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owlyn
08-12-2007, 08:00 AM
So I go to my PCP yesterday to get my A1C drawn. He asks how much Lantus and Humalog I average a day. Gave him the numbers (28 Lantus/26 Humalog). Then he asks how my FBGs are. Being stupid, and not bringing my meter along (One Touch UltraSmart, which stores the last 90 day's results), I guesstimated that they are usually between 130 and 180 (turns out I was right, they run 149 on average for last 90 days.) He had been to a seminar recently where it was mentioned that FBGs make up 75% of your A1C. I found this hard to believe, as it seems to me they would be 33% of your FBGs, but I let him continue. According to the seminar, you can't get A1Cs under 7.0 until you get your FBGs to between 80 and 120, and then use Humalog (or R) to control PP readings. He asked when I take my Lantus, and I told him one dose in the morning. Of course, he was surprised, as most one doses are in the evening. He asked why I do it that way, and I tell him that's what I worked out with my endo, due to a fear of overnight hypos, which I sometimes get between 3am and 5am now (usually when I exercise later in the evening instead of earlier). He thinks the Lantus is wearing off by morning.

Anyway, he suggests switching over to taking Lantus in the evening, and to adjust the Lantus to my FBGs, and to start with 10u of Lantus. I say okay, thanks.

When I get home, I check my meter, and find that my 90 day overall average is 149 as well (and I tend to test when I expect my BG to be high, or when I am hypo, and when I get up in the morning. This would all skew my meter average toward the high side.) Now, this 90 day average is lower than it has been in the past, and I reckon my A1C will come in around 6.5, where it has always been in the 7s prior.

At my last endo visit (4 months ago or so, my endo was suggesting I might want to consider the pump or switching to Levemir with split doses.

So... I figure to wait to see what my A1C is. If it comes in at 6.5, what should I do? If it comes in in the 7s what should I do? I am leaning towards not going with the pump, as I hate the idea of having something attached to me all the time.

REDLAN
08-12-2007, 08:33 AM
if it were me...

I would wait and see when my A1C result came in - if it was around 6.5, then I would assume that my regime was working OK, and carry on as before.

if it was 7.0 or above then I'd think about making some changes. The question you need to ask, is your Lantus actually running out in the morning?

I look at the difference between my BG just before bed and my BG when I wake up - if there is only a small difference, then my basal is working fine, and I don't need to make any changes - big drops (hypos in the night), or big rises, may mean I need to adjust my basal.

If it does need adjusting, what about splitting your dose?

as far as doctor's going on seminars are concerned, then if any of that stuff he learnt were true, then my A1C would be well below 7, instead of the 7.3 it was last time.

Cyborg
08-12-2007, 09:51 AM
If it does need adjusting, what about splitting your dose?

That's what I'd suggest also. Some percentage of the Lantus in the morning and the other 12 hours later or at bedtime. Definitely something to discuss with your endo...

grace girl
08-12-2007, 12:18 PM
That's what I'd suggest also. Some percentage of the Lantus in the morning and the other 12 hours later or at bedtime. Definitely something to discuss with your endo...

Agreed. If your lantus is running out before the 24 hours (and it does for a lot of people), then switching to night only is still going to give you a period of time when you don't have enough and run higher than normal.
By splitting it you can control the pm dose so that you don't have nightime hypos.