Hello!
I’m new here! I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes about 4 weeks ago, and I have been home from the hospital for about three weeks. I haven’t seen my regular endocrinologist yet (I’ll see him in a week), only the endocrinologist in the hospital (and the diabetes educator). I’m taking lantus before bed and using homolog for my bolus, and carb counting. But I must be doing something wrong, because my numbers are all over the place.
For example, two nights before bed my blood sugar was 5.0 mmol/L (90 mg/dl). I took my prescribed dose of 10 units of lantus yesterday when I woke up my blood sugar was 4.7mmol/L (84.6 mg/dl). I boluses 1 unit of homolog and had breakfast (2 eggs scrambled with 1 stalk of celery, half a tomato, 1/4 green pepper, bit of onion, one piece of whole grain toast with butter = 20g of carb). 2 hours later my blood sugar was 14.1 mmol/L (253.8 mg/dl). So I bolused 2 units for correction.
Then before lunch, my blood sugar was 5.8 mmol/L (104.4 mg/dl). I bolused 2 units of humalog and had lunch (2 pieces of bread, a slice of havarti cheese, half a tablespoon of branston pickle, 2 lettuce leaves = 43 carbs).
2 hours later and my blood sugar was 6.3 mmol/L (113.4 mg/dl). I decided to have a snack so I had an apple with 1 tablespoon of natural peanut butter, and one seashell chocolate = 28 carbs). I bolused 1 unit.
An hour and a half later, I felt really shaky and dizzy. I took my blood sugar, and it was 3.7 mmol/L (66.6 mg/dl). I decided to have 6oz of blackberries and a glucose tablet (20g of carb). Within half an hour, all was well at 5.3mmol/L (95.4 mg/dl).
About an hour later, it was dinner time. I checked my sugar again, and it was 5.8 mmol/L (104.4 mg/dl). I decided to make myself a stirfry (1/2 cup of rice, a half package of firm tofu, 11 pea pods, 1 cup of broccoli, a half a red pepper, a half cup of napa cabbage, half a carrot, tablespoon of soy sauce, tablespoon of rice vinegar, tablespoon of rice wine, tablespoon of honey, tsp of sesame oil = 66 carbs). I bolused 3 units.
Before bed my blood sugar was 5.9 mmol/L (106.2 mg/dl). I took my ten unit of lantus and went to bed.
I woke up this morning, and my blood sugar was 5.3 mmol/L (95.4 mg/dl). I had 1 cup of special k with a half cup of 2% milk, and a container of sugar free yogurt (38 grams of carbs_. I bolused two units. 2 hours later, my blood sugar was 11.7 mmol/L (210.6 mg/dl). I corrected with 1 unit of humalog.
This pattern has been going on the whole 3 weeks since I have been home from the hospital, where the endo told me that I should try not to have numbers over 10 mmol/L (180 mg/dl). I don’t know what I am doing wrong!!! Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
edited: I’m 24 years old, female