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<blockquote data-quote="latvianchick" data-source="post: 1203458" data-attributes="member: 97703"><p>I am on pork insulin (thank God I am not a Muslim or a Jew! They would find that abhorrent!). I do not know the ratio - think it is 1 unit insulin for every 10 grammes carbohydrate). I test my sugars before eating, the machine is set by the diabetes nurse as I have numerical dyslexia and all kinds of things go wrong if I try to write them down, a 3 can turn into an 8 on paper, a 1 can become a 7 or I can see a number, know what it is, but write it down as one above or below! It is all greeek to me! Thee machine then asks for how many carbs I intend to eat (or have eaten, depending on whether I test before or after a meal, or if I am fasting), so for two slices of whole meal bread I put in 40 - based on what the package label says). Then it asks whether I am fasting, if I have exercised or intend to, whether I am under stress or whether I am ill - unfortunately it does not give me TWO options - ie STRESSED and ILL! It then tells me how much insulin it is giving for that and then you press another button and it comes up with the amount of fast acting insulin I need to take. I CAN override it at that point and either put the amount up or down. Then I have to confirm it and inject that amount of fast acting. Then I have 16 units of slow acting in the morning and 8 at night. I often skip the lunch time insulin because I know that whatever my level - unless it is high or I am intending to eat something out of the ordinary - a piece of cake, say - that the fast acting is still working and I will go even to hypo by mid afternoon. For supper it is another guessing game re carbs - I never know how much I can eat or have eaten as I have such a small appetite that I can prepare something nice (always including a lot of veg, some meat or fish and a lot of flavour in the form of herbs and spices - and yet I might only be able to eat little more than a couple of spoons full of the whole meal! I HAVE to snack before I go to bed - that could be a yoghurt, a fruit salad, ANOTHER piece of toast - to prevent a night time hypo. I am also hypo unaware so can appear to function until I notice something is wrong, test and it is often 2.1 or lower. I live alone and the night time hypos are the absolute worst and I am a danger to myself and do some really weird things like put my PJs in the fridge, feed the birds (at 3 am !) etc. I am also taking heavy pain meds at night, so avoiding a hypo is best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="latvianchick, post: 1203458, member: 97703"] I am on pork insulin (thank God I am not a Muslim or a Jew! They would find that abhorrent!). I do not know the ratio - think it is 1 unit insulin for every 10 grammes carbohydrate). I test my sugars before eating, the machine is set by the diabetes nurse as I have numerical dyslexia and all kinds of things go wrong if I try to write them down, a 3 can turn into an 8 on paper, a 1 can become a 7 or I can see a number, know what it is, but write it down as one above or below! It is all greeek to me! Thee machine then asks for how many carbs I intend to eat (or have eaten, depending on whether I test before or after a meal, or if I am fasting), so for two slices of whole meal bread I put in 40 - based on what the package label says). Then it asks whether I am fasting, if I have exercised or intend to, whether I am under stress or whether I am ill - unfortunately it does not give me TWO options - ie STRESSED and ILL! It then tells me how much insulin it is giving for that and then you press another button and it comes up with the amount of fast acting insulin I need to take. I CAN override it at that point and either put the amount up or down. Then I have to confirm it and inject that amount of fast acting. Then I have 16 units of slow acting in the morning and 8 at night. I often skip the lunch time insulin because I know that whatever my level - unless it is high or I am intending to eat something out of the ordinary - a piece of cake, say - that the fast acting is still working and I will go even to hypo by mid afternoon. For supper it is another guessing game re carbs - I never know how much I can eat or have eaten as I have such a small appetite that I can prepare something nice (always including a lot of veg, some meat or fish and a lot of flavour in the form of herbs and spices - and yet I might only be able to eat little more than a couple of spoons full of the whole meal! I HAVE to snack before I go to bed - that could be a yoghurt, a fruit salad, ANOTHER piece of toast - to prevent a night time hypo. I am also hypo unaware so can appear to function until I notice something is wrong, test and it is often 2.1 or lower. I live alone and the night time hypos are the absolute worst and I am a danger to myself and do some really weird things like put my PJs in the fridge, feed the birds (at 3 am !) etc. I am also taking heavy pain meds at night, so avoiding a hypo is best. [/QUOTE]
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