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It's the light version. It's 15g of carbs and isn't very fast acting for me because it has protein and fat in it. Its never done me any good for hypos. I have one every couple of weeks before work and i have never needed to bolus for it if I don't have time for food. When I got put on Lantus the nurse told me Lantus can sometimes cover up to 20g carbs snack or drink without going to high if your levels are OK before and/or activity afterwards. This has always reigned true for me up until a few weeks ago.A drink with 20 grams of simple fast carbs. And you don't need to bolus for it?
As your basal insulin will cover for it (as your nurse told you when starting you on Lantus)?
I am not saying its impossible to realize a stable and predictable bg level when taking carbs like that and utilizing rather non-conventional way of countering fast acting carbs with a glargine long-acting insulin. But you are definitely not making it easy for yourself, as you set yourself up to be on a non-stable platform that will need non-stop corrections with bolus and carbs to bring you through the day without going hypo or hyper.
From your previous postings I can calculate that you typically (in best case scenario) would need to take:
- 1 unit of fast acting bolus to metabolize 7 grams of carb.
- 1 unit of fast acting to drive down your bg with approx. 1.4 mmol/L.
And yeah, you would actually normally need to bolus 3 units to counter that 20g carb rich coffee...
So without bolus for that heavily sugar loaded coffee, then your bg would spike up with approx. 4 mmol/L. (best case scenario)
Don't know the volume of your coffees, but with 20g of carbs in it, it might be more sugar rich than full fat Coca-Cola!
If you are challenged by going high all the time, then full fat Coca-Cola is normally not your best friend.
Just saying...
Either way I don't think that's the issue at hand here, it's not like I'm drinking one every single day when I wake up. Then I would understand. I literally have one every couple of weeks and not always in the morning. It barely raises my blood sugar in the past.
I've started taking Metformin again and sure enough, my reflux has come back mildly. I don't have much appetite at the moment at all.
I'm thinking the pump may be the answer for me. Because of my stomach i prefer to eat little and often rather than big meals. Which is resulting in a stupid amount of injections a day. I do have big meals of course but i get full very easily.