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Hypo stoppers

donnellysdogs said:
A great Aunty served lettuce with bugs once!! Yet I don't mind lettuce!! Lol:)
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As a teenager I can remember one evening meal after school, when I had a spoonful of strawberries poised to go into my mouth. I had been listening to my Grandfather who had come to stay for a few days, just as I was about to pop the strawberries into my mouth I looked at the spoon to see loads of white maggots/worms squirming out of the strawberry.

To this day I have never touched another strawberry.
 
lessci said:
Kendal Mint Cake? Basically Sugar, Glucose and peppermint extract, you can even choose whether it's brown or white sugar!
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I'd never considered this as a hypo stopper, I used to love Kendal Mint Cake when I was younger :D
 
They only do one size of condensed milk that I could see.. About 3/4 size of baked bean tin.

It set really quickly although I did stick tray in fridge after it had cooled down.

I needed a cube Sat night and it literally was a bite!!!

I made it in a swiss roll tray so its not very thick.
 
I've actually tried freezing some too. (Don't know if this will work or not) as the qty in a tray will last me years!!! (Unless hubby tucks in!!)
 
donnellysdogs said:
I've actually tried freezing some too. (Don't know if this will work or not) as the qty in a tray will last me years!!! (Unless hubby tucks in!!)
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As it's almost pure sugar it does keep really well as long as it's in an airtight container. But it is very "morish" so hide it away from your sweet toothed, non DB, family or there'll be none left when you need it!
 
Flowerpot said:
Along the same line as Kendal Mint Cake, I've started using Thorntons Dairy Butter Tablet, it comes in a 285g bag so I just carry a few squares around in a small bag and leave the rest in the fridge, it is 78g CHO per 100g and has sugar, butter, sweetened condensed milk and glucose syrup in it and no artificial flavours or colours. I happened upon it as I was going hypo outside Thorntons. It is a bit like hard, crumbly fudge and is a bit different to dextrose tablets.
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I'm not sure how long that would last in our fridge as a "hypo treatment"....
 
donnellysdogs said:
They only do one size of condensed milk that I could see.. About 3/4 size of baked bean tin.

It set really quickly although I did stick tray in fridge after it had cooled down.

I needed a cube Sat night and it literally was a bite!!!

I made it in a swiss roll tray so its not very thick.
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Thanks...... I was in sympathy with you last night. Did some basal testing with the G4 cgm and was going low so buzz buzz, bleep
bleep on the pump, me swallowing jellybabies and the pump keep bleeping....me getting up so OH could sleep and just waiting for bg to rise which took a bit for the cgm to catch up. Tonight should be better with any luck
 
iHs said:
Thanks...... I was in sympathy with you last night. Did some basal testing with the G4 cgm and was going low so buzz buzz, bleep
bleep on the pump, me swallowing jellybabies and the pump keep bleeping....me getting up so OH could sleep and just waiting for bg to rise which took a bit for the cgm to catch up. Tonight should be better with any luck
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Just test to meter tho iHs... Amazing how quilts and lying positions can affect some cgm monitors... (Navigator eapecially-lol!!)...

No way could I entertain thought if a cgm again... I love my sleep now.. Amazingly improved as well from being totally fresh foods-no additives, aspartame or sweeteners. The difference is incredible!!!

Just make sure you do test your bloods during night and not rely on cgm for truth... Even better... Go by the 2nd drop of blood from finger!!! That is even more relevant!!
 
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