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Hi everyone
I've got surgery coming up and I'm newlyish diagnosed and on insulin. I was wondering how they normally manage insulin while you are admitted/fasting pre surgery/in surgery/out of surgery but not eating normally?
And also when you are home but not eating normally?
I get pretty out...
Hi,
I am currently 19 years old, 53kg, 5 10" and was diagnosed 3 years ago. Initially i started on a 1:18 ratio which was fine for most of the time and that slowly worked its way down to 1:10. During last summer i was on 1:6 and in the space of 1-2 months that rapidly changed to 1:24 with no...
Hi,
24yo, T1D for 12 years.
I've been on the low carb diet for a couple of years and it's greatly improved my blood stability. That said, I'm having some trouble with Novorapid as a primary fast acting insulin as it seems to peak much faster than the slow rise caused by gluconeogenesis from...
I'm on a relatively low carb diet (less than 100g per day), but I still have over 60% of my basal/bolus regime as bolus (I know 50/50 is more common). If I went for a higher carb diet I'd need way more bolus.
So ... when calculating the correction factor for bolus you take (total daily basal +...
hi there every one i was hoping that some of you could help me with this predictment i find myself in. My pump has just broke so while i wait for a new one i have had to go back on tresiba and novorapid needles again but i tend to get bad results from these rather than my pump which has my...