Oh gosh Sarah, the carb intake varies from person to person. When I was a bit younger and at work, my daily carb intake on Humalog Mix was about 120-150g per day but this was calculated by me to keep my bodyweight ideal for my height and to keep my clothes size to be a size 10-12.
Before you became diabetic, what was your average clothes size before putting on weight? Nowadays, I'm not at work anymore so I tailor my carb intake according to the activity that I do and what dress size I want to be. I cant afford to go off buying new clothes too often so I make do as much as I can and still keep my dress size to be between 10-12 which is about right for my height.
At the moment I guess I would say start with eating 120g per day and just adjust the Humalog Mix to keep yr bg levels at a sensible level. For me, a sensible level is to be about 6mmol (give or take) before a main meal and then be about 8.5mmol 2.5hrs later as then the Mix should lower you back to be about 6mmol again over a period of 4hrs. You may or may not, need to eat a small snack mid morning or mid afternoon. If you want to leave eating a snack just to find out whether you will go towards being hypo, do so but keep testing and as soon as you feel a bit low, eat a 10g carb snack to offset the insulin's action. Obviously if your bg levels are below 8.5mmol at the 2.5hr mark, then definately eat a small snack. Io youve not eaten enough carb for the main meal, and you find yourself very low, then eat a jellybaby or have a cuppa with a tsp of sugar in it and then eat the biccie. A really good way to sort out bg results with the insulin injected and carb eaten is to log it all down in a bg monitoring diary and then through a bit of trial and error, you'll be able to adjust the carb to the action of the insulin.
Has your dsn or doctor given you any guidelines as to what bg you should aim to be at before eating a main meal and then 2.5hrs later? I say this because aiming to be at 6mmol before eating at the moment might not be too good especially as yr bg levels have been fairly high for a while. Probably best to adjust the insulin and carb to give a safer bg which you can then slowly adjust bit by bit over a month at a time so that yr bg levels go lower but do so safely and not quickly. The eating 'little and often' is a fairly good way to sort out bg levels.
Not sure what is causing yr swollen feet? Have a look on the internet for side effects of any of the tabs you have been taking. If the swelling is not going down and is causing you disclomfort, apart from raising the feet up on a pillow in bed or lying down during the day on a sofa with feet raised on a poufee or stool, I would advise you go back to the GP to find out what is causing the swelling.
Hope this helps you a bit and that you understand what I am saying.
