jordanneshort
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
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- Insulin
I've been told my set units but not to do with carbs
I've been told my set units but not to do with carbs
My bs spikes like crazy with exercise. Never drops. Everything is individual.In a usual day, where you don’t take any additional exercise and don’t eat carbohydrate your Background or Basal insulin (the Levemir) should keep you between 5-8 (your DSN will advise you).
If you eat carbs your blood sugar will rise and you need to find the ratio of fast acting insulin (your novo rapid) to carbs to bring it back down to your base level. If you excercice your blood sugar will fall and you will need to eat carbs, or you can reduce your background insulin, to bring your blood sugars back up to your base level.
You might find you need different ratios of carb to insulin units at different meal times.
Hope this helps, your Dafne course will show you how to do this, I would definitely recommend it.
Good luck x
I've never been on the course either and have had it 36 years. When i was younger they never had these sort of things around. Every time they say about it i cant do it as i work and have 2 children. But am doing a 3 hour course now in june. Its amazing how things have changed. I also have no clue and just try to cut out insulin if i dont eat a lot.
I've never been on the course either and have had it 36 years. When i was younger they never had these sort of things around. Every time they say about it i cant do it as i work and have 2 children. But am doing a 3 hour course now in june. Its amazing how things have changed. I also have no clue and just try to cut out insulin if i dont eat a lot.
Never got taught about carb counting. When i was younger i used injections that was pre mixed and you only ever did them 2 times a day. I think i was 16 when i changed and started using pens. Yes working on all that now had a device stuck to me for 2 weeks. Also going to the course. Maybe i got offered it as a teenager and never took notice.I assumed the not teaching carb counting was a recent thing as I was taught at diagnosis 23 years ago. Are you on a basal/Bolus regime?
There's an online course if you can't make 'real life' ones
Never got taught about carb counting. When i was younger i used injections that was pre mixed and you only ever did them 2 times a day. I think i was 16 when i changed and started using pens. Yes working on all that now had a device stuck to me for 2 weeks. Also going to the course. Maybe i got offered it as a teenager and never took notice.
Accu check mobile.My bruv and I started on Lente, once a day, and ate carbs to match the insulin profile, (and keep growing). What machine have you got?
I've never been on the course either and have had it 36 years. When i was younger they never had these sort of things around. Every time they say about it i cant do it as i work and have 2 children. But am doing a 3 hour course now in june. Its amazing how things have changed. I also have no clue and just try to cut out insulin if i dont eat a lot.
Years ago you weren't taught to carb count just put on a fixed insulin dose and told how many portions to eat at each mealtime. A portion was equal to 10g carb. I went on a STILE course three years ago, which is the Shropshire equivalent of DAFNE. At that time I had been diabetic for 47 years, but learnt so much more by doing the course.I was diagnosed around the same time @richardpearman , remember being told that you had to eat a fixed amount of carbs with each meal and were taught in carbohydrate exchanges, one exchange was 10g of carbs, very basic but nonetheless it was all what was on offer at the time.
Yes exactly how it wasI was diagnosed around the same time @richardpearman , remember being told that you had to eat a fixed amount of carbs with each meal and were taught in carbohydrate exchanges, one exchange was 10g of carbs, very basic but nonetheless it was all what was on offer at the time.
Years ago you weren't taught to carb count just put on a fixed insulin dose and told how many portions to eat at each mealtime. A portion was equal to 10g carb. I went on a STILE course three years ago, which is the Shropshire equivalent of DAFNE. At that time I had been diabetic for 47 years, but learnt so much more by doing the course.
Yes exactly how it wasi do think that i may have lived a bit to much when i was younger and missed appointments as i was busy being a teenager . But now im getting older i worry, so going to try anything to stay healthy as i can. Only joined today and love that people remember all these things.
Nice one @Dodo , experience tells us that we are never too old to learn
Like you I was in my teens on diagnosis @richardpearman , tbh I've only missed one, possibly two diabetes appointments but attending the clinic was always an ordeal as my control wasn't good, when your young you just want to enjoy today and not think too far into the future
Welcome to the forum btw and look forward to your contribution
I've heard of other type ones doing DAFNE but I've never really understood the carb counting, I take novo rapid and levemir insulin, I was wondering roughly how many units of the novo rapid I should take per carbs with food? I have no idea what I'm doing so looking for some answers
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