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Message: <blockquote data-quote="eddiemac" data-source="post: 6148" data-attributes="member: 444">Interesting........To get out of a hypo (and this will work for any diabetic) is 200 ml of lucozade and 2 digestive biscuits.  The luco will raise the sugar in 5-10 mins and the digestives or similar will keep it stable.  Before I went on DAFNE I used to "eat the fridge" at 3 am and feel **** the morning after.  SInce DAFNE I have had 3 or 4 hypos in 8 months.  HBA1C down from 11 to 8.4.  What you learn on the DAFNE course is that you can eat whatever you want so long as you inject the right amount of insulin for what you eat.  e.g. if I had a mars bar now I would do 4-5 units of insulin as 10g of carb = 1 unit of insulin.  Now obviously everyones different and I have found that my insulin "works" better at different times in the day.  I'm on a 2:1 ratio in the morning (2 units per 10g), 1.5:1 at lunch (1.5 units per 10g) and a 1:1 ratio at tea time (1 unit per 10g).  OK granted sometimes I calculate my carbs wrong but 4 blood tests a day I can correct my blood sugar by the DAFNE rules (1 unit can lower BS by 3 mmols). So for example if I wake up in the morning and blood sugar is 14 and I have 2 weetabix with milk I'd do 12 units of insulin. 2;1 ratio for 50g of carbs = 10 units and 2 correction should bring my BG down to 8 by lunchtime.  All this I have learnt and has done me no harm.  Also Chocolate is BAD for Hypos unless your taking it after the luco as the absorption rate of choc is slow!! Hope that helps someone!!!</blockquote>

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