[Kendall]

I'm glad you found us here at Diabetes Forum. You will find tons of useful information and you can always feel free to ask lots of questions. I see that you are on MDI (multiple daily injections)with basal insulin (in your case the Levemir). It should help you get under control with some new tips, some education, and hard work.


Two books that are really helpful are:
Using Insulin by John Walsh
and Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner

Then, a few questions so we can help you better. Do you count your carbohydrates? Are you taking fixed doses for meals or do you have an I:C (insulin to carb) ratio? If you aren't counting carbs, I suggest you learn...it can help tremendously.

Many here have found that a low carb diet and/or low GI index foods help their BGs remain very stable and lower their A1c a lot. I have recently started this and the results are amazing.

As for the going low at work, I would suggest either eating more food or lowering your insulin at the meals right before or during work. You could also try different basal doses for work vs non-work days but that is much trickier.

As for the eyes, I don't have personal experience, but I have heard from many that controlling blood sugars can halt or even improve many complications.

When possible, treat a low with 15g fast acting carbs. Then wait 15 min. and retest your BG. If still low, repeat. When BG is about 4 or 75, then eat something small if you will be active. The treating and then waiting helps reduce the over eating after a low. As you are getting your numbers down, try to remember that "normal" numbers may feel low. That will get better with time.