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<blockquote data-quote="xAoifex" data-source="post: 954813" data-attributes="member: 45422"><p>to be fair to him, if he's on fixed doses then testing before injecting is not as useful as if he was carb counting on MDI. He injects the same amount no matter what, you cant really adjust fixed doses to what you eat (although you should perhaps eat to your fix doses) so testing is not going to achieve a lot. I agree totally with about testing if he is driving (legal requirement in the uk if on insulin) but if he is not prepared and/or educated to match carbs to insulin the testing is a moot point.</p><p>IMO you need to know how a meal affects your blood glucose but on mixed insulin you can't readily react to that. If it works for him and his levels are generally in range and he has a decent HbA1c then fine, if he is regularly high or is experiencing hypos (or eating inappropriately to avoid them) then maybe a change in regimen (it will mean more testing and injections) is needed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="xAoifex, post: 954813, member: 45422"] to be fair to him, if he's on fixed doses then testing before injecting is not as useful as if he was carb counting on MDI. He injects the same amount no matter what, you cant really adjust fixed doses to what you eat (although you should perhaps eat to your fix doses) so testing is not going to achieve a lot. I agree totally with about testing if he is driving (legal requirement in the uk if on insulin) but if he is not prepared and/or educated to match carbs to insulin the testing is a moot point. IMO you need to know how a meal affects your blood glucose but on mixed insulin you can't readily react to that. If it works for him and his levels are generally in range and he has a decent HbA1c then fine, if he is regularly high or is experiencing hypos (or eating inappropriately to avoid them) then maybe a change in regimen (it will mean more testing and injections) is needed [/QUOTE]
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