- Messages
- 18,791
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Thats right. I was encouraged to have mid morning & mid afternoon snacks on a digestive with milk as an active kid in the late 70's..
Quite often I forgot, & boy did it hit me...! Lol
How times change, I do remember turning up at the diabetes clinic for my diabetes check-up and saying to the nurse that I was running low, a glass of milk and a digestive biscuit was what they got me
I only ever follow-up with a slow release snack if it's within 2 hours of my previous bolus dose, as the insulin still hasn't reached it's peak, other than that I don't bother unless I'm going to be quite active.
Thats right. I was encouraged to have mid morning & mid afternoon snacks on a digestive with milk as an active kid in the late 70's..
Quite often, I forgot & boy did it hit me...! Lol
Remember to snack on the twice daily animal insulin was a bind Jaylee, got caught out a few times. I always thought the hypo's and onset of hypo's were more profound when injecting this insulin, were you the same?
Ginger oat biscuits??? They sound yummy - must look for those ......I keep fun size packs of jelly babies handy. I used to keep a large bag but the sweets went hard between hypos so I was delighted when they started producing the fun size ones.
At night I'll have the jelly babies and reduce my basal by 20% for a few hours but during the day I usually follow up with a couple of ginger oat biscuits (I love ginger!)
If you're at home, a tsp of honey is very fast acting.What is the quickest way to fix a hypo? Last night I had a hypo 2 hours after a reading of 8.3. I had to get out of bed to test and binge until I was sure I had moved my level from 3 to a safer level.
After a Go-Ahead Yoghurt Break, a handful of dry roasted nuts, half a bag of Freddo faces and a half a glass of milk I was feeling a different type of sick so I took myself back to bed where I felt ill for the rest of the night.
Felt better this morning after OH made me a bacon and egg sandwich but I've felt rubbish all day as usual and guilty about my junk binge.
Any ideas of a quick snack to eat in the middle of the night next time this happens as it appears to be happening more frequently lately.
It was what the emergency doc recommended to hubbie when I was drifting in and out of consciousness. It worked very quickly. The paramedic who attended me also suggested we made sure we kept some in the house.Not sure about honey since some varieties can be very high in fructose and have GIs in the 30s compared to the 100 of glucose others are indeed quite high but a hypo isn't the time to test.
Most French diabetes sites recommend 3 sugar lumps since you can get them easily at every bar and café . My own doctors suggested barely diluted syrop (they use ghastly syrop de menthe in the hospital) , the small cartons of grape/orange juice or 120mll of coke
I would normally stick to glucose/dextrose tabs if I'm really hypo, I have to stock up in the UK, they don't sell them here.
I don't need many which is just as well because I hate the taste
Not for a real hypo and certainly not in the middle of the night but If marginally low ie 3.5-4mmol/l (judgement needed), then a couple of squares of peppermint aero have been known to work ! (no idea what's in it or the GI: another purchase when in the UK, a big bar lasts me a long time)
In the same situation the hospital suggests the healthy option of a piece of fruit.
4 jelly babies seems to work for speed. I have them in a waterproof key lanyard so they're always to hand. And it stops any over indulgence! Perfect for teaching, dog walking etc. Chocolate is too slow. If it's more than an hour until my next meal I'll then have a cereal bar.
My daughter whos 9 has small box of raisins more or less the whole packet straight in her mouth and they act very quick. Great for quick middle of the nigHt fix.What is the quickest way to fix a hypo? Last night I had a hypo 2 hours after a reading of 8.3. I had to get out of bed to test and binge until I was sure I had moved my level from 3 to a safer level.
After a Go-Ahead Yoghurt Break, a handful of dry roasted nuts, half a bag of Freddo faces and a half a glass of milk I was feeling a different type of sick so I took myself back to bed where I felt ill for the rest of the night.
Felt better this morning after OH made me a bacon and egg sandwich but I've felt rubbish all day as usual and guilty about my junk binge.
Any ideas of a quick snack to eat in the middle of the night next time this happens as it appears to be happening more frequently lately.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?