What it means
Before dinner, your current glucose is 134 mg/dL. The graph shows that your
glucose is going down and so does the trend arrow
Consider what might be causing your glucose to go down and what you might
do to prevent a low glucose. For example:
How much insulin should you take to cover your meal?
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Other considerations
Deciding how much rapid-acting insulin to take for di!erent meals and
situations can be di"cult. Work with your health care professional to discuss
di!erent situations and what might work best for you. Here are some questions
to consider:
Meal dosing
What do you do if your before meal glucose is high?
What do you do if your before meal glucose is low?
How much time do you wait to eat after taking your meal insulin?
Do you adjust the amount of meal insulin based on the number of carbs or
how much you are planning to eat?
Do you adjust your meal insulin dose for high fat foods such as pizza?
Do you know how to adjust your insulin doses when drinking alcoholic
beverages?
High glucose corrections
Do you take extra insulin if your glucose is high?
How do you decide how much insulin to take for a high glucose?
How long do you wait between insulin doses to avoid insulin stacking?
Bedtime
, should you think about taking a little less insulin?
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