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Originally Posted by JJM335  Lizzie:
There's another possibility which is that you are for some reason more insulin resistant in the afternoon. You are eating 1 bagel, which should be about 50 g carbs. I don't know your numbers but with me I work on 4.5 g per 1 mmol, so with no bolus you would expect a rise of about 11 i.e. 5.7 + 11 = 16.7. Since you went to >14 this implies that your bolus had almost no effect whatsoever in the first 2 h and then worked "all at once" over the next 90 mins.
I don't want to exclude any of the other posters' ideas, just that you might consider that it is actually some sort of basal abnormality. Do you exercise at lunchtime? I see similar spike effects after a hard session in the gym.
Joel |
For many if not most of us, our basal needs drop off dramatically in the afternoons. This would explain your tendency to drop. With MDI I almost always needed a snack in the afternoons. With my pump I can tailor to my needs.
Some afternoon basal testing would be worthwhile.
