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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2537638" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Hi [USER=529339]@Clueso[/USER] and welcome to the forums (edited to add, welcome again, I see your first post was 2 years ago <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</p><p></p><p>52 years of T1 here, 17 of those in Australia, currently in NZ.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This is really a question for your endocrinologist. I'm boggled that you aren't on any fast insulin yet. When I was in Australia my endo put in on humalog, and I've no complaints, though there are fancier fast acting insulins out there (not sure how available in Australia).</p><p></p><p></p><p>Not really possible for me to answer this, as it depends so much on the person's metabolism and the meal. Certainly bolus ratios of insulin to carbs can vary from 1unit to 1g or 20g (or an even wider range), and they make special x5 strength insulins for folk (often but not always T2) who are heavily insulin resistant. And of course, it also depends on how much of your own insulin you still have.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, that depends on the person and what you ate (eg pizzas are notorious for delaying the action of the carbs).I work on the principal that I try to maximise my time in range (4-10mmol/L) but others have different range values and I only very rarely get a 100% day.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Again, a very personal thing, just be careful of hypos when drunk. Do you have a cgm with alarms?</p><p></p><p>I may not be the best person to advise here because as a long term T1 I had a childhood without glucometers, and have never aimed for the tight control that you seem to be currently achieving. But I would point out that I still don't have any significant diabetic complications and diabetes doesn't rule my life, though I do pay attention to my levels and inject accordingly.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The WOEs (ways of eating) employed by the T1s here are <strong>very </strong>varied, and you don't have to follow Dr B to get good results.</p><p>The advent of cgms and pumps has led to drastic improvements. eg [USER=475037]@Marie 2[/USER] has outstanding hba1cs and she's on a relatively high carb vegan WOE (my apologies if I've got that wrong Marie). And I'll tag in [USER=552779]@RoughcutAU[/USER] because I know he's in Australia.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully some more T1/LADA folk will chime in as the time zones change. </p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2537638, member: 372717"] Hi [USER=529339]@Clueso[/USER] and welcome to the forums (edited to add, welcome again, I see your first post was 2 years ago :)) 52 years of T1 here, 17 of those in Australia, currently in NZ. This is really a question for your endocrinologist. I'm boggled that you aren't on any fast insulin yet. When I was in Australia my endo put in on humalog, and I've no complaints, though there are fancier fast acting insulins out there (not sure how available in Australia). Not really possible for me to answer this, as it depends so much on the person's metabolism and the meal. Certainly bolus ratios of insulin to carbs can vary from 1unit to 1g or 20g (or an even wider range), and they make special x5 strength insulins for folk (often but not always T2) who are heavily insulin resistant. And of course, it also depends on how much of your own insulin you still have. Again, that depends on the person and what you ate (eg pizzas are notorious for delaying the action of the carbs).I work on the principal that I try to maximise my time in range (4-10mmol/L) but others have different range values and I only very rarely get a 100% day. Again, a very personal thing, just be careful of hypos when drunk. Do you have a cgm with alarms? I may not be the best person to advise here because as a long term T1 I had a childhood without glucometers, and have never aimed for the tight control that you seem to be currently achieving. But I would point out that I still don't have any significant diabetic complications and diabetes doesn't rule my life, though I do pay attention to my levels and inject accordingly. The WOEs (ways of eating) employed by the T1s here are [B]very [/B]varied, and you don't have to follow Dr B to get good results. The advent of cgms and pumps has led to drastic improvements. eg [USER=475037]@Marie 2[/USER] has outstanding hba1cs and she's on a relatively high carb vegan WOE (my apologies if I've got that wrong Marie). And I'll tag in [USER=552779]@RoughcutAU[/USER] because I know he's in Australia. Hopefully some more T1/LADA folk will chime in as the time zones change. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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