Type 1 Buffet lunches

MissMJ73 · Jan 30, 2018

Sadly I’ve got a funeral to attend this week and there will be a buffet after. Last time I had a buffet lunch, first since being in insulin, I took my bloods before eating, worked out what I thought I was going to eat so injected accordingly. I then ate precisely that plus a little bit more so sat and worked out what carbs I’d actually had eaten and found out I was under on my insulin, so injected the difference. Two hours later I had a hypo! So therefore, I was wondering if any of you had any tips on how to handle buffet lunches please. Thank you.

DCUKMod · Jan 30, 2018

MissMJ73 said:
Sadly I’ve got a funeral to attend this week and there will be a buffet after. Last time I had a buffet lunch, first since being in insulin, I took my bloods before eating, worked out what I thought I was going to eat so injected accordingly. I then ate precisely that plus a little bit more so sat and worked out what carbs I’d actually had eaten and found out I was under on my insulin, so injected the difference. Two hours later I had a hypo! So therefore, I was wondering if any of you had any tips on how to handle buffet lunches please. Thank you.

Hi there.

I'm not a T1 or insulin user, but my post will bump yours up the lists for viewing by your fellow T1s.

Cliodb · Jan 30, 2018

im new to being a type 1 so not sure if i can be of much help, but could the hypo been because you had two lots of insulin so two different insulin peak times kicking in ? also was the the buffet high fat ? if so you might have gone low at 2 hours but gone high later ? hopefully someone who knows more will be along soon

Type 1 Buffet lunches

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