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<blockquote data-quote="Hertfordshiremum" data-source="post: 2404555" data-attributes="member: 507802"><p>Hi Jeremy</p><p></p><p>If you are underweight it does seem a low ratio, I know my nurse would say if too many corrections are needed it’s a basal issue. So don’t think this is it. Maybe you need a split dose for the basal, or dose change, there could be lots of reasons, I would go back to your nurse and ask.</p><p></p><p>Another thing you mention that might be worth changing and has worked for me, you say you had the same meal 3 days in a row. I have a nutritionist call me every couple of months as I have terrible trouble with spiking too high after certain foods but then having a hypo. She has been incredibly helpful, and told me to vary my diet a lot more. Apparently with some people the more you eat the same thing the more efficient your body becomes at processing that meal and that will mean the carb content is extracted quicker and if you are diabetic cause spikes after certain foods. If you mix it up a lot more with different foods your body won’t recognise it so quickly and will take longer to extract the carb content. therefore your blood glucose will go up slower and the insulin has time to keep things under control and in range. It doesn’t happen with everyone but is certainly my problem. She tells me she has seen this before, not often, but with a small number of type 1’s. There were certain foods I had given up eating, such as plain yogurt, but with her advice I tried a small amount again after a 2 month break and was fine. Now I make sure I rotate foods including the yogurt, it has really helped me. </p><p>Also as you have eaten low carb for a while start gradually with some low GI carbs to allow your body to adapt, just because you went too high this week doesn’t mean that would necessarily happen again on a different day. Especially if your basal bolus is not quite right yet. Also cooking carbs helps slow the release, so I just can’t eat porridge due to the spiking problem I have, however she has given me a twice baked oat cracker recipe and I can eat those. Again I only make them every couple of months. </p><p>At Easter I made the diabetic low carb hot cross bun recipe from this site, it’s great, I could eat it no problem. It even had dark chocolate in it! I then left it a month then made it again as it is so delicious. How are you at cooking and baking? Try some new things. </p><p>You are obviously making huge effort to do all the right things so keep going It takes time to adjust and sort this out and frustratingly at the beginning things change a lot but you will definitely get there. I hope this information might give you another idea to try. I was diagnosed 3 years ago and found it’s all trial and error and every one is different but the more ideas from people you try you will find what works for you. I still find this site incredibly helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hertfordshiremum, post: 2404555, member: 507802"] Hi Jeremy If you are underweight it does seem a low ratio, I know my nurse would say if too many corrections are needed it’s a basal issue. So don’t think this is it. Maybe you need a split dose for the basal, or dose change, there could be lots of reasons, I would go back to your nurse and ask. Another thing you mention that might be worth changing and has worked for me, you say you had the same meal 3 days in a row. I have a nutritionist call me every couple of months as I have terrible trouble with spiking too high after certain foods but then having a hypo. She has been incredibly helpful, and told me to vary my diet a lot more. Apparently with some people the more you eat the same thing the more efficient your body becomes at processing that meal and that will mean the carb content is extracted quicker and if you are diabetic cause spikes after certain foods. If you mix it up a lot more with different foods your body won’t recognise it so quickly and will take longer to extract the carb content. therefore your blood glucose will go up slower and the insulin has time to keep things under control and in range. It doesn’t happen with everyone but is certainly my problem. She tells me she has seen this before, not often, but with a small number of type 1’s. There were certain foods I had given up eating, such as plain yogurt, but with her advice I tried a small amount again after a 2 month break and was fine. Now I make sure I rotate foods including the yogurt, it has really helped me. Also as you have eaten low carb for a while start gradually with some low GI carbs to allow your body to adapt, just because you went too high this week doesn’t mean that would necessarily happen again on a different day. Especially if your basal bolus is not quite right yet. Also cooking carbs helps slow the release, so I just can’t eat porridge due to the spiking problem I have, however she has given me a twice baked oat cracker recipe and I can eat those. Again I only make them every couple of months. At Easter I made the diabetic low carb hot cross bun recipe from this site, it’s great, I could eat it no problem. It even had dark chocolate in it! I then left it a month then made it again as it is so delicious. How are you at cooking and baking? Try some new things. You are obviously making huge effort to do all the right things so keep going It takes time to adjust and sort this out and frustratingly at the beginning things change a lot but you will definitely get there. I hope this information might give you another idea to try. I was diagnosed 3 years ago and found it’s all trial and error and every one is different but the more ideas from people you try you will find what works for you. I still find this site incredibly helpful. [/QUOTE]
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