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<blockquote data-quote="Juicyj" data-source="post: 2194952" data-attributes="member: 53162"><p>Hello and welcome [USER=518372]@SMULPY[/USER] Neil <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Well done on knuckling down and getting to grips with things so quickly, it is a baptism of fire !</p><p></p><p>In regards to injections, a distraction technique is a good way to help her, so sing her favourite song, ask her to look at the clock and to try and tell the time, that type of thing, it takes the mind of the act of injecting and makes it feel less so significant.</p><p></p><p>In time her team will want you to move to carb counting so injecting for the carbs she eats, which will give her greater flexibility over what she eats and allow her to have treats too, and also allow you to correct for any highs, but as it's early days and getting used to things it's 3 injections of novorapid to help manage things. You can download 'carbs and cals' as an app on your phone which is really useful for getting your head round carb values. As she's a grazer, then cheese, nuts, olives, dried meat like salami are good, any carbs as you've discovered like rich teas which are 10g of carb per biscuit and oranges will push her levels up, good as a hypo treatment follow up to glucose though. Yoghurts can contain a few carbs though, I personally stick to full fat yoghurts - plain and add blue berries or strawberries which are low carb. Fat is a good ingredient to have as it satiates the appetite in the absence of carbs.</p><p></p><p>Keep asking questions too - we are all here to help and support <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="Juicyj, post: 2194952, member: 53162"] Hello and welcome [USER=518372]@SMULPY[/USER] Neil :) Well done on knuckling down and getting to grips with things so quickly, it is a baptism of fire ! In regards to injections, a distraction technique is a good way to help her, so sing her favourite song, ask her to look at the clock and to try and tell the time, that type of thing, it takes the mind of the act of injecting and makes it feel less so significant. In time her team will want you to move to carb counting so injecting for the carbs she eats, which will give her greater flexibility over what she eats and allow her to have treats too, and also allow you to correct for any highs, but as it's early days and getting used to things it's 3 injections of novorapid to help manage things. You can download 'carbs and cals' as an app on your phone which is really useful for getting your head round carb values. As she's a grazer, then cheese, nuts, olives, dried meat like salami are good, any carbs as you've discovered like rich teas which are 10g of carb per biscuit and oranges will push her levels up, good as a hypo treatment follow up to glucose though. Yoghurts can contain a few carbs though, I personally stick to full fat yoghurts - plain and add blue berries or strawberries which are low carb. Fat is a good ingredient to have as it satiates the appetite in the absence of carbs. Keep asking questions too - we are all here to help and support :) [/QUOTE]
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