ButtterflyLady
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- Type of diabetes
- Treatment type
- Tablets (oral)
- Dislikes
- Acceptance of health treatment claims that are not adequately supported by evidence. I dislike it when people sell ineffective and even harmful alternative health products to exploit the desperation of people with chronic illness.
You could start a thread in the T1 subforum if you like. I've seen people there suggest courses, including an online one called BEC or something.does anyone know how to figure out the amount
of insulin to use at each meal?
I was figuring out my personal insulin to carb ratio
per meal after totally guessing and luckily didn't meet
with any lows or extreme highs
and I wanted to stop guessing
but
went to my dietician/cde trained person today
and asked her for a ratio or sliding scale
just so I wouldn't have to keep guessing
because eventually I may miss and have a low
or bad high
she said they don't use scales or ratios
they figure the insulin out
based on each meal
but I don't understand how
like where do you start?
don't I need something to start with?
I had been squished in so there
wasn't enough time for me to ask
They also say a HCP can teach you how to do this, so it might be worth asking about that.