K8tie_x
Well-Known Member
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- 199
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
I've experimented with injecting well in advance of meals and find it does help most if the time but can depend what I'm eating and how much insulin I need. Are you on a pump or not?
I'm now on a pump so find things are slightly different now as I'm more sensitive to insulin than when I was injecting. I benefitted though when I was injecting definitely by injecting in advance but have found with the pump I've gone low before my food has fully worked due to being more sensitive to the insulin. I often try to have a good percentage pre meal and then the rest during it after but I know this is just a nightmare with the needles. It may be abit if trial and error for you but just try and be aware of the low and high gi foods when deciding how to administer the dosages, also pre meal readings if I was 4.0 I would leave it till immediately before eating to give any insulin to avoid hypos but 5+ I know would be safe for me to start administering it.
5 years ago when I was pregnant they used to advise 1 hour post meals, but I was told 2 hours post meals in this pregnancy but my DSN doesn't ask me to provide these readings ever she just focuses on pre meals only but the obs team can be abit funnier and like those 2 hr post meals to be below 7.8.
I'm now on a pump so find things are slightly different now as I'm more sensitive to insulin than when I was injecting. I benefitted though when I was injecting definitely by injecting in advance but have found with the pump I've gone low before my food has fully worked due to being more sensitive to the insulin. I often try to have a good percentage pre meal and then the rest during it after but I know this is just a nightmare with the needles. It may be abit if trial and error for you but just try and be aware of the low and high gi foods when deciding how to administer the dosages, also pre meal readings if I was 4.0 I would leave it till immediately before eating to give any insulin to avoid hypos but 5+ I know would be safe for me to start administering it.
5 years ago when I was pregnant they used to advise 1 hour post meals, but I was told 2 hours post meals in this pregnancy but my DSN doesn't ask me to provide these readings ever she just focuses on pre meals only but the obs team can be abit funnier and like those 2 hr post meals to be below 7.8.