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So bonfire night, small gathering at a friends house with a big bonfire, a few fireworks followed by a meal and wine, a great evening. Was 9. something just before taking the dog out after, thought ok thats not too bad considering the pudding (*more about that later) - come bed time 14.something so took 6u correction, that should bring me nicely down to 5, 2:45am wake up needing a p and feeling slightly uuurggghhhish did a test, still 14.something, another 6u - so 2.9 this morning............:shifty:

Now for pudding, home made chocolate brownie to die for! it was fantastic, out of this world, best I'd ever had, just stonkingly good! If the 11yr old boy doesn't become a master baker I'll eat my hat (so long as he's baked it!) :happy:
 
Alison54321 said:
Before that I was getting a drop about 10 - 11 pm, which demanded a correction, and then led to an unstable night.

Removing carbs from an evening meal is not something that would work, or appeal, to everyone, but things have got a lot more predictable since I did it.
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I wonder if your evening I:C ratio wasn't quite correct, more carbs, more insulin bigger discrepancy? less carbs less insulin less noticeable drop?

Just a thought/idea?
 
slip said:
I wonder if your evening I:C ratio wasn't quite correct, more carbs, more insulin bigger discrepancy? less carbs less insulin less noticeable drop?

Just a thought/idea?
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Possibly, but I was only taking 3 units. Whereas when I reduce the carbs and take just 1, or maybe 2 units, I don't get the same drop. If I took less insulin but didn't reduce the carbs, then that might work as an argument.
 
Afternoon all! Stubborn high meant no sleep until 4am, so am in a foul mood today. Teenager still behaving, so one out of two ain’t bad, I suppose. Might have to to a temp basal increase for the day to deal with the resistance I get from bad sleep. Cats all around. I had more carbs than usual for dinner (22g), and I think that was the problem, even though I dosed correctly for it all.

Alison54321 said:
I don't have this problem because I'm on my own, so I can do whatever I want. But it reduces the sense of sharing a meal if you don't eat significant parts of, it's difficult. Though @Mel dCP seems to have navigated this issue quite well. Maybe she can give some advice.
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If it’s any help.... I figured that if you go out to eat at a restaurant, chances are you’ll have something different, it’s the sitting down to eat together that makes it a family meal. So often we’ll have completely different meals - last night I had a cauliflower cheese and quorn steak thingies, while the teenager had a steak pie and salad - both meals were the result of a freezer rummage that just got cooked together in the oven (husband was working later than usual so fed himself at work). On Sunday I did a massive tray of roasted veg - sweet potato, cauliflower, broccoli, courgette, aubergine, carrots, new potatoes etc, and we each picked out the bits we wanted. They had a steak with theirs, I had fish. Yes, there is a bit more cooking and washing up, but I’m using it as an opportunity to teach my son how to cook food he likes. If we’re making curries etc, we all batch cook, so if it’s a curry night, they can pull out a meaty madras from the freezer to have with pilau rice, and I can grab a veggie vindaloo and have it with cauliflower or konjac rice. My allergies as well as my low carbing mean we eat different stuff anyway - I’m not going to deny them meat and cheese just because I can’t eat them.
 
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Fairygodmother said:
Yup, the lower the evening carbs, and the simpler, the better the night. The trouble is it cuts out lots of things that him indoors likes for supper: fish and chips, pizza, spaghetti bol, unless I have small portions of the carb or remove bits of batter and no chips. Doable.
Split bolus meals are hard to keep up with if tired!
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I agree @Fairygodmother it can be tricky. I do fish &salad for me (unbattered) and add oven chips for the other. Spag bog with pasta =him and I use the zero carb spag from Holland and B or konjac noodles.

Mr B's actually really good and doesn't eat that many carbs now, except for a chiabatta roll occasionally, biscuits always on hand and generally eats the same as me with some modifications. He would like a steak and kidney pudding or Irish stew with crispy herby dumplings, I've resisted so far.:arghh:
 
Alison54321 said:
Morning everyone, my blood glucose has begun to behave quite well since I took most of the carbs out of my evening meal.

Before that I was getting a drop about 10 - 11 pm, which demanded a correction, and then led to an unstable night.

Removing carbs from an evening meal is not something that would work, or appeal, to everyone, but things have got a lot more predictable since I did it.
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I have found the same by reducing to one main meal, mid afternoon. All corrections and sorting are then complete by bedtime.
Just need to get breakfast sorted now. Hoping when I finally get Fiasp it works and I can eat breakfast soon after injecting, instead of 1-2 hours.
 
So why is it that some people have to wait an extended time for injected insulin to start working? I don't understand why? yes we're all different but why does it take becca for example 2hrs and 10-15mins for me?
 
These are 2 I made last year.
.I sell them for the Manchester blood bikes charity who are a team of volunteers who transfer blood breast milk and paperwork between all nhs hospital throughout Manchester completely free of charge.
Every penny I make goes to them and they in turn use every penny for their charity there are no paid employees just volunteers.
 
slip said:
So why is it that some people have to wait an extended time for injected insulin to start working? I don't understand why? yes we're all different but why does it take becca for example 2hrs and 10-15mins for me?
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What short acting are you using @slip?
I find the time taken can vary but novoslow’s generally just that, slow. Off to pick up the first batch of Fiasp in a few minutes - after coffee and paracetamol for big. I’ll be wearing gloves and not touching anything but I suppose I’ll have to keep breathing
 
Fairygodmother said:
What short acting are you using @slip?
I find the time taken can vary but novoslow’s generally just that, slow. Off to pick up the first batch of Fiasp in a few minutes - after coffee and paracetamol for big. I’ll be wearing gloves and not touching anything but I suppose I’ll have to keep breathing
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Big? Bug!
 
I heard from the lovely physio this morning, and that’s not lovely as in sarcastic, he really is lovely, that the cartilage on my tibia and fibula has tears in it so I’ll be seeing a Consultant osteo at the hospital to discuss treatments. The meniscal cartilage was removed from both knees in 1980 and 1981 so I suppose the bone end stuff’s done well to last this long.
I’m really looking forward to having knees that no longer inhibit exercise
 
SueJB said:
I agree @Fairygodmother it can be tricky. I do fish &salad for me (unbattered) and add oven chips for the other. Spag bog with pasta =him and I use the zero carb spag from Holland and B or konjac noodles.

Mr B's actually really good and doesn't eat that many carbs now, except for a chiabatta roll occasionally, biscuits always on hand and generally eats the same as me with some modifications. He would like a steak and kidney pudding or Irish stew with crispy herby dumplings, I've resisted so far.:arghh:
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That sounds ideal for you Sue.
We both cook so if HI makes higher carb meals I try to reduce the carb amount. He does like pies (did I say he was born and brought up in Scotland?) so I remove the filling and maybe have some crust too though not if he’s added spuds. The sad thing about his Scottish memories is that we can’t get salmon caught fresh from the stream or herring from the local fishing fleet here in the SE.
 
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