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insulin calculations

  1. P

    How is diabetes managed in hospital while having surgery?

    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...
  2. H

    Are my ratios normal?

    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...
  3. T

    UK insulin for low carb high fat/protein/Bernstein Diet

    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...
  4. EllieM

    Correction Doses And Low And Very Low Carb

    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 +...
  5. R

    using insulin injections as pump broke help!

    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...
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