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Thanks Ellie To be honest we haven’t used the keytone strips for ages only when we get a reading of above 20. Current regime is Morning basal 16 units Breakfast- ratio of 1 to 6 Lunch 1 to 10 Evening meal 1 to 8 The correction factor depends on the reading above 8 Eg if the reading is 11 We...

No change. readings still high between 14 and 20 Nurses don’t seem worried Wife worried sick I proposed upping daily dose from 16 to 18 but nurses do not agree Can’t fathom why readings are high Plod on regardless

Yes what we have done is change the breakfast ratio The ratios now are Breakfast 1 to 7 (previously 1 to 8) Lunchtime 1 to 10 Dinner time 1 to 8 The correction factor is 2 in all cases We’ll try this for 3 days and if this doesn’t work then change breakfast to 1 to 6

Why does my wife feel very very tired when she has high readings of 14 to 17

Readings range from 4 to 14 which is an improvement. Target is 8 Doubt if this will ever be achieved So having to accept that this is 4 to 14 is the norm Wife fed up to the back teeth Ratios different for every meal yet nothing seems to work to get an average of 8 before each meal Nursing...

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...