A recent leaflet from my diabetes service for type 2s on insulin says you may need 10-15g snacks between meals to avoid hypos. One of the suggestions is "3 party rings", another is "a small bag of multipack crisps"..
Non-diabetics telling me how easy it is!
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Sounds about right.
From what I remember with T1 also?
Had to google “party rings.”
Back in my day. It was the good ol’ deegestive!
These days I adjust my basal if anticipating a hard graft the following day?
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Dieticians phhhhhht they were the ones when I was about 21 decided that rather than treating a hypo with chocolate or quick acting Sugar to have a sandwich that worked ……………NOT ,
I've had some corkers from my support workers.
When I first signed up to use the agency, I was assured that all their staff had decent diabetes / glucose control knowledge, bc I was really struggling (and still am).
My "low glucose" alarm went off on my libre - my worker asked if low blood sugar just meant I was hungry.
On an afternoon when my bg was at about 11 and I was freaking out, one suggested eating an apple to bring it down, or maybe going to hospital.
I get quite a lot of "my mum/dad/neighbour's dog is diabetic and they eat ice cream all the time/don't worry about their sugar levels" and the like. I've given up even trying to talk about it with them.
Sorry, not quite on topic, but I needed to vent.
When I first signed up to use the agency, I was assured that all their staff had decent diabetes / glucose control knowledge, bc I was really struggling (and still am).
My "low glucose" alarm went off on my libre - my worker asked if low blood sugar just meant I was hungry.
On an afternoon when my bg was at about 11 and I was freaking out, one suggested eating an apple to bring it down, or maybe going to hospital.
I get quite a lot of "my mum/dad/neighbour's dog is diabetic and they eat ice cream all the time/don't worry about their sugar levels" and the like. I've given up even trying to talk about it with them.
Sorry, not quite on topic, but I needed to vent.
At the age of 12 or thereabouts, I was given a b*llocking by my dietician (whom I never saw again) for having sugar on my morning Weetabix and sometimes in my coffee. I'm pretty sure I was also told off for eating chocolate biscuits (which was tricky as Penguins were standard afternoon tea fare at school).
I was curious as to why this was such a problem when my HbA1c had never been above 5.0% (31 mmol/mol) and was at that point ~4.6% (~27mmol/mol) [i.e. too low - it had been suggested by my consultant that I try to run a bit higher] but I was fobbed off and was actually quite upset afterwards as I couldn't really work out how to keep both the medical profession happy, and remain alive.
I obviously ignored what I was told to do (after discussing with my parents) and it did at least teach me a useful lesson that despite being both an adult and having a professional qualification, some people simply don't know what they are talking about. Not a bad life lesson.
