you take lantus right? Since your doing more physical work maybe you might need to back off on it
We’ve all over-corrected. Good you came down quickly to a perfect 87. For me & I’m small, 1 gram sugar raises my BG 10 pts. The 5 gram glucose tabs are often too much for me because one raises me 50 pts. I use jelly beans instead because one jelly bean has 1 carb of pure sugar. Easy to count when I’m low & stupid, cheaper than those yucky glucose tabs & easy to carry around.
Do you take your basal at night? If you’re consistently waking up low (how low?) for days in a row, you should talk to your doctor about lowering your basal dose.
I was waking up with lows between 60 and 70, not the worst, but still an inconvenience. I am already only taking 15 units of Lantus every night, I’m afraid to reduce it any more.
Yea, not horribly low, but you’re going down from 140 to 60-70 & that’s quite a drop. If you’re bedtime BG was lower, you’d be really low in the morning.
How much do you weigh? Granted I’m a munckin at 101 lbs, so I take 5 units of Levemir right before bed. I take another 5 units first thing in the morning. Many people take two doses with more success.
I weigh 124 pounds at the moment
honey i was taking 50 units of lantus, granted i weigh more then you, but with me exercising i just don’t need the extra insulin anymore. I made myself half sick for a week because i was told to take 50 units lantus by my doc who just needed me on a base line. That’s one thing i’ve learned about diabetes, your the only one in control it’s your decision if you think it’s best when it comes to your medicine .My doc wanted me on a baseline of 16 units of humalog, with my exercising that would have put me dangerously low (i even told her this, yeah i need a new doc). so try backing off a bit, if you feel comfortable(god knows i’m not a doc) and read up on basal testing. Your probably still honey mooning i bet, so your needs may change in the future.
http://www.diabetesselfmanagement.com/articles/insulin/getting_down_to_basals/3/
Dosing is usually based on weight, along with other factors. Have you always been on 15 units & how many days have you been low in the morning? Did you used to have high fasting BG? If you continue to be low, really is worth calling your endo about lowering it some. I’ve been told it’s ok to lower & raise doses slowly by 1 unit & try the new dose for three days to see if it makes a difference. My endo is realistic in knowing that we do change doses without doc permission:)
I don’t know how tall you are but I’m 5’8" and 131 lbs and I take 4u of Lantus at bed and 6u after the gym in the morning. I wake up with a BG at 90-ish.
I split the dose since it wasn’t working a full 24 hours for me and I was going high in the afternoon, if I switched it to a morning shot only I’d be high when I woke up.
You have to remember that your body rebuilds at night. Since you have been more active than before your body is working overtime at night putting you back together. This can draw tremendous amounts of sugar. After you have been doing this for awhile things will even out. Your are building muscle you didn’t use before, repairing sun damage, and soothing sore muscles. Having spent most of my adult life outside doing physical work I know that this will drive you low. Give your Dr or CDE a call and let them know. My guess is they will have you lower your lantus (or equivilent) and raise your bolus (or meal time) injections. When I first started thats what they did for me. I think we added a shot somewhere to but it was a long time ago. They should be able to help you over the phone. You have a real good idea of where your sugars are so it makes their work easier. I’m really glad to hear you are hanging with it. Know it all gets easier with more experience.
I spend a lot of time outside in the summer and depending on how strenuous the activity will depend on how often I test.
I worked outdoors at Disney and other studios for many years. I treated it as any other strnuous activity . Test often ,have water and Dextrosol’s handy and listen to what your body tells you. Like a boyscout be prepared
Goodf luck