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<blockquote data-quote="phoenix" data-source="post: 947796" data-attributes="member: 12578"><p>Bringing down initial high levels is a gradual thing, not overnight. You could in theory give lots of insulin and enough would reduce it immediately but as they don't know your individual sensitivity to insulin they could give too much , not good</p><p> (Lee above takes slightly more than twice the amount of insulin for 10g of carbs as I do for example)I think that's why it's better to do it over a few days.</p><p></p><p>I went onto insulin in hospital and from memory, I think that by about day 4-5 my levels were in 7s-9s but looking at my log book it was still around that level when I left at 10 days. During the next month or so my levels fell considerably and I also had to reduce my insulin from the amount I started on.</p><p></p><p>I think it's important to count carbs at the beginning and to keep a food/insulin and blood glucose diary. Personally,I also also think it's helpful to keep carbohydrate consistent at the start. (ie if you have 35 grams for breakfast have the same amount every day, If you have 60 for lunch or whatever do the same each day) This means you have one less variable to consider. It helps you to work out more confidently what so many units of fast insulin will do in your body with the types of meals you eat. I'm not in the UK, (hence the hospitalisation) and this is what I was told to do .</p><p>The dietitian and the consultant taught me to count the carbs in each meal but I was prescribed a set amount of them. I thought it was for life and horribly restrictive (what on earth would I do at Christmas???) I'm now convinced when I see so many people left floundering that It really helped me at the start. Now I can take varying the amounts for special meals, travelling etc in my stride (have to admit though I still keep to fairly consistent amounts for every day , creature of habit!)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="phoenix, post: 947796, member: 12578"] Bringing down initial high levels is a gradual thing, not overnight. You could in theory give lots of insulin and enough would reduce it immediately but as they don't know your individual sensitivity to insulin they could give too much , not good (Lee above takes slightly more than twice the amount of insulin for 10g of carbs as I do for example)I think that's why it's better to do it over a few days. I went onto insulin in hospital and from memory, I think that by about day 4-5 my levels were in 7s-9s but looking at my log book it was still around that level when I left at 10 days. During the next month or so my levels fell considerably and I also had to reduce my insulin from the amount I started on. I think it's important to count carbs at the beginning and to keep a food/insulin and blood glucose diary. Personally,I also also think it's helpful to keep carbohydrate consistent at the start. (ie if you have 35 grams for breakfast have the same amount every day, If you have 60 for lunch or whatever do the same each day) This means you have one less variable to consider. It helps you to work out more confidently what so many units of fast insulin will do in your body with the types of meals you eat. I'm not in the UK, (hence the hospitalisation) and this is what I was told to do . The dietitian and the consultant taught me to count the carbs in each meal but I was prescribed a set amount of them. I thought it was for life and horribly restrictive (what on earth would I do at Christmas???) I'm now convinced when I see so many people left floundering that It really helped me at the start. Now I can take varying the amounts for special meals, travelling etc in my stride (have to admit though I still keep to fairly consistent amounts for every day , creature of habit!) [/QUOTE]
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