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TexasProgresive

(12,148 posts)
Mon Jul 6, 2015, 10:14 AM Jul 2015

An update on aerobics, low stress and control.

My check up showed a decrease of A1C to 6.2 and blood sugar at 72. I have continued bicycling daily 40 to 60+ minutes. I did not ride yesterday, Sunday, but Saturday I road 10 miles, cleared some fence line and mowed the lawn. I have dropped the Lantus dose from 80 to 75 units. Last night I took 70 units. I woke up around 1:30 AM with sugar at 48.I ate a banana and peanut butter and felt better. When I woke at 6:00 AM was up to 64. I ate my usual breakfast, did a little fence work, pumped up tires and went spinning for 40 minutes.

My blood pressure is good and my resting pulse is 58 - 63 and I feel really good except for those uncomfortable low sugar wake ups. I take the Lantus in one dose before bed time and was wondering if that was partially responsible for the night lows. I asked my doc if I ought to split the dose to AM and PM. He didn't think that would help. I know that Lantus is a long slow acting insulin but it seems to me that taking it at bed time and no eating for several hours maybe the problem.

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