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Message: <blockquote data-quote="paulliljeros" data-source="post: 1210788" data-attributes="member: 220050">So the lantus is a basal (slow acting background) insulin, and as far as I am aware, this does not really need to be considered in relation to the carbs you have in a meal, per se.  What I was trying to highlight, is that if you feel, or are, hypo, the average person doesn't need a huge amount of carbs to treat it.   A typical average slice of bread is about 15g carb, 200ml of coke is about 20g of carb, etc so by the time you had eaten the things you said, you were probably on the rebound up, however, without realising it as it takes 15-20 mins to absorb the cabs, therefore the resultant 28mmol/l is not surprising.You can count the carbs you had retrospectively now, by looking at the nutritional info on the packaging, and guestimating how much coke you drank, and this might help explain the high reading you experienced.</blockquote>

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