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<blockquote data-quote="michaeldavid" data-source="post: 954329" data-attributes="member: 57211"><p>Hello Omnipod,</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry about the lateness of this response. (I believe I wrote on my profile page words to the effect that I'd had enough of it around here for a while.)</p><p></p><p>I just came back to look - I didn't get notification of your posting. (I hope you get notification of this reply.)</p><p></p><p>First, I 'feed' the insulin I take: I take the same insulin each day and eat accordingly, rather than take insulin according to what I expect to eat.</p><p></p><p>I test quite a lot, on average once per waking hour (or more). Mostly I use visually read strips: Glucoflex-R or Betachek Visual - they're excellent for near-normal or low readings. (Not very precise for anything over 6mmol/l.) And that's where my readings are most of the time.</p><p></p><p>My HbA1C readings tend to be a non-diabetic normal. (I think the last was either 26 or 28 mmol/mol.)</p><p></p><p>I had a serious hypo - a 999 callout - in September '14, and another in August 2015. (Both my own stupid fault.)</p><p></p><p>I start eating rye bread each day just as soon as I need to eat anything. (That's not long after a cup of coffee, normally.) Just a bite to start with. And as the effect of the insulin builds, I eat more. (I east it with pear and apple spread.)</p><p></p><p>I eat plenty of other stuff too. But it's the rye bread - or spelt, or (I believe) any so-called 'heritage' grain - that serves to moderate the effects of low blood-sugar. I believe that's because, unlike modern wheat, they're all slowly digested; and therefore, if eaten steadily, a slow trickle of glucose is constantly being delivered into my bloodstream, whatever the blood-glucose reading might be.</p><p></p><p>I don't eat any further rye bread (or any of the others) after around 3pm - otherwise, my blood-sugar would rise later in the evening and overnight.</p><p></p><p>Here's the insulin I take: 11 units Actrapid first thing; a further 11 units at 10.30; then 5.5 units Novorapid at 15.30. (In my case, their effects run out at around the same time: 22.30.) 1.5 units of Insulatard (that's in Winter, rising to 2.5 in the Summer) last thing at night. </p><p></p><p>Again, my apologies for the delay in replying.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="michaeldavid, post: 954329, member: 57211"] Hello Omnipod, I'm sorry about the lateness of this response. (I believe I wrote on my profile page words to the effect that I'd had enough of it around here for a while.) I just came back to look - I didn't get notification of your posting. (I hope you get notification of this reply.) First, I 'feed' the insulin I take: I take the same insulin each day and eat accordingly, rather than take insulin according to what I expect to eat. I test quite a lot, on average once per waking hour (or more). Mostly I use visually read strips: Glucoflex-R or Betachek Visual - they're excellent for near-normal or low readings. (Not very precise for anything over 6mmol/l.) And that's where my readings are most of the time. My HbA1C readings tend to be a non-diabetic normal. (I think the last was either 26 or 28 mmol/mol.) I had a serious hypo - a 999 callout - in September '14, and another in August 2015. (Both my own stupid fault.) I start eating rye bread each day just as soon as I need to eat anything. (That's not long after a cup of coffee, normally.) Just a bite to start with. And as the effect of the insulin builds, I eat more. (I east it with pear and apple spread.) I eat plenty of other stuff too. But it's the rye bread - or spelt, or (I believe) any so-called 'heritage' grain - that serves to moderate the effects of low blood-sugar. I believe that's because, unlike modern wheat, they're all slowly digested; and therefore, if eaten steadily, a slow trickle of glucose is constantly being delivered into my bloodstream, whatever the blood-glucose reading might be. I don't eat any further rye bread (or any of the others) after around 3pm - otherwise, my blood-sugar would rise later in the evening and overnight. Here's the insulin I take: 11 units Actrapid first thing; a further 11 units at 10.30; then 5.5 units Novorapid at 15.30. (In my case, their effects run out at around the same time: 22.30.) 1.5 units of Insulatard (that's in Winter, rising to 2.5 in the Summer) last thing at night. Again, my apologies for the delay in replying. [/QUOTE]
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