Type 1 first Christmas

If you see a regular patt, then ok to do either pre or 2 hours post, or some.people like to do both for piece of mind. I would rather do a 2 hour post reading as exactly what you said, able to determine where you should be pre meal anyway, but, I just gotta check both lol.

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I feel like doing both too, but am conscious of the costs. On that subject, are there any significantly cheaper testing strips? I currently use an Accucheck mobile, which I suspect is probably a quite expensive one.

To the original poster, sorry for hijacking the thread. Will butt out now[WHITE SMILING FACE].

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Well I have to use the accu chek expert strips as my monitor connects to the pump. Still, cheaper to use strips you trust and a monitor your happy with. Yes, may cost nhs more, but alot cheaper than the complications it could cause otherwise.

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It's my first Christmas as type one too but please don't ever feel like you are restricted with what foods you can eat! It's super annoying hearing non diabetics saying that we can't eat this or that when we most certainly can! My brother has been type one too for five years and he most certainly doesn't restrict his food-we both eat the same foods as before being diagnosed (I'm making it out like we eat mcdonalds daily or something-we don't! We both exercise daily, so keep our sugar levels well controlled). So enjoy Christmas as you did before but just check your sugar levels more if needed to and adjust your insulin intake as required merry Christmas!

Instead of pudding,try 2 bits of dark chocolate

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With food, christmas dinner is the least of my concern. As with many other people diabetic or not, I have the addiction to chocolate, more specifically white chocolate (usually the ones from lindt). To balance out the sugars sometimes I have some alcohol like rum or whiskey with coke or lemonade. I never really think about how much sugar is in the food anymore, it's like a sixth sense, knowing how high my blood sugar is, guessing the amount of sugar in the food and I never hold back on the sweets like chocolate and cakes.

Ooo I love Lindt! Diabetes would never get in the way between me and my Lindt balls!

2 hours and a rise of up to 2.8 on my pre meal reading is acceptable. (That is actually the smallest amount on the pump settings as well!).

The smaller the fluctuations the better.

Best thing is keep in mind moderation and extra checking and you should be fine.

When I was first diagnosed it was back in the days, when you had a prescribed 2 injections and prescribed set amount of carbohydrates per day... First Christmas I was pregnant so played it by the book then second Christmas I learnt to cheat and take a correction dose with my christmas dinner :roll:

Brett

I also use an insulin pump, and I wouldn't be amused to have an 7-8mmol/l 2 hours after I've eaten, and the most used bolus setting I use on my pump is the multi wave one... As to testing always before I eat, then around 90% of the time at 2 hours... If I've eaten pasta I tend to wait until 3 hours to do a check.

If I was 7-8mmol 2hrs after eating a meal and injecting, I can more or less guarantee that I will also be going towards hypo levels by the time 3hrs was up.

I think the OP was asking more on 'what is a spike after a meal?'

2.8 from my pre meal reading would be a maximum... Trouble is this can vary from 2 hours to 5 hours for me.... The 5 hour spikes I find are going to be because of foods such as pizzas, and takeaways etc, foods with high amount of fats. I can have a takeaway, and my levels would be normal for 2-3 hours, but 5 hours and they could rocket....( not with a pump though, as this makes food handling so much easier).