Hi All
I went to see my diabeteic nurse on wednesday and told her all about my problems with HYPOS. She was very helpful and told me to start on a 1 to 1 ratio (10g carbs to 1 unit of insulin) I rememmber my mum doing this for me when i was first diagnosed when i was 13, but when you are a kid you don't really take much notice. The nurse told me to get myself the Collins Gem on CARBHYDRATE COUNTING
Is this the best book to get? I started doing the carb counting but im having to look at the wrappers on foods, I must admit its gonna take a bit of getting used to because i am so used to just injecting an amount of insulin without thinking about carbs. The diabetic nurse told me that a bowl of soup has not got no carbs but when i looked on the tin it shows something like 12g of carbs for half a tin could'nt really work that one out. Has anyone got any advice on carb counting and getting started.
Thanks
Tracey167
I went to see my diabeteic nurse on wednesday and told her all about my problems with HYPOS. She was very helpful and told me to start on a 1 to 1 ratio (10g carbs to 1 unit of insulin) I rememmber my mum doing this for me when i was first diagnosed when i was 13, but when you are a kid you don't really take much notice. The nurse told me to get myself the Collins Gem on CARBHYDRATE COUNTING
Is this the best book to get? I started doing the carb counting but im having to look at the wrappers on foods, I must admit its gonna take a bit of getting used to because i am so used to just injecting an amount of insulin without thinking about carbs. The diabetic nurse told me that a bowl of soup has not got no carbs but when i looked on the tin it shows something like 12g of carbs for half a tin could'nt really work that one out. Has anyone got any advice on carb counting and getting started.
Thanks
Tracey167