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I did notice, sue and agree that Wiltshire Farm Foods are quite high in carbs. However, they are our only hope of getting a 'proper' meal into him at some stage during the day. He just isn't capable of fending for himself, even though he insists that he is. When he accidentally missed the WFF...

Forgot to mention in the initial post that his obsession with routine means he has to have his food at exactly the same time every day, to the minute. He can have a BG in the high 20's but because it's time for food he eats, even if he isn't that hungry.

Not a hope in hell :( Lucozade is what he 'normally' has and any attempts at substitution create an absolute temper tantrum. The last time we tried it, he accused us of trying to kill him by not letting him have Lucozade to counter his hypos.

Hi sue, He usually hits 30+ after dosing himself with lucozade and biscuits in the middle of the night to counter his hypos. (Because his BG readings are consistently high, he gets hypo symptoms at around 7 or 8.) He was at 23.7 this morning, before breakfast. His diabetic nurse has asked him...

My husband and I are at our wits end trying to control my 85 year old father's insulin dependent diabetes since he had a stroke two years ago. His BG ranges on a daily basis from 4 to 30+ and he is now in severe danger of blindness. He insists on living alone and has problems with mild...