Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

[Guest guest]

Harry, tonight's nine o'clock evening b s was four point two

two stalks celery with cheese

lantus eight

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>

>>>

>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>> b s four point six

>>>> lantus eight

>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am trying

>>>> to

>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes takes

>>>> a

>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>

[Guest guest]

harry, i have not been overeating. as a matter of fact i have been feeling

so lousy it would be easier not to eat because i have not felt like it. i am

eating to live not living to eat, smile. karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am trying

>>>>>> to

>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>> takes

>>>>>> a

>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

[Guest guest]

I see you responded to an earlier post instead of the last post I made via

the list serve to you. Does this mean you did not get my message suggesting

you take enough glucose carbs to get your bedtime bs above 7.0 before dosing

Lantus?

I would like to avoid your having a rebound effect, if that is what is

causing your high fasting bs in the morning. Taking a couple of glucose

tablets will raise your bs above 7.0, and this might help avoid those

rebound effects of extremely high fasting blood sugars in the morning.

However if you do not take a couple of glucose tablets, and your fasting bs

in the morning is high, this would definitely indicate a need to reduce your

Lantus dose, if you take Lantus when your bs is in the very low part of the

therapeutic range of 3.9-6.66. I would feel better about dosing Lantus if

your bs was nearer the top part of the range.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am trying

>>>>> to

>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes takes

>>>>> a

>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

[Guest guest]

Be sure to read the message I sent just before this one. I believe it would

be wiser to dose Lantus at night with a bs reading nearer the 6.66 rather

than the 3.9. Dosing Lantus on a bs of 4.2, in my opinion, is not safe.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry

this mornings b s ten point four

humalog six

carbs nineteen, two slice low carb bread with peanut butter

feel like a fever broke

karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am trying

>>>>>> to

>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>> takes

>>>>>> a

>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

[Guest guest]

May I assume that your extremely high fasting blood sugar is a result of the

rebound effect?

In other words you did not take any carbs after you reported a bs of 4.2,

and you also took the 8 units of Lantus.

Do you understand the rebound effect?

I am glad you feel better like the fever broke.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

A reading of 10.4 moles is equivalent to a USA reading of 184, which is

around the reading I get whenever I suffer from the rebound effect, which

makes me feel bad.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

I predict a two hour post prandial bs of 10.4+9= 19.4-11.4= 8.0±.8. This

would predict a range of 7.2-8.8.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry

just got home, todays readings were as follows,

prelunch b s six point one

carbs seventeen, ham sandwich with eight carb bread

half of a banana

total twenty two carbs

humalog four

presupper b s four point two

had one watermelon because supper was one hour late

humalog four

supper, two pieces chicken, and shrimp, onion

two tablespoon rice

nine p m b s six point one

lantus eight

karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry i can except this but it did feel different this time that is why i

thought a fever broke? i will accept your reply though. karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

Tonight you have a bs of 6.1 which is getting closer to the top of the

therapeutic range. Still I would recommend taking one glucose tablet to

push it up a little higher. If you wake up in the morning with a high

fasting bs, and you do not take this glucose tablet tonight, then I would

think you may be having a rebound effect. However if your bs is in the

normal range in the morning, I would suggest always keeping your bs at the

upper level of normal or even slightly higher when dosing Lantus at night.

I know they say that Lantus has an even effect on the bs, but for me I have

always noticed a 20-40 USA point drop in my bs from the reading at bedtime

and the fasting reading the next morning. This would be approximately a 2

point mole drop equivalent caused by the Lantus. Of course everybody is

different, and I don't know how it affects you. If your bs is at 4.2 at

bedtime and you dose Lantus, this could drop your bs during the night to a

2.2 level, which can definitely trigger a rebound effect in some people.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

All of this stuff sound nice because I'm learning from you guys

everyday. The only thing is that I don't understand none of this stuff. I

mean all of these measurements and things like blood sugar 4.1. Mine comes

up as 128 or something like that. What type of meter everyone using

here. I have a advantage voicemate and I have all types of problems with it.

Thanks,

Otis Blue

P.S. The type of shots I take is called nova log mix 7030 and I'm trying to

figure out which is the besy to take it. My diabetic nurse told me if this

don't work for me, she will put me on the same shots like karen is taking.

At 08:45 PM 5/7/2005, you wrote:

>harry

>just got home, todays readings were as follows,

>prelunch b s six point one

>carbs seventeen, ham sandwich with eight carb bread

>half of a banana

>total twenty two carbs

>humalog four

>

>presupper b s four point two

>had one watermelon because supper was one hour late

>humalog four

>supper, two pieces chicken, and shrimp, onion

>two tablespoon rice

>

>nine p m b s six point one

>lantus eight

>

>

>karen

>

> Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

> >>>>>>>> b s four point six

> >>>>>>>> lantus eight

> >>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

> >>>>>>>> trying

> >>>>>>>> to

> >>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

> >>>>>>>> takes

> >>>>>>>> a

> >>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

> >>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

This the measurements that are done in Canda. If you multiple 18 times the

4.5, you would come up with the American measurement. Don't think you are

goiong crazy!

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

Hi,

All of this stuff sound nice because I'm learning from you guys

everyday. The only thing is that I don't understand none of this stuff. I

mean all of these measurements and things like blood sugar 4.1. Mine comes

up as 128 or something like that. What type of meter everyone using

here. I have a advantage voicemate and I have all types of problems with

it.

Thanks,

Otis Blue

P.S. The type of shots I take is called nova log mix 7030 and I'm trying to

figure out which is the besy to take it. My diabetic nurse told me if this

don't work for me, she will put me on the same shots like karen is taking.

At 08:45 PM 5/7/2005, you wrote:

>harry

>just got home, todays readings were as follows,

>prelunch b s six point one

>carbs seventeen, ham sandwich with eight carb bread

>half of a banana

>total twenty two carbs

>humalog four

>

>presupper b s four point two

>had one watermelon because supper was one hour late

>humalog four

>supper, two pieces chicken, and shrimp, onion

>two tablespoon rice

>

>nine p m b s six point one

>lantus eight

>

>

>karen

>

> Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

> >>>>>>>> b s four point six

> >>>>>>>> lantus eight

> >>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

> >>>>>>>> trying

> >>>>>>>> to

> >>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

> >>>>>>>> takes

> >>>>>>>> a

> >>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

> >>>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

> >>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

Hi Otis,

The readings for the blood sugar level is different in different countries.

The number to convert from one reading in USA or British moles is 18.

Either divide or multiply by this conversion number of 18 and you will know

what the reading is in these countries. For example to convert your USA

reading of 128 into moles, just divide it by 18 and you get a mole reading

of 7.1. While those insulin mixtures are very useful and considerably less

expensive than a single long-acting insulin or a single short-acting

insulin, I would recommend getting onboth a long acting insulin like Lantus

and a short acting insulin like Humalog or Novolog. By using both of these

insulins separately instead of those mixtures of insulin, you can master

better and tighter glucose level control. With mastery of glucose level

control comes fewer diabetic complications.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>> >>>>>>>

>> >>>>>>>

>> >>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>> >>>>>>>> b s four point six

>> >>>>>>>> lantus eight

>> >>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>> >>>>>>>> trying

>> >>>>>>>> to

>> >>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>> >>>>>>>> takes

>> >>>>>>>> a

>> >>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>> >>>>>>>>

>> >>>>>>>

>> >>>>>>>

>> >>>>>>>

>> >>>>>>>

>> >>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

for a period of time I was having hypo's in the evening even though I had

eaten a cup of rice and fruit, I was only having 4 units of Humalog. The

only problem I found with having these hypos in the evening was that I would

wake up with my readings above 10. So I decided to cut back on my Humalog

to 3 and haven't had any more night time hypos and my morning level is

usually below 8.

I also should mention that due to a drop in my night level was due to the

extra walking I had taken up. Instead of only doing 50 minutes walking a

day I'm now doing over an hour. This is spread out between morning and

afternoon.

My daily insulin dosage consist of 20 units of Lantus in the morning.

Humalog - 5 morning, lunch 4, tea 3. These will fluctuate depending what

I've been doing during the day and what my levels are at each meal.

Another suggestion is maybe have something with some carbs for your evening

snack to get you through the night. Such as a glass of milk, a slice of

fruit loaf, a slice of multi-grain bread or a piece of fruit.

In addition you mentioned about that you should write a book in a previous

e-mail. well, why not! I've published a book and it's called " 's

Roller-coaster Ride A journal of living with type 1 diabetes. " Of course it

helped with me having written journals since my diagnosis or otherwise I

would have not remember how I truly felt in my first 10 years of diagnoses.

So you should get those fingers moving over the keyboard and see what you

can turn out!! Go for it!!

from down under

Type 1 diabetes for 19 years

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

> >>>>> b s four point six

> >>>>> lantus eight

> >>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

trying

> >>>>> to

> >>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

takes

> >>>>> a

> >>>>> while to accept thing. karen

> >>>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

[Guest guest]

harry

got up at three a m during the night last night at three a m

b s was four point seven

pre breakfast this morning b s seven point four

carbs eighteen

humalog six

karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry

slept all morning and not feeling well but

pre lunch b s four point two which is good

carbs seventeen, two slices low carb bread with two eggs and little ham

sandwich

karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry, yes you are correct in saying i did not get your poste in time to

make this correction, karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am trying

>>>>>> to

>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>> takes

>>>>>> a

>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry,

tonight before supper b s two point three

two watermelon tablets

eight soda cracker

one cup chicken broth

one small heel of bread toasted with peanut butter

humalog four

karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

Sunday pre supper b s two point three

Two watermelon tablets glucon

Supper clear chicken broth with eight soda cracker and small heel toasted

with peanut butter

Humalog four

Not feeling wel all day, just rested

Nine p m evening b s six point one

Lantus eight

Piece of cheese and pretzels

karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry

this morning pre breakfast b s eight point one

had one slice toast with peanut butter

humalog five

feeeling very lightheaded and unwell

karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry i thought i was suppose to be six point six one hour after eating?

please advise, thanks, karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am trying

>>>>>> to

>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>> takes

>>>>>> a

>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry, i have not been on the treadmill for the last few days. i have felt

so lousy. karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am trying

>>>>>> to

>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>> takes

>>>>>> a

>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

[Guest guest]

harry

two hours after breakfast b s six point six

this is right on? right? karen

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>> harry, i just did my nine p m reading

>>>>>>>> b s four point six

>>>>>>>> lantus eight

>>>>>>>> my husband would not help me lessen this amount. he feels i am

>>>>>>>> trying

>>>>>>>> to

>>>>>>>> fine tune this too much. well, yes, of course i am. he sometimes

>>>>>>>> takes

>>>>>>>> a

>>>>>>>> while to accept thing. karen

>>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

>>>>>>>

[Guest guest]

very good.

Re: Regulating 's blood sugar

> harry

> two hours after breakfast b s six point six

> this is right on? right? karen

>