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My 10yr old daughter was diagnosed type 1 about 6 weeks ago and yesterday had our first proper scare.
So far we've always had a handle on her carbs and our John Radcliife team have been brilliant at advising us and changing the settings in our tester to make sure her readings have always been pretty close to normal BUT yesterday it all got a bit scary.
My turn to cook and my Daughter loves Spaghetti bolognese, I worked out the carbs but was really surprised that spaghetti is sooooo high but stuck with it (54g carbs per 75g serving) and got a insulin requirement of 7.5 (this was for everything inc pudding and apple juice) which struck me as high but we've been told to trust it so gave her the jab and that was that.
Except it wasnt. She said she felt a bit trembly so we tested her bloods and she pulled a 1.5! Lowest ever reading.
Gave her 3 glucose tabs and its came up to 3.6 within 15-20 mins. Then in 15 mins 4.6
Tested her half an hour later and it was 5.6 so back to normal again but it was tough relaxing after that so although my daughter slept well, we didnt!!!
Now Ive double checked my carbs workings and I didnt make a mistake, I simply based it on what the carbs are on the packet so how did this very low reading come about?
Im thinking that the carbs listed on the pasta are incorrect but have looked at other pasta and its all very high.
I just want to limit this possibility happening again.
Any advice greatly appreciated.
So far we've always had a handle on her carbs and our John Radcliife team have been brilliant at advising us and changing the settings in our tester to make sure her readings have always been pretty close to normal BUT yesterday it all got a bit scary.
My turn to cook and my Daughter loves Spaghetti bolognese, I worked out the carbs but was really surprised that spaghetti is sooooo high but stuck with it (54g carbs per 75g serving) and got a insulin requirement of 7.5 (this was for everything inc pudding and apple juice) which struck me as high but we've been told to trust it so gave her the jab and that was that.
Except it wasnt. She said she felt a bit trembly so we tested her bloods and she pulled a 1.5! Lowest ever reading.
Gave her 3 glucose tabs and its came up to 3.6 within 15-20 mins. Then in 15 mins 4.6
Tested her half an hour later and it was 5.6 so back to normal again but it was tough relaxing after that so although my daughter slept well, we didnt!!!
Now Ive double checked my carbs workings and I didnt make a mistake, I simply based it on what the carbs are on the packet so how did this very low reading come about?
Im thinking that the carbs listed on the pasta are incorrect but have looked at other pasta and its all very high.
I just want to limit this possibility happening again.
Any advice greatly appreciated.