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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...

Ratio is 1 to 10 Correction is 1 to 3 Target sugar level is 8 If sugar reading is 12 this is too high by 4 Divide 4 by 3 = 1.3 If carbs is say 57 then divide by 10 = 5.7 Therefore total insulin dosage is 1.3 plus 5.7 = 7 units This is how I think it works

I joined my wife on the first of an online weekly course today. Todays session was on carb counting and I have to say that I admire all you people who’ve been weighing food and calculating your insulin dosage for every meal including snacks etc How do you find time to do anything else? Based on...

It seems that different hospitals use different courses

No, it’s the BIANCA course it’s supposed to be a mixture of face to face and on line but it is all online now which means that I can attend with my wife I asked about the Dafne course but they had not heard of it

The more we try and control it the harder it gets Once again had a range from 1.9 to 28 the other day Doesn’t matter what you do Now given up worrying Starting a course next week every Wednesday morning for 4 weeks Hopefully this will help

I wish my readings were as good as that the other day mine ranged from 1,9 to 28

2 Things 1 - Invited to join Twitter by Diabetescouk, so I joined; so far seen only inane nonsense by complete starangers which is of no interest so will discontinue with Twitter. Who really wants to know that someone the other side of the world had a tiring day or had egg and bacon for...

usung the finger pricking

The range recently was from 20 in the evening to 1.6 at about 3am in the night. Reason it was high was because we missed the lunch time insulin but no idea why it went down to 1.6

I haven’t contributed to the forum for some time Recently saw a nurse who clearly knew what she was talking about, what a difference! Increased morning insulin to 16 Rapid insulin to a range of 8, 9, or 10 Stopped worrying about ratios, mainly playing by ear. Range of readings 1.6 to 20 The 20...

I saw a new nurse this morning, much better. She advised that if I wanted to have a sncsak inbetween meals i should inject some insulin first. This is the 1st time that i have been told that i can take rapid insulin other than the once before breakfast, lunch and dinner. meal, It has taken them...

Meant to say that I am always hungry

Thanks Diabell Everyone talks about counting carbs. I did it religiously for a fortnight, worked out a ratio increased the rapid insulin if I knew I was going to have a big meal, I must have missed the point since there appeared to be no relationship between the insulin and the amount of carbs...

Going on a course in January so will muddle along till then