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<blockquote data-quote="noblehead" data-source="post: 643682" data-attributes="member: 11028"><p>Humalin M3 is a pre-mixed insulin containing both short and medium acting insulins, I've never used this insulin but your diabetes team would have set your insulin doses to a certain amount of carbs at each meal, so it's best not to deviate from this unless they advise you on adjusting your doses accordingly.</p><p></p><p>The other insulin regime your nurse is referring to is Basal/Bolus, you take a long acting insulin (basal) once or twice a day and the other insulin (blous) before you eat, overall it's a much better insulin regime to be on as it gives you some flexibility as to the foods you eat, plus it gives you the option to skip or delay meals should you choose.</p><p></p><p>I'm surprised that they've not told you to carb count as this is important when injecting any insulin to prevent high's and low's, perhaps you should ask them how you are meant to maintain good bg when you have no idea how many carbs your food contains, but it's quite easy to carb count as most packaging now lists carbs in the nutritional information and there's some good books around such as Carbs & Cals and The Calorie Carb & Fat Bible 2014.</p><p></p><p>Try and refrain from eating simple carbs and stick to complex carbs, although if you fancy a cream bun as an occasional treat it won't do you any harm, keep in touch with your diabetes care team on your progress and hope all goes well on the 10th November.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noblehead, post: 643682, member: 11028"] Humalin M3 is a pre-mixed insulin containing both short and medium acting insulins, I've never used this insulin but your diabetes team would have set your insulin doses to a certain amount of carbs at each meal, so it's best not to deviate from this unless they advise you on adjusting your doses accordingly. The other insulin regime your nurse is referring to is Basal/Bolus, you take a long acting insulin (basal) once or twice a day and the other insulin (blous) before you eat, overall it's a much better insulin regime to be on as it gives you some flexibility as to the foods you eat, plus it gives you the option to skip or delay meals should you choose. I'm surprised that they've not told you to carb count as this is important when injecting any insulin to prevent high's and low's, perhaps you should ask them how you are meant to maintain good bg when you have no idea how many carbs your food contains, but it's quite easy to carb count as most packaging now lists carbs in the nutritional information and there's some good books around such as Carbs & Cals and The Calorie Carb & Fat Bible 2014. Try and refrain from eating simple carbs and stick to complex carbs, although if you fancy a cream bun as an occasional treat it won't do you any harm, keep in touch with your diabetes care team on your progress and hope all goes well on the 10th November. [/QUOTE]
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