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Originally Posted by russ621  ... do you snack before bedtime? if so what do you have ? ... |
No, I don't snack before bed. At the moment, my Lantus keeps my blood sugar pretty flat over night.
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Originally Posted by russ621 ... No carb breakfast, do you not have any bolus with that ? |
I bolus 8 units of Regular as soon as I wake up. It is a lot of insulin, some of which covers the meal (typically eggs, cheese & mushrooms). Much of it also covers the DP, which I find lasts until 11am.
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Originally Posted by russ621 ... if I wake with a low bs, my sugars will stay low all day (fighting hypo's), if my morning bs is high, I spend the day correcting with insulin, is this normal ? I feel stupid for asking but how do I work out my correction ratio ??? ... |
That sounds
very familiar
. It is why it so important for the day to start off well. Blood glucose needs to be in the target range when waking up. And I find that eating virtually no carb for breakfast helps keep it there until lunch time. I also have to guess at corrections done in the morning. I find doing corrections after lunch a lot easier, probably because the DP is over. I am a lot more sensitive to insulin and covering carbs is a lot easier too.
You ask if this is normal. Most people don't seem to have this problem as intensely, but you are certainly not the only one.
