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It is several weeks since we attended the course and are coming to terms with completing the form every meal time in order to get the correct dosage of insulin. The trouble is that in order to make it easier we tend to eat the same thing for breakfast every day so that we don’t have to look up...

Dear Ellie I have never seen the word conniption it tiurns out that it is American and means getting into a rage. Pleased be advised that I have NEVER got into a rage about this subject, just frustrated. However your advice is always welcome.

How do you handle blood sugar levels when eating out? We take about 6 units of insulin before the meal and sometimes some units after the meal We try to order sensibly but it is impossible to know what carbs are in restaurant food.

Further to my last note on 29/12/2021 no one responded about twitter so I have concluded that everyone feels the same way as I do about twitter

Thanks Ellie The course was very good and my wife now understands a lot more. I have designed a spreadsheet which when printed she uses to record everything. She has a different ratio for every meal and the correction factor is 1 to 2 for readings over 8. Readings more steady now between 3 and...

Course now finished Ratios now changed, correction factor changed Supposed to allow 3 days to see what effect it has We await with bated breath Only one hypo last week which is an immense improvement Highest reading last week now down to 20 Still very stressful Still coming to terms with...

Readings between 12 and 22 for no reason at all

T he new regime which we are using has not changed anything all readings are still very high

Session 4 of the course tomorrow morning let’s see what this produces

yes the course has definately helped and the Nurse and Dietition who adjudicate are very good and helpful and we are pleased that we are participating. The other participants have had Type 1 for between 15 and 25 years whereas my wife was diagnosed in May last year so it was useful to hear what...

We had a prearranged pub lunch a few days ago, they couldn’t tell us what the carbs intake would be so we said “stuff the counting, inject 10 units of insulin and that will allow up to 100g of carbs to be eaten “ It seems that it doesn’t matter what you do it doesn’t make a scrap of difference...

They changed the needles from 5 m to 3 ml At night if the reading is high as it was last night then calculate the adjustment dosage divide it by 2 and inject that before going to bed Eg Reading was 14 Deduct 8 = 6 Divide by 2 = adjustment factor Then divide that by 2 = 1.5 rounded up to 2...

We had the appointment at the hospital and the nurse and dietitian were completely baffled since there was no pattern to the readings. After discussion they changed the long acting lantus insulin to another one I don’t think that this will change anything for at least 3 days then we will see...

What does IMO mean?

I don’t understand your final paragraph We had our third session today and when we told them that it sometimes hurt when the insulin is administered, the nurse said that this should never happen. A previous nurse said that this could happen so we thought that it was normal for it to hurt...

Thank you both for your advice which raises the following questions:- 1- how do you put insulin into the libre reader we don’t put insulin units or carbs into the reader we use the reader to tell us what the blood glucose level is and then work out the insulin dosage 2 - how can you tell when...

Still no logic, following the rules as instructed By the time you have finished weighing, apportioning, logging and then taking blood sugar levels and then calculating the adjustment and injecting insulin,the food has got cold and you have lost interest in eating . How do you all put up with...

Went to the second session of the course today Tutors don’t seem worried about the readings but have put up the long lasting insulin dosage from 16 to 18 every morning. Kept the same ratios etc. Homework as well as the food diary is an exercise or activity diary

Dear Becca We never used to eat at lunchtime perhaps just a snack Then we were told to have 60 carbs each breakfast, lunch and dinner So that meant wasting an hour or so at lunchtime measuring etc and eating Consequently we are putting on weight We have been following the rules diligently...

Thanks all for your comments. For the past three days we have religiously followed the formula as I described above However the glucose readings are still very erratic and it is not possible to see any logic as to why the readings are so disparate Admittedly the lowest has been 4 which is an...