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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1229678" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Whether you call it a meal, a snack, elevenses, supper, a little bit of munchkin delights... Doesn't really matter. What matters is how many grams of carbohydrates you can cope with before you need insulin - usually they say you can get away with 10-15g of carbs without bpneeding insulin, but you've just got to see what works for you.</p><p></p><p>Thick slice of white bread, say 14g, teaspoon of jam say 4g banana say 20g. So yes, that's a snack/meal/little munchkin delight you are probably going to need insulin for.</p><p></p><p><strong>But</strong>, if they have given you set doses to take with meals, rather than explaining carb counting, they will have worked out your dose based on an estimated carb content of your meal, and you will need to pro rata your insulin dose down accordingly.</p><p></p><p>I think they have said wait four hours between doses because they want you to avoid insulin stacking, but I don't think it counts as insulin stacking if you are also stacking your carbs.</p><p></p><p>If you have insulin dependent diabetes secondary to pancreatitis, I think that means you are 3c. There's an option for 3c and there's also a forum here for this which might be helpful to have a look at?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1229678, member: 32394"] Whether you call it a meal, a snack, elevenses, supper, a little bit of munchkin delights... Doesn't really matter. What matters is how many grams of carbohydrates you can cope with before you need insulin - usually they say you can get away with 10-15g of carbs without bpneeding insulin, but you've just got to see what works for you. Thick slice of white bread, say 14g, teaspoon of jam say 4g banana say 20g. So yes, that's a snack/meal/little munchkin delight you are probably going to need insulin for. [B]But[/B], if they have given you set doses to take with meals, rather than explaining carb counting, they will have worked out your dose based on an estimated carb content of your meal, and you will need to pro rata your insulin dose down accordingly. I think they have said wait four hours between doses because they want you to avoid insulin stacking, but I don't think it counts as insulin stacking if you are also stacking your carbs. If you have insulin dependent diabetes secondary to pancreatitis, I think that means you are 3c. There's an option for 3c and there's also a forum here for this which might be helpful to have a look at? [/QUOTE]
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