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<blockquote data-quote="Daibell" data-source="post: 817062" data-attributes="member: 21149"><p>Hi. It's a lot to take in all at once. Are you on a low-carb diet and what is your weight/BMI? It is essential to have a sensible weight to help stabilise insulin and blood sugar. You need to check your Basal insulin (the daily Lantus you take) is the right number of shots. Do ask the GP or DN about this but if you can't get the right support then come back here for advice on that. You should be carb-counting your NovoRapid. What this means is that you adjust the amount of insulin to match the amount of carbs in each meal. Many are started at 1 unit of insulin to each 10gm of carbs but it will vary for each person. Whatever you do, check your blood sugar if you make any changes to your insulin to avoid any hypos and continue to test before driving. Make sure you have all your diabetes checks at least annually and in your situation you should be seeing a DN or GO every 6 months with an HBa1C test each time. Arrange the appointments yourself together with a blood test around 2 weeks before so you can discuss the blood test results with the DN/GP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daibell, post: 817062, member: 21149"] Hi. It's a lot to take in all at once. Are you on a low-carb diet and what is your weight/BMI? It is essential to have a sensible weight to help stabilise insulin and blood sugar. You need to check your Basal insulin (the daily Lantus you take) is the right number of shots. Do ask the GP or DN about this but if you can't get the right support then come back here for advice on that. You should be carb-counting your NovoRapid. What this means is that you adjust the amount of insulin to match the amount of carbs in each meal. Many are started at 1 unit of insulin to each 10gm of carbs but it will vary for each person. Whatever you do, check your blood sugar if you make any changes to your insulin to avoid any hypos and continue to test before driving. Make sure you have all your diabetes checks at least annually and in your situation you should be seeing a DN or GO every 6 months with an HBa1C test each time. Arrange the appointments yourself together with a blood test around 2 weeks before so you can discuss the blood test results with the DN/GP. [/QUOTE]
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