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<blockquote data-quote="Hertfordshiremum" data-source="post: 2404410" data-attributes="member: 507802"><p>Hi Jeremy</p><p></p><p>please be very careful with multiple correction doses, too many in a short space of time can result in a bad hypo later. It’s called stacking. Novorapid takes between 30 mins and an hour and a half to peak and lasts for 4 hours. The exact timings probably also vary from person to person. Don’t rush to correct if it’s not quite right after only 2 hours, it often takes me 3 hours to get back to a similar starting point and if I corrected any earlier I would probably hypo a couple of hours later. Remember also your basal might not be quite right yet either so be careful overnight, you don’t want to be going too high or low while sleeping. It took me quite a while to get the hang of ratios and different foods especially when the same carb content can give different results depending on the food. Keep a diary. A Libre sensor if possible might also be a big help at the moment to see how you react to exercise and different food and record results. I started off at 1 unit to 10g carbs but quickly found I only needed 1 unit to 20g carbs but 3 years later it’s changed again but you get to know to adapt. </p><p>Have some juice, orange, apple, cranberry for hypos. Juice acts quicker than cookies or crisps. I always go out with jelly beans in my pocket. 6 should stop a hypo. Also if you hypo have about 15g of carbs, have a look how much that is on the packet/ cartons before this happens, then retest in 15mins and hopefully you will be back in range otherwise have another 15g. By the way I also eat a low carb diet to avoid spiking after meals. It’s very daunting at the beginning but you will get the hang of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hertfordshiremum, post: 2404410, member: 507802"] Hi Jeremy please be very careful with multiple correction doses, too many in a short space of time can result in a bad hypo later. It’s called stacking. Novorapid takes between 30 mins and an hour and a half to peak and lasts for 4 hours. The exact timings probably also vary from person to person. Don’t rush to correct if it’s not quite right after only 2 hours, it often takes me 3 hours to get back to a similar starting point and if I corrected any earlier I would probably hypo a couple of hours later. Remember also your basal might not be quite right yet either so be careful overnight, you don’t want to be going too high or low while sleeping. It took me quite a while to get the hang of ratios and different foods especially when the same carb content can give different results depending on the food. Keep a diary. A Libre sensor if possible might also be a big help at the moment to see how you react to exercise and different food and record results. I started off at 1 unit to 10g carbs but quickly found I only needed 1 unit to 20g carbs but 3 years later it’s changed again but you get to know to adapt. Have some juice, orange, apple, cranberry for hypos. Juice acts quicker than cookies or crisps. I always go out with jelly beans in my pocket. 6 should stop a hypo. Also if you hypo have about 15g of carbs, have a look how much that is on the packet/ cartons before this happens, then retest in 15mins and hopefully you will be back in range otherwise have another 15g. By the way I also eat a low carb diet to avoid spiking after meals. It’s very daunting at the beginning but you will get the hang of it. [/QUOTE]
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