[Diabetes-talk] question

[Debbie Fredericks]

she asked me to send her my blood sugars (which i did for a week) and said not to worry about it a week of high blood sugars wouldn't hurt anything. but i never heard from her so i am taking just enough insulin in the middle of the night to lower the blood sugars. To be honest this doc scares me.
I do take lantus and novolog. At 2a.m. the blood sugar varies sometimes it's over 300 other times it's 160. i happen to know one unit of insulin lowers my blood sugar 40 points but because i also take 22 lantus a day i calculate an approximate of how much insulin i need.i guess i could raise the lantus but once again that doctor told me to lower the lantus to 16 i did not do that this woman scares me.
i usually have a glass of milk and a graham cracker for a snack at night.
Debbie
Debbie




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From: Tamera <fidano at comcast.net>
To: Diabetes Talk for the Blind <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wed, March 31, 2010 2:57:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Diabetes-talk] question

first, what did your doctor advise you do about the early morning  rise?
What is your glucose level when you take a  2AM dose?
What long lasting insulin are you taking?

My bedtime snack can have a lot to do with it as well.
Tamera
----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Fredericks" <catdancing at sbcglobal.net>
To: <diabetes-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 12:21 PM
Subject: [Diabetes-talk] question


> i have been diabetic for 43 years. i recently got a new doctor in St. Louis I tend to have very high glucose readings in the morning, they r normal all day and high in the morning. To prevent this i was getting up around 2:30 or 3:00 a.m. and taking insulin to lower the a.m. blood sugar and it worked very well.
> When i told this new doctor i did this she told me not to, now my blood sugars are high in the morning.
> Has anyone any idea what i should do. my choice is to keep taking the insulin at2:30 or 3:00 a.m.
> Debbie
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