daily BG range

[Eddy]

I think I asked the same question when I first joined. Perhaps I should have used a poll.

Anywho, I'm again getting curious what BG range T1/T1.5 people "typically" have... so I'll start a poll.

[Eddy]

I probably also should ask people what approach they use... what has worked best, and what "just doesn't work".

What works for me:


small meals;
large meals when I can guesstimate portions; record large was est. 240g CHO, although I did hit ~180 mg/dL at 4-hr post;
whole foods;
bolus-shaping by mixing rapid, R, and N according to food.


What doesn't work:


stress and anger, including listening to Rush Limbaugh;
caffeine;
ignoring food allergies;
going too long without eating;
exposure to cold drops me like crazy (might try smaller morning basal this next winter);
showering with IOB;
I've given up the rice milk, although I like frozen Rice Dream enough to try now and again, using a pre-bolus of rapid;
I still need to get a handle on exercise.

[rzrbks]

I'll be honest, I don't worry much any more if I'm less that 50/2.7 off at 2 hr reading, I just bolus for it and waway I go. Been doing this for about a year now and A1c has stayed consistently between 5.5 and 5.9.

I am rarely more than 50/2.7 pts off. more comon is 10-25/.5-1.4 but then have been all over the place since knee surgery.