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Thank you both. Correction - yes, we gave her an extra unit and it helped to bring it down to about 9.3->. Rest we addressed by giving the dinner insulin in a decent advance of the meal itself. Again, if we had a pump, I would just press a button and do it. As we have the pen for a few more...

Hi, Last few days we have experienced a situation with our daughter (5yo; CGM no pump), where her novorapid is finished after the meal and the BG levels increase fairly quickly right after that. Yesterday we ate lasagna which I understand would benefit from double bolus, but we will do that...

God all this is sooo confusing… But basically if cooking from raw ingredients and eating fruit, one can/should deduct fibre. So lentil soup cooked from lentils. Anything packaged that states fibre content in the UK already (like canned lentil soup), will already exclude fibre from carbs… Is...

And on this post - looking at nutritional values of lentils, fibre is 32% of carbs… So the adjustment you suggested is perfect. We use an app to calculate carbs for us and it also gives other nutrients like fibre, fat, protein. Going forward, we will be calibrating our ratios based on total...

For those who may be interested in the final/conclusive answer. Foods which are rich in fiber (like lentils), need reduction in insulin vs the carbs stated. Our NHS dietitian recommended to half the intake of carbs. A really interesting book which I am reading now - “Think like a pancreas”...

Thank you. Unfortunately our NHS dietitian was off sick all the past week. So that didn’t help. But realising this is a marathon rather than a sprint so trying to take a deep breath and wait. Oddly the last 2 nights/days have been anything but the same. She is having hypos after each meal now...

Nice. Yeah, nobody discussed this with us. But we will call our diabetes/dietitian team today and will ask about this topic. Thank you!

Thank you! Very interesting. And I am sure we will get there as realising the new tech indeed helps a lot all sorts of analysis. I am just asking here + medical team to help us get there faster. I understand as you say there is a lot of trial and error, but we are trying to solve for minimum...

Hiya. The post is about T1d and our 5yr old daughter. She has CGM. We had been monitoring her for a week now and her nights were always really good; staying in the 5-10 range. However last night was less so as she had 4 hypos. In the evening she had BG 7.4. She then had a dinner which was...

Cheers. Indeed, I thought I was super logical in my line of work and in life in general but some of her charts from the last 3-4 days defy logic ha. She was today 4.5-5.5 range post lunch until about 3pm. She sat down for ~30mins, and spiked to…14… But then our son got sick yesterday and she...

Hi Simon. This is top advice! “I always split bolus for my supper (my large meal of the day) as it's typically large enough (and contains sufficient fat and protein) that if I inject all the insulin for it I will go low immediately after supper and then still need to bolus for the food that is...

Hi. Yes, looking for a daughter. To be clear, we have direct contact with our diabetes team that is very helpful. We do not make any changes to ratios/amounts/habits unless we discuss with them. However, through the question I asked, I thought I can get some range of perspectives and someone may...

Hi. We were wondering what experiences people have in the peak + pace of glucose build up post some staple carbs? Some of foods we eat: 1) breakfast porridge made from oats with berries 2) boiled potatoes 3) baked potate db (if different) 4) lasagna 5) pasta 6) sourdough bread...

It has been nearly a week since we did our blood tests, which then led to the diagnosis later that day. It has been a very busy, stressful, hectic last few days but just wanted to say THANK YOU for the messages from those who responded here - you were all amazing and it helped knowing "we are...

Thank you both. Thank you Elena. This is exactly the house/family (like yours) that I would like to recreate if possible. And if she/we still gain weight then let it be, but I have done everything to keep us healthy in the context of our circumstances. Fwiw, I gave up sweets last year and was...

Thank you. My intention was not going low carb for instance (especially for a child), but switching to better carbs that are most suitable for diabetes (say those that take some time to break). Our daughter never eats white toasted bread with jam for bfast as an example. Here, after being...

Hi, thanks so much. Ordered. I do like the top review of the book on Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/customer-reviews/R3LX14YHNCMPXG/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=1803510692 "Don’t buy this book if you are looking for authoritative directions for how best to deal with type1 or type...

Funny you mention the birthday party. That was going to be my next/separate thread/question… Asking what parents do. There is normally there only pizza, crisps, sandwiches and .. cake. Don’t mind the cake but not sure how some poor quality, stale pizza can make up for a nutritious lunch… I guess...

Tbh this is a new experience for us and those who are giving me their precious time on this forum are the only people I have encountered who had any diabetes experience. Never any friends/relatives. So I don’t know what others do, but being 39yo I cannot imagine chomping quietly on some sweets...

Thank you. (Some) weight loss along with bed wetting have been indeed the giveaways for us. So we definitely expect and hope for some weight gain. I just wanted hopefully have her regain what is healthy for her, rather than excessive. And I thought a balanced diet may be a way to do it (mindful...