That's a typical lunch or dinner for me
Looks delicious. Are there any carbs in it? (Can't make out what's in the veggy bit?)
So you know how a basal/bolus regime works? The basal is meant to cover your insulin needs when you're not eating (eg at night). It's generally a fixed dose though people's basal needs can change (eg if you get sick or stressed your needs go up). You take the bolus whenever you eat and also as a correction dose. Typically your clinic should calculate some insulin ratios for you
1) insulin/carb ratio. eg 1 unit of insulin for 10 units of carbs. This varies enormously between people and can also vary with times of day and exercise levels.
2) correction ratio. eg 1 unit of insulin brings your blood sugar level down by 2 mmol/L. This also varies from person to person.
So if your carb ratio was 1 unit to 10 carbs and your correction ratio was 1 unit to 2 mmol/L and you had a blood sugar of 8 before a meal of 40g carbs and you wanted to have one of 6mmol/L, you'd inject 5 units, 1 for the correction and 4 for the meal.
I believe the bertieonline course can be used to teach carb counting? (Someone correct me if I'm wrong).
www.bertieonline.org.uk
Note that you can do correction doses at any time though be careful not to overdose by over correcting when your bolus is still in your system.
I have had not one phone call or message off anybody
That's pretty disgusting. Please tell me they've at least explained about hypos? Hint, never ever go anywhere without glucose or fast acting carbohydrate.