what to do with data

[Guest guest]

Hi eric,

The purpose of this data is to see where patterns develop and how to adjust

meds or diet. For example, if you noticed that despite how many carbs you

ate or if you ate around the same amount of carbs at lunch each day, that

your b.g. levels were up, that you may need to take more long acting insulin

if your sugars are still high by suppertime. If your sugars were high

before lunch and remained high at suppertime it would mean you would need

more short acting insulin in the morning or a shot at lunch. It may even

mean that you may need more long acting insulin in the end when you take

your insulin in the morning. In the case of pills, it may mean more pills

or a grater dose of a pill to control the sugars. This whole thing can work

in reverse as well for lows. For example if you were getting lows in the

afternoon all the time, you would need to cut back on your dose of meds or

insulin for the afternoon or perhaps add a snack if you didn't eat one

before. So, as you can see it is all about looking at the patterns that

appear from the data and adjusting the meds or diet if necessary. It can

also mean cutting back on your carbs somewhat. You can use all this info

as a tool to help yourself to adjust insulin if you are on a sliding scale

for insulin or to help your doctor or diabetes educator balance your regime.

Look at your data and see what appears to you.

Ruth