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<blockquote data-quote="curlyheadfreak" data-source="post: 94435" data-attributes="member: 10567"><p>my experience has been similiar.</p><p></p><p>my last hbA1c before my DAFNE course was 5.9%, but with a lot of hypos. Did DAFNE, that was very helpful in that it has shown me that I was using too much insulin which was why I was hypoing all the time and feeling like my blood sugar was crashing all day long. </p><p></p><p>But it also showed me that a high carb diet will not work when using insulin as you spike massively between meals! I started feeling v lethargic 2 hours after eating on my usual diet and DAFNE regime and when I tested I found I was going up to 12, 13, 14 sometimes!!! Only if I can eat lower carb can I get the post-prandial reading down.</p><p></p><p>Pointed this out at recent DAFNE review to DSN and dietitian who I have to say are both lovely and as helpful as you possibly could ask for - but they told me it was fine to be going to those levels after eating "as long as it comes back down again before the next meal" and said I should "enjoy my carbs". also said that the reason I was feeling lethargic when going high after meals was because I had been running so tight and I would "get used to it"???!!! makes no sense at all to me and I can't accept that.</p><p></p><p>and as I said these people are extremely supportive and I usually have nothing but praise for them :? </p><p></p><p>I can't see any other way than lower carb at the moment although my tastebuds would prefer higher carb :wink:</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="curlyheadfreak, post: 94435, member: 10567"] my experience has been similiar. my last hbA1c before my DAFNE course was 5.9%, but with a lot of hypos. Did DAFNE, that was very helpful in that it has shown me that I was using too much insulin which was why I was hypoing all the time and feeling like my blood sugar was crashing all day long. But it also showed me that a high carb diet will not work when using insulin as you spike massively between meals! I started feeling v lethargic 2 hours after eating on my usual diet and DAFNE regime and when I tested I found I was going up to 12, 13, 14 sometimes!!! Only if I can eat lower carb can I get the post-prandial reading down. Pointed this out at recent DAFNE review to DSN and dietitian who I have to say are both lovely and as helpful as you possibly could ask for - but they told me it was fine to be going to those levels after eating "as long as it comes back down again before the next meal" and said I should "enjoy my carbs". also said that the reason I was feeling lethargic when going high after meals was because I had been running so tight and I would "get used to it"???!!! makes no sense at all to me and I can't accept that. and as I said these people are extremely supportive and I usually have nothing but praise for them :? I can't see any other way than lower carb at the moment although my tastebuds would prefer higher carb :wink: [/QUOTE]
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