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11-03-2006, 04:42 PM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bellevue, WA
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Originally Posted by belyro  How can I have diabetes for 25 years and not even know that it's possible to have such reasonable after-meal bloodsugars? I definitely need to talk to my endo. I just don't know why she wouldn't have encouraged me to do this already. She says "You need to get it down", but she's not great at giving me suggestions as to how. That's nuts. | Have you read Using Insulin by John Walsh? I highly recommend it. It's a lot of information, but it's a great resource to refer back to when various things happen.
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Dx T2 3/2005
Correctly dx T1 (LADA) 11/2006
MM 522 w/NovoLog since 1/07
Previously on Actos, Starlix, Metformin ER, Lantus
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11-04-2006, 03:26 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 1,767
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Originally Posted by lilituc Have you read Using Insulin by John Walsh? I highly recommend it. It's a lot of information, but it's a great resource to refer back to when various things happen. | Never heard of it. I'll have to take a look. Thanks!
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
11-09-2006, 08:45 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
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| | | OK, I'm down to 4 units of Levemir in the morning (from 7). I've also started taking my Levemir 12 hours apart (6:30 and 6:30 instead of 11pm and 7am).
I was too high this morning, and have been for the last few mornings. I think I'm going to have to raise my nighttime Levemir if I'm lowering my morning one. Seems to have an effect.
So I woke up around 14mmol/L (250mg/dL) this morning, took 1 unit of Humalog as soon as I checked, but didn't eat for about an hour yet, at which point I took another 6 units. I also took 4 units of Levemir. (Took 5 units last night around 7:00pm.) I had about 40g of carbs for breakfast (3 low-fat Eggos) and then walked 20 min to work.
At 9:30am, 2.5 hours after eating, I was 8 mmol/L (150mg/dL). This is great, right? Well, I'm convinced I'm still going to drop this morning. It's been dropping after breakfast and after lunch all week, even since I've reduced my Levemir I'm going to check again in a bit and post what my bloodsugar is.
So, can someone who was giving me advice on here re: reducing Levemir (which I think makes a TON of sense) give me some advice on what seems to still be going wrong?
Or maybe I'll prove myself wrong and still be 8 (150) next time I check. Here's hoping!
Thx.
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
11-09-2006, 08:57 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,218
| | | Beth, I know we were chatting about this last night, but what do you use as a carb ratio?
It appears you took 1 unit of Humalog to fix the 14, which is fine, but then took another 6 a few hours later, and ate 40gs of carbs, correct?
I'm learning this week that my ratio appears to be about 0.07. So I take the carbs I'm eating, multiply it by 0.07 and dose that. So, for 40gs, I'd get 2.8, which i'd round up to 3.
If you took 6, PLUS walked to work, your sugars will drop a lot probably.......
Does this make sense?
In addition to all this, we should reduce insulin levels for exercise too, so I would gather a 30 minute walk would qualify...... |
11-09-2006, 09:52 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
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| | OMG....I'm still 8 (150).
I can't believe this.
If this works, and this morning isn't just a fluke.....I owe each one of you who gave me advice a HUGE e-kiss!
I don't want to get my hopes up yet, but I don't remember EVER having a morning this stable.
Gangrel, my ratio has been is 10:1 at breakfast, and 8:1 at lunch and supper. But....now that I'm fiddling with my Levemir, this will be changing. I'll have to recalculate it once I've got the Levemir figured out.
OK, guys, I'm really excited here! 
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
11-09-2006, 10:24 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
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| | | Congrats Beth!
I thought my day was going good too until i dipped to 3.8 at 11..... so maybe my carb ratio still needs tweaking too! |
11-09-2006, 11:43 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 1,767
| | I'm 6.2 (112)!!!!!!!!!
Time for lunch!
I'm so excited!!!! 
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
11-09-2006, 12:13 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,218
| |  Good job!
Now, teach me o wise one.  |
11-09-2006, 12:29 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 1,767
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Originally Posted by Gangrel :
Now, teach me o wise one. | Let's not get ahead of ourselves here......one morning of good bloodsugar levels is not enough to call me "wise".
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
11-09-2006, 03:10 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 1,767
| | | OK....the bad news is, I was 13.8 (~245) 2 hours after my lunch today.....and the good/bad news is I'm now 12.9 (~230) an hour and a half later.
I know this doesn't sound good...but it's stable!! It's never stable!!!!! I always drop like crazy in the afternoon! So all this means is that I didn't take enough Humalog at lunch. If I had, I could have had stable good bloodsugar levels all day! Two weeks ago, if I was 13.8 at 2:30, I would probably be 8.0 (145) or lower by 4:00 and if I walked home on that, I'd be low before I got there!
This is working! It's progress! A little more tweaking of the Humalog amounts (and my evening Levemir) and I might have a pretty good system here!
Yahoo!!
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
11-09-2006, 05:16 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ottawa, ON
Posts: 1,218
| | | see, i knew i could call you wise.... It's my women's intuition! |
11-09-2006, 07:13 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 1,767
| | | Well, after my walk home from work I was about 4.0 (72). That was a faster drop than I would have liked. I had a pretty stressful afternoon though, so I'm wondering if that had something to do with it.
I'm on an even keel again this evening, though - so far anyway.
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~ Bethany ~
Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 26 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
Laser treatments (scatter) on both eyes - Jul. 4, 2007-Sept. 12, 2007 |
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