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<blockquote data-quote="db89" data-source="post: 1392591" data-attributes="member: 374526"><p>Welcome to the club as it were, [USER=380020]@katmcd[/USER]! I'll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] as she has some useful information for new members.</p><p></p><p>It will be a lot to take in at first, it's a very data driven condition I've found. Keep in contact with your nurse and healthcare team if you have any questions about dosages or something isn't making sense etc and of course feel free to ask questions here there is lots of help to be found.</p><p></p><p>I have always checked my levels before eating since diagnosis and I check 1 and/or 2 hours after a meal if it is something new and I want to see how it has affected me (usually just a 2 hour check). You probably won't find many people in the NHS pushing low carb as the guidance is normally the Eatwell plate. It will be partially about finding out what your body can tolerate and what works for you. Some members do eat very low carb and some moderate carbs. As far as spikes go, you could look at when you take your fast acting insulin with food so that it is kicking in shortly after eating. There is no hard and fast rule, but you can experiment with similar food to work out what works best for you.</p><p></p><p>As you go on you will hopefully be able to spot patterns emerging that will help you to manage your diabetes effectively on established amounts of insulin that you will work out with your nurse though they can and will likely change over time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="db89, post: 1392591, member: 374526"] Welcome to the club as it were, [USER=380020]@katmcd[/USER]! I'll tag [USER=25759]@daisy1[/USER] as she has some useful information for new members. It will be a lot to take in at first, it's a very data driven condition I've found. Keep in contact with your nurse and healthcare team if you have any questions about dosages or something isn't making sense etc and of course feel free to ask questions here there is lots of help to be found. I have always checked my levels before eating since diagnosis and I check 1 and/or 2 hours after a meal if it is something new and I want to see how it has affected me (usually just a 2 hour check). You probably won't find many people in the NHS pushing low carb as the guidance is normally the Eatwell plate. It will be partially about finding out what your body can tolerate and what works for you. Some members do eat very low carb and some moderate carbs. As far as spikes go, you could look at when you take your fast acting insulin with food so that it is kicking in shortly after eating. There is no hard and fast rule, but you can experiment with similar food to work out what works best for you. As you go on you will hopefully be able to spot patterns emerging that will help you to manage your diabetes effectively on established amounts of insulin that you will work out with your nurse though they can and will likely change over time. [/QUOTE]
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