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Erm, that can add up to 45+ carbs, how much Insulin did you take ?
I had two slices wholemeal toast with marmalade and a banana. I know its not the banana as I have one every morning. And unlikely the bread as I have it most days for lunch. So the marmalade is the only thing I've had different.
I have been moving around a lot this morning, so maybe it's the two together.
Haven't gone this high in a couple of weeks.
Have had a little correction insulin, so hoping it will come down in the next hour, as I'm supposed to be eating a roast dinner! Might have to take it easy on the potatoes.
Might have to give low sugar marmalade a go
7 unitsErm, that can add up to 45+ carbs, how much Insulin did you take ?
7 units
My fixed dose is currently at 6, but took an extra one as I was at 9.3
It was the first time of tried marmalade since being diagnosed. So didn't know how I would react to it. A mixture of that and being on my feet all morning I reckon.Thanks for that, I couldn't eat that myself, but it definitely didn't work this morning, could you reduce the carbs and still take the 6 units ? I have miscalculated a few times and I carb count, but having a high like that isn't nice
It was the first time of tried marmalade since being diagnosed. So didn't know how I would react to it. A mixture of that and being on my feet all morning I reckon.
I might give low sugar marmalade a go. I dont have marmalade on an everyday basis, so just need to figure out my bolus for it, so can have as a treatI used to like the odd piece of toast with marmalade for breakfast, but I found it spiked me, so I don't bother
After much trial and error I finally worked out that I have four daytime ratios, with the morning being when I can eat fewer carbs than at any other time. By dinner I'm at 1:10g which is fantastic, so I save my real munching for dinner. If I had the fancy machinery it would doubtless work out even more ratios for different occasions but this is as good as I can get it working with testing and my app.
That was it before the insulin. I dont test again until 2 hours after I've eaten.
I might give low sugar marmalade a go. I dont have marmalade on an everyday basis, so just need to figure out my bolus for it, so can have as a treat
That was it before the insulin. I dont test again until 2 hours after I've eaten.
I should be getting a libre in a few weeks.Yes, that’s the older way of doing things - and it’s what many of us were told to do so we’ve all been there!
If you can get a libre it could make a difference, see if you can use these results to have the sensors on prescription? I know it’s early days. The libre’s trend arrows that show whether blood sugars are rising, falling or steady are really useful. Not foolproof, but useful.
I should be getting a libre in a few weeks.
I was testing every hour, but was told to stop as an hour after eating would be a false reading...
I would so like to declutterHi @Molly56 - yep, weekend going so far. Car boot full of latest stuff to go to the charity shop, which leaves me clear to start filling boxes with more! I will get this house empty of all the stuff we neither need nor want sooner or later but what appalls me is how much sheer stuff we have accumulated. I've lived in this house since 1986 and really - I think I have ten boxes of gubbins for every year..
Mind you, I can see the wood for the trees now!
What was your project?
Like the idea of diabetic kryptonite, think mine is spuds in any formHow much marmalade did you eat? A whole jar?
I would be surprised if the marmalade alone caused such a high.
As there is so much that can affect our BG, my policy is to never draw a conclusion from a sample of one. Before, discounting marmalade, I would try again to see if it has the same affect. And then, maybe, use it as an example to the DSN why I need to learn to carb count.
It is possible that marmalade is your diabetic kryptonite, but it is more likely you do not have the tools (carb counting) to manage it.
I would so like to declutter
Wow @WuTwo. Amazing, my partner will not throw anything away. I'm annoyed that I now how essential medical stuff, diabetes needles and the rest that have needed more space that there just isn't enough room. The problem is we both love books and they're everywhere. BUT we've got a load of things, old tape player!! what? it doesn't work, a video camera... not used for more than 20 years, clothes not worn for the same length of time.I have spent about a year so far moving from room to room decluttering. The agreed rules are that if neither of us likes it or uses it, and it has no sentimental meaning for us then it goes.... I've been round each room once, and now I'm on second time around - I've done our room and now I'm on the guest room. Gradually I'm getting there. Our room is done now; I just want a new bed and mattress and we'll be fine.
The guest room doubles as my craft room; that's why there's such a lot in there. This time I've been ruthless with myself, and I think by the time I'm on the third go-round it'll all be done.
Wow @WuTwo. Amazing, my partner will not throw anything away. I'm annoyed that I now how essential medical stuff, diabetes needles and the rest that have needed more space that there just isn't enough room. The problem is we both love books and they're everywhere. BUT we've got a load of things, old tape player!! what? it doesn't work, a video camera... not used for more than 20 years, clothes not worn for the same length of time.
Anyway, Madam BG is slowly sliding 6.2 from this morning's high of 11.2 after my cider and pork pie fest yesterday and done some digging in the garden
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