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leighellis67elvis

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Right can I get a straight answer anyone plz,if I'm drinking say 5-6 pints of lager between 5p.m and 11p.m how much and when should I take my Novorapid fast acting insulin TIA
 
I would bolus for 15g of carbs for each pint of beer and correct or not at the end of the session. A low carb snack like nuts or pork scratchings will help even things a little.
 
I always find that beer / lager hits the spot pretty quickly so you might want to bolus half hour maybe before the first pint .
 
jaywak said:
you might want to bolus half hour maybe before the first pint
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You may be four hours too late with that advice.:)
Brace yourself for questions along the line of "How do you adjust for beer that you've brought back up in the doorway of a Christian bookshop?"
 
i Use to drink quite a bit in my younger rugby days but now 5-6 pints would see me praying to god on the white telephone lol , as a rule I never bonus if I was drinking more than 2 pints as I know my bs always drop like a stone following beer so I run high for a short while then sort it all out once it’s settled down ! Taken. Me quite a bit of experimenting but it works for me
 
I agree, and also not something I would want to do these days!

I'd perhaps bolus for the first one or two (and/or for some crisps/snacks to eat with those) but not beyond that.

If I was going out on a session (whether a rugby related one, or nightclubbing, even with food beforehand, I'd only "bolus" [mixtard 50 in those days] for perhaps half of the food and then ignore the beer completely as I knew that I'd start running low by the middle of the evening and would need food by the end to avoid going low overnight.)

If it's cider it's a different matter, and bolus would probably be needed with corrections throughout the evening (this is something I have done more recently, and lived to regret it for the following few days!)

I'm not volunteering, but it would be interesting to see how these things work out on the CGM as my experiences are almost all well before basal-bolus and CGM. I will dig out the cider evening CGM data at some point to add to the mix tho :)
 
leighellis67elvis said:
Right can I get a straight answer anyone plz,if I'm drinking say 5-6 pints of lager between 5p.m and 11p.m how much and when should I take my Novorapid fast acting insulin TIA
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You asked this same question with the same heading back in September. Is there a specific reason you need further clarification? It may help the responders.
 
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