I took myself off metforman but will take it again. No I'm really getting good at taking the insulin. Just frustrated. I ate oopsie bread an that has zero carb an I'm like 17.1 before I eat it is woke up at 12 .3 ate nothing then about to eat the oopsie an I'm 17. *** I haven't eaten ... so I do a correction of 4.... eat one oopsie didn't bolus as its zero. So will see in 2 hours . I'm going gym pools from Monday coming. I'm not touching any carbs accept for veges salad stuff an occasional fruit cause I love fruit. Even a dam peach is 9. That's 2 units. Omgosh bye fruit.
Thank you very much I will do that.Nessa, I'm not T1, so it wouldn't be appropriate for me to respond, in terms of bolus rates.
If you do a forum search, using something like "bolus for protein", you should find some informative content. There have been a few threads on it.
I will do all of that. Thank you. What do you mean by female hormones????If you're waking high, that could be Dawn Phenomenon or your basal not being enough (speak to your DSN). Not eating may have made it worse as you could then have a liver dump. Even I wake on a good number and then don't have breakfast, my BS will go up and be hard to get down.
I personally think you should try eating a small number of carbs a day. LCHF can make insulin resistance worse and make it harder to keep your BS down, meaning you need more and more insulin.
If it was me, I'd ask about going back in the Metformin, do a basal test or ask your DSN if you should increase your basal, get your thyroid and female hormones checked, and try a different diet that is less likely to make you insulin resistant. Even, say, 20g carbs at each meal, is still very low but might be enough to help.
I do have beta cells still working. Surprises me as I would have thought that would make things a bit easier. I will definitely try different foods etc I was 4.1 before tea which was hummus carrots celery few grapes an oopsie bread. I'm hoping I'll be fine I did a bolus of 3. Tho I don't think I'd need too on that food but I did. So confused. CheersAs already stated, it's the excess of foods consumed that gives you weight gain, NOT the insulin you take which is the item which your body needs to process said foods.
However, most people can still produce 'some' insulin naturally if their beta cells are not all destroyed. As this figure is individual to each person there's no hard and fast rule that you can apply - you need to find out what your body requires and work with that.
This is how some people NEED to inject insulin even on LCHF, whereas I am lucky to find a plateau where I still have enough beta cells producing insulin naturally - now I've found the foods it can cope with.
The further problem us T1's have, is that nothing is fixed forever, and what suits us right now, has the ability to change when you least expect it and for seemingly no reason. This is why you need to carry on test, test, test, even when it seems that you have good control.
LCHF works for a lot of people, but by no means a cure-all and even with that still needs careful monitoring.
Oopsie bread contains cream cheese, egg whites, egg yolk salt , psyllium husk and baking powder. So I still bolus say for a plain omelette? Which contains zero carb. So how do I know what to bolus I have nothing to go byI'm not sure what oopsie bread contains but whether a meal contains carbs or no carbs most type 1's still need to bolus when they eat.............that is fact @nessa1970
As others have said don't get hung-up about taking insulin or carbs as this will only make you ill, fruit is a nutritious and enjoyable food and you don't have to exclude it from your diet.
So how do I know what to bolus I have nothing to go by
So I still bolus say for a plain omelette?
I will do all of that. Thank you. What do you mean by female hormones????
Hi. I saw my dn yesterday and she's changed all my insulin intake ...
My question is: why does it fluctuate... if your beta things are all dead then how come one person may take 20 background etc an others higher or lower.
My correction was 1-5 now it's 1-3 My carb one is 1-5 was 1-10, an my lantus is 12 was 9.
Prebolusing?https://propernutrition.com/product/2-seacure-180-capsules-blisters-pack/
https://propernutrition.com/product/2-seacure-180-capsules-blisters-pack/Hen low carbing, or no carbing, I bolus for half my protein. So if I eat carbs 3oz protein (21 g ) I bolus for 10 g carbs.
A meal with carbs is different. I don't eat many so someone else like @azure might help you. Prebolusing helps as well.
Prebolusing?
Prebolusing?
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