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<blockquote data-quote="Jaylee" data-source="post: 2169912" data-attributes="member: 101136"><p>Hospital food has always had a bad rep. Despite the consultations regarding "nutrition."</p><p></p><p>Do the HCPs administer your mum's bolus for her meals? (& her basal for that matter.)</p><p></p><p>This is where it gets tricky. The dosing timing could be wrong regarding the carbs & fat content consumed.. Insulin has a working profile. But different foods are not always digested & broken down to compliment the dose.</p><p>Timed wrong, one could get a spike first then a hypo. Or visa versa you could go low prior to the food digested, treat the hypo with some fast acting sugar then spike much later due to the meal..?</p><p></p><p>Then there is understanding the insulin to carb ratio? How many carbs in the meal & the appropriate dosage for the amount.</p><p>Insulin sensitivity can also change during the day.</p><p></p><p>This is all something an insulin user hopefully gets to grips with. (But even then we can sometimes be thrown a "curve ball" & need to improvise.)</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't be too sure about an HCP with a busy schedule running between a veriaty of patients & referencing the "text book."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jaylee, post: 2169912, member: 101136"] Hospital food has always had a bad rep. Despite the consultations regarding "nutrition." Do the HCPs administer your mum's bolus for her meals? (& her basal for that matter.) This is where it gets tricky. The dosing timing could be wrong regarding the carbs & fat content consumed.. Insulin has a working profile. But different foods are not always digested & broken down to compliment the dose. Timed wrong, one could get a spike first then a hypo. Or visa versa you could go low prior to the food digested, treat the hypo with some fast acting sugar then spike much later due to the meal..? Then there is understanding the insulin to carb ratio? How many carbs in the meal & the appropriate dosage for the amount. Insulin sensitivity can also change during the day. This is all something an insulin user hopefully gets to grips with. (But even then we can sometimes be thrown a "curve ball" & need to improvise.) I wouldn't be too sure about an HCP with a busy schedule running between a veriaty of patients & referencing the "text book." [/QUOTE]
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