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Hypo question

becca8201 said:
I had insulin right before i ate and it was the right amount of insulin to the amount of carbs
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If you went hypo immediately on eating then the hypo was caused by some previously injected insulin (bolus and / or basal). Like DD said.
 
My levels were fine when i did my pre meal insulin
 
becca8201 said:
My levels were fine when i did my pre meal insulin
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Hi,

If you have been recently diagnosed? (Which I suspect you may well have been.) it could be the "honeymoon" period? Which means your pancreas is producing spasmodic random amounts of insulin before giving up completely..
 
becca8201 said:
I had a hypo while eating and after eating and i dont understand why as i had literally just had carbs, can someone help explain?
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Have a look at the following, it's an on-line carb counting course similar to the DAFNE course which will help with your insulin-to-carb ratio's:

http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/

As for hypo's, some great advice from Spiker, but try and keep things like Jelly Babies handy in the house, some of the budget stores sell them for around a £1 a bag which is good value for money.
 
Ive only been diagnosed for 2 and a half months so that would make sense
 
becca8201 said:
Ive only been diagnosed for 2 and a half months so that would make sense
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None of it makes sense sometimes.. All you can do is trace the problem back to what you know.
Keep a very close eye on your meter during this time... You might even be able to spot some trends?
Keep the sweet stuff handy & follow it up with longer acting carb. Just in case your pancreas decides to briefly show up for work?
 
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No they didnt start me on novomix and no theu didnt tell me about sickday rules
 
becca8201 said:
No they didnt start me on novomix and no theu didnt tell me about sickday rules
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Enquire about the DAFNE course with your DSN, the course cover things like getting your basal insulin right, insulin-to-carb ratio's, sick-day rules as well as other aspects of living with type 1 diabetes, its well worth it and you are sure to learn a lot from it,
 
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