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<blockquote data-quote="SophiaW" data-source="post: 158685" data-attributes="member: 13451"><p>My daughter started out on the Novomix 30 insulin. They often start you on that because it means fewer injections which is welcome in the early days when injecting is something new. The important thing to remember is to give her the injections of Novomix 30 at the same time each day and she must eat her meals at the same time each day, lunch being very important to keep to a regular time.</p><p></p><p>Something else I want to mention which wasn't mentioned to me and would have been useful advice to know when using the Novomix insulin. Try to keep each breakfast, lunch and supper meal each day to a similar amount of carbohydrates. I don't mean keeping breakfast the same amount of carbs as lunch and as supper. I mean keep breakfast each day to a certain amount of carbs. Lunch may be a different amout of carbs to breakfast but try to keep to a similar amount of carbs for lunch each day. With your daughter taking on a set amount of insulin each day it means the amount of carbs she eats at each meal each day is better to stay consistent. That way you avoid high readings one day and low readings another day. For example a breakfast of cereal can be quite high in carbohydrates, the following day you might give your daughter scrambled eggs which is low in carbohydrates, you want to add something to those scrambled eggs to bring it up to a similar carb value - perhaps some toast, fruit and milk.</p><p></p><p>I wasn't told this information, I guess they didn't want to overload me with info, but it was vital information that I should have known in order to keep consistent readings. If you're not sure about working out the carbohydrates in meals, as you may well not be familiar with, then ask your care team if you can see a dietician who can explain this to you. I know this information would have helped me tremendously in the early days.</p><p></p><p>I'm glad her readings settled a little last night and you got some sleep. Remember there's lots of help here if you need to ask questions <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SophiaW, post: 158685, member: 13451"] My daughter started out on the Novomix 30 insulin. They often start you on that because it means fewer injections which is welcome in the early days when injecting is something new. The important thing to remember is to give her the injections of Novomix 30 at the same time each day and she must eat her meals at the same time each day, lunch being very important to keep to a regular time. Something else I want to mention which wasn't mentioned to me and would have been useful advice to know when using the Novomix insulin. Try to keep each breakfast, lunch and supper meal each day to a similar amount of carbohydrates. I don't mean keeping breakfast the same amount of carbs as lunch and as supper. I mean keep breakfast each day to a certain amount of carbs. Lunch may be a different amout of carbs to breakfast but try to keep to a similar amount of carbs for lunch each day. With your daughter taking on a set amount of insulin each day it means the amount of carbs she eats at each meal each day is better to stay consistent. That way you avoid high readings one day and low readings another day. For example a breakfast of cereal can be quite high in carbohydrates, the following day you might give your daughter scrambled eggs which is low in carbohydrates, you want to add something to those scrambled eggs to bring it up to a similar carb value - perhaps some toast, fruit and milk. I wasn't told this information, I guess they didn't want to overload me with info, but it was vital information that I should have known in order to keep consistent readings. If you're not sure about working out the carbohydrates in meals, as you may well not be familiar with, then ask your care team if you can see a dietician who can explain this to you. I know this information would have helped me tremendously in the early days. I'm glad her readings settled a little last night and you got some sleep. Remember there's lots of help here if you need to ask questions :) [/QUOTE]
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