night time epilepsy " Interesting, as I had not previously heard of peaople having fits when hypo.

Nov 26, 2011

ruthhutchinson 39 posts

Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers

Would anyone like to hazard an educated guess at the number of CPs in one of those bread fingers with the icing and coconut on them? I've just eaten 2 and I think I might have miscalculated.

Nov 26, 2011

ruthhutchinson 39 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings

marke said:
I would definately talk to your diabetes team before considering splitting a lantus dose. The opinion at the DAFNE Collaborative was that Lantus really was a 24 hour insulin that could not be split into 2 doses where as Levemir was not a 24 hour and could be split. This of course may not be the opinion of your specialists, like anything else it is not clear cut. But its always worth checking something like this before you do it in case there is a problem and you need support.

I was told exactly the same thing by my Nurse specialist. And after a bit of fiddling with my Lantus doses I seem to have cracked it.....for now!

Nov 25, 2011

marke 686 posts

Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings

I would definately talk to your diabetes team before considering splitting a lantus dose. The opinion at the DAFNE Collaborative was that Lantus really was a 24 hour insulin that could not be split into 2 doses where as Levemir was not a 24 hour and could be split. This of course may not be the opinion of your specialists, like anything else it is not clear cut. But its always worth checking something like this before you do it in case there is a problem and you need support.

Nov 25, 2011

hollylouise 7 posts

Topic: General Discussion / feeling unnormal

yeah i did take isluin but once you have ketons in your blood and get them symptons you should get your self to hospital because as you probly know that high blood sugars like that can end up in coma or worse death i had really high ketons in my blood i was instanly put on a isulin pump and on drips i felt my self going in and out of deap sleep it was scary

Nov 25, 2011

mum2westiesGill 502 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment....

ruthhutchinson said:
My mum was a quiet mild mannered lady but once during a bad hypo when we had to call for the GP she told him to F*** off. There was a deathly silence and then we all fell about laughing including my mum. Till the day she died she denied that it had ever happened. Go Mum Go!!!

That's good, lol Laughing

Nov 25, 2011

ruthhutchinson 39 posts

Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment....

My mum was a quiet mild mannered lady but once during a bad hypo when we had to call for the GP she told him to F*** off. There was a deathly silence and then we all fell about laughing including my mum. Till the day she died she denied that it had ever happened. Go Mum Go!!!

Nov 29, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment.... emma.nh said: Not sure how relevant this is because I am so brittle and atypical... If I have fewer calories over a 24hr period my BI becomes too much and hypos follow. E That is a strange observation..................are you on a pump? If you had a carb free meal in an attempt to test you background/basal requirements and therefore less calories, could you get accurate results.......?

Nov 29, 2011 Fifty Years On 1 post	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings Just to say that I'm taking Lantus twice a day 7 AM and 7 PM although my dose well down from the previous single night time dose of 26 units. I'm now taking 9 units mornings and 7 or 8 units evenings. I'd certainly suggest speaking to your diabetic nurse about split doses as I found it certainly helped me improve my control. Having said that I'm only up at this time because I did a 3 AM test myself. Foolishly didn't allow for high carbs in Branston Pickle with supper last night and BG went through the roof. I hope all settles down with you. Best wishes.

Nov 28, 2011 hollylouise 7 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Feeling hungover!! Nikki H-C said: Dear all, Having miscalculated my QI last night following chips and a battered sausage from the local chippy, I went to bed with hi levels and woke up with hi levels - See last 2 days readings attached. 19 before bed, +2 correction (obv not enough), 14 on waking up (+3 correction) and then about 6.8 ish all day. Today, I feel like I've had a hangover all day and felt really tired. Now, at only 6.30pm, I'm considering going to bed as I still feel the same and am even bumping into things, walking in zig zag lines etc! No, no alcohol sinse Saturday night and even then only a small amount. I'm not ill in anyway. Is this a normal feeling after having been so high? Many thanks for any thoughts you may have. you mite find why you woke up with slight high sugars because you could off possible gone low in the night not woke up and your body has kicked in and kicked out to much glucose

Nov 28, 2011 emmahope 17 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment.... Not sure how relevant this is because I am so brittle and atypical... If I have fewer calories over a 24hr period my BI becomes too much and hypos follow. E

Nov 28, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings pancreotectomy said: having similar problems but on Levemir not Lantus. I find my morning readings are high but normalise throughout the day even going hypo at teatime. I am on a lot smaller dosage to you & take my levemir twice a day at 8am & 8pm taking only 3 units at 8am & 4 at 8pm. My diabetes changes because my dosages were the other way round when I finished the course & my lunchtime readings were always high but normalising by teatime, now as I say my breakfast readings are high lunchtime normal & teatime somtimes hypo. I have added problem of having lost hypo awareness at present & am trying to get it back by trying to run my bg a bit higher than normal. My consultant says not to worry about things changing but to work with things day to day. This morning my reading was 11.5 had breakfast & included an adjustment dose of nova rapid of 1.5units & 12 units for food eaten (using ratio of 1.5units of insulin to 1 cp) lunchtime bg was 5.5 so need to watch this afternoon but only use ratio of 1:1 at lunch. Maybe worth mentioning this to your diabetic nurse & see if she can advise you. javascript:emoticon('') Being high in the morning and then going low in the afternoon may suggest you need more BI overnight, and less BI during the day.............. one thing at a time though............

Nov 28, 2011 pancreotectomy 3 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings having similar problems but on Levemir not Lantus. I find my morning readings are high but normalise throughout the day even going hypo at teatime. I am on a lot smaller dosage to you & take my levemir twice a day at 8am & 8pm taking only 3 units at 8am & 4 at 8pm. My diabetes changes because my dosages were the other way round when I finished the course & my lunchtime readings were always high but normalising by teatime, now as I say my breakfast readings are high lunchtime normal & teatime somtimes hypo. I have added problem of having lost hypo awareness at present & am trying to get it back by trying to run my bg a bit higher than normal. My consultant says not to worry about things changing but to work with things day to day. This morning my reading was 11.5 had breakfast & included an adjustment dose of nova rapid of 1.5units & 12 units for food eaten (using ratio of 1.5units of insulin to 1 cp) lunchtime bg was 5.5 so need to watch this afternoon but only use ratio of 1:1 at lunch. Maybe worth mentioning this to your diabetic nurse & see if she can advise you. javascript:emoticon('')

Nov 27, 2011 Aarti 4 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings That was meant to read lantus not labrusca ... Silly iPhone

Nov 27, 2011 Aarti 4 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings I was having a similar problem and ended up having very high ketones as a result, only to find out the cause was a cracked labrusca cartridge! As a precautionary I would change the cartridge if that's what you use!

Nov 27, 2011 ruthhutchinson 39 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers Mine weighed in at 76g so need to double the CPs to 4.

Nov 27, 2011 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers Bakerboy said: Hi ruth looking at my carbs and cal book it states 1 iced bun which looks like a finger is 20g carbs for 37 g weight which would be 2 units of insulin Hope this helps you It's on page 69, bottom right hand picture

Nov 27, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers I would of guessed 20g too, roughly the same as a slice of bread but not as much as a roll, and the icing probably wouldn't amount to more than the bread........... hope you enjoyed them............

Nov 27, 2011 novorapidboi26 1,819 posts	Topic: General Discussion / feeling unnormal Sounds it, you must of been in the high 30s or there abouts...........

Nov 27, 2011 ruthhutchinson 39 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers Bakerboy said: Hi ruth looking at my carbs and cal book it states 1 iced bun which looks like a finger is 20g carbs for 37 g weight which would be 2 units of insulin Hope this helps you Thanks.

Nov 27, 2011 Bakerboy 9 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers Hi ruth looking at my carbs and cal book it states 1 iced bun which looks like a finger is 20g carbs for 37 g weight which would be 2 units of insulin Hope this helps you

Nov 27, 2011 Merle 1 post	Topic: Questions for HCPs / Fitting when hypo I have had Type 1 for 35 years. About 15 years ago I had bitten the inside of my mouth during sleep. When telling both my G.P and Diabetic Consultant this, they said it happened during a night-time hypo. My husband insisted it was completely different symptoms I was having. On this information they eventually did a MRI scan on my brain. The result was night time epilepsy, which has bneen completely ( so far ) controlled by a daily tablet. It has not affected driving as it is diagnosed as " night time epilepsy " Interesting, as I had not previously heard of peaople having fits when hypo.

Nov 26, 2011 ruthhutchinson 39 posts	Topic: Carbohydrate Counting / Iced coconut fingers Would anyone like to hazard an educated guess at the number of CPs in one of those bread fingers with the icing and coconut on them? I've just eaten 2 and I think I might have miscalculated.

Nov 26, 2011 ruthhutchinson 39 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings marke said: I would definately talk to your diabetes team before considering splitting a lantus dose. The opinion at the DAFNE Collaborative was that Lantus really was a 24 hour insulin that could not be split into 2 doses where as Levemir was not a 24 hour and could be split. This of course may not be the opinion of your specialists, like anything else it is not clear cut. But its always worth checking something like this before you do it in case there is a problem and you need support. I was told exactly the same thing by my Nurse specialist. And after a bit of fiddling with my Lantus doses I seem to have cracked it.....for now!

Nov 25, 2011 marke 686 posts	Topic: Questions for HCPs / High blood readings I would definately talk to your diabetes team before considering splitting a lantus dose. The opinion at the DAFNE Collaborative was that Lantus really was a 24 hour insulin that could not be split into 2 doses where as Levemir was not a 24 hour and could be split. This of course may not be the opinion of your specialists, like anything else it is not clear cut. But its always worth checking something like this before you do it in case there is a problem and you need support.

Nov 25, 2011 hollylouise 7 posts	Topic: General Discussion / feeling unnormal yeah i did take isluin but once you have ketons in your blood and get them symptons you should get your self to hospital because as you probly know that high blood sugars like that can end up in coma or worse death i had really high ketons in my blood i was instanly put on a isulin pump and on drips i felt my self going in and out of deap sleep it was scary

Nov 25, 2011 mum2westiesGill 502 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment.... ruthhutchinson said: My mum was a quiet mild mannered lady but once during a bad hypo when we had to call for the GP she told him to F*** off. There was a deathly silence and then we all fell about laughing including my mum. Till the day she died she denied that it had ever happened. Go Mum Go!!! That's good, lol

Nov 25, 2011 ruthhutchinson 39 posts	Topic: General Discussion / Funniest/strangest/worst hypo moment.... My mum was a quiet mild mannered lady but once during a bad hypo when we had to call for the GP she told him to F*** off. There was a deathly silence and then we all fell about laughing including my mum. Till the day she died she denied that it had ever happened. Go Mum Go!!!