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<blockquote data-quote="AndyS" data-source="post: 577187" data-attributes="member: 20775"><p>Hey Michelle,</p><p></p><p>You never mentioned what insulin regimen you are currently on. Are you on a basal/bolus system or are you taking a mixed insulin?</p><p>If you are on basal/bolus then I can highly recommend looking at the BDEC course noblehead linked to above. If you can get away from work to do the DAFNE course then it is well worth it.</p><p></p><p>The thing I have found is you need to understand a few key factors for you (since we are all different):</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">How much does 1 unit of fast acting insulin drop your blood sugar (be aware that for some of us this can change with time of day, season, stress levels etc etc.. you still need to get a rough handle on it)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What does 10g of carbs raise your blood sugar by</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What are your ratios at each meal (this kind of ties in with what I was saying in the first point)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">What does 30 minutes of your "typical" activity and 30 minutes of your "crazy" activity do to your blood glucose.. again.. just to mess with us this can sometimes be a delayed reaction.</li> </ul><p>With the above 4 points you can then make some pretty good informed decisions though be aware that you need to keep REALLY good logs of everything. Activity, food intake, insulin intake etc. You need to be brutally honest with yourself about this too and more importantly.. you must take the time to sit down and actually look at your logs to try and spot the patterns. See where you are having highs and lows at similar times of the day and then use that to make the changes to your fast acting and slow acting insulin.</p><p></p><p>It is not a trivial thing and does take some work and effort initially but once you get the hang of it and you get on top of things you will find that you can make most of the adjustments more or less on the fly as you live your life.</p><p></p><p>All the best and hope you manage to find your way.</p><p></p><p>/A</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndyS, post: 577187, member: 20775"] Hey Michelle, You never mentioned what insulin regimen you are currently on. Are you on a basal/bolus system or are you taking a mixed insulin? If you are on basal/bolus then I can highly recommend looking at the BDEC course noblehead linked to above. If you can get away from work to do the DAFNE course then it is well worth it. The thing I have found is you need to understand a few key factors for you (since we are all different): [LIST] [*]How much does 1 unit of fast acting insulin drop your blood sugar (be aware that for some of us this can change with time of day, season, stress levels etc etc.. you still need to get a rough handle on it) [*]What does 10g of carbs raise your blood sugar by [*]What are your ratios at each meal (this kind of ties in with what I was saying in the first point) [*]What does 30 minutes of your "typical" activity and 30 minutes of your "crazy" activity do to your blood glucose.. again.. just to mess with us this can sometimes be a delayed reaction. [/LIST] With the above 4 points you can then make some pretty good informed decisions though be aware that you need to keep REALLY good logs of everything. Activity, food intake, insulin intake etc. You need to be brutally honest with yourself about this too and more importantly.. you must take the time to sit down and actually look at your logs to try and spot the patterns. See where you are having highs and lows at similar times of the day and then use that to make the changes to your fast acting and slow acting insulin. It is not a trivial thing and does take some work and effort initially but once you get the hang of it and you get on top of things you will find that you can make most of the adjustments more or less on the fly as you live your life. All the best and hope you manage to find your way. /A [/QUOTE]
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