Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
Search
Search titles only
By:
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Install the app
Install
Reply to Thread
Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the
Diabetes Forum Survey 2024 »
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Type 1 Diabetes
What dose of Insulin are you on ?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Message
<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 105625" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>I'm slightly different again, using an insulin pump means that I don't use a long/background insulin only quick acting, which the pump delivers the quick acting insulin for my back ground every 3 minutes with my pump...</p><p></p><p>On adverage I use 17-20 units of insulin per day... covers both background and covers any carbs that I eat...</p><p></p><p>The basal/bolus method with carb counting can work pretty well but even though it can give a lot more flexability to how and what one eats at any point of the day... It's foolish to believe that it will cover anything that you decide to eat.. It can be far more difficult than a simple calcualtion then jab xx amount of insulin and eat!! Timing and know how certain carbs react in your body is all important understanding this, can make the difference between success and failure in control..</p><p></p><p>For example, Pizza, pastry high fat content foods, slow asorbing carbs such as pasta can take longer than one thinks to start to effect the blood glucose:</p><p></p><p>You've worked out the carbs that you have in your pizza, you calculate the amount of insulin you require to cover the carbs.. You inject but then find you suffering a hypo not long after you've eaten! this is because the insulin has hit the system before you body has really started to adsorb the carbs in the pizza..</p><p></p><p>When I injected if I had a high fat/protien content I used to have to spilt my jab into 2 parts, injecting one lot before I ate as normal, then depending on what I was eating inject the rest of the dose between 1/2 -1 hour after I finished eating...</p><p></p><p>Fast acting carbs (high sugar content) can have the oppsite effect, hitting the system before the insulin has a chance to work, giving quite a spike to the blood glucose before the insulin started to bring them back down again...</p><p></p><p>One of the problems injecting large amounts of insulin at one go, the rate of adsorbtion can change so destablising control as it becomes less effective..</p><p></p><p>Bu with saying all that, if you learn and understand how everything works, know when you need to spilt injection or inject and wait before eating and know your limits (portion size) for different types of carbs yep it can lead so good control along side giving you a more normal diet and normal eating patterns...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 105625, member: 11712"] I'm slightly different again, using an insulin pump means that I don't use a long/background insulin only quick acting, which the pump delivers the quick acting insulin for my back ground every 3 minutes with my pump... On adverage I use 17-20 units of insulin per day... covers both background and covers any carbs that I eat... The basal/bolus method with carb counting can work pretty well but even though it can give a lot more flexability to how and what one eats at any point of the day... It's foolish to believe that it will cover anything that you decide to eat.. It can be far more difficult than a simple calcualtion then jab xx amount of insulin and eat!! Timing and know how certain carbs react in your body is all important understanding this, can make the difference between success and failure in control.. For example, Pizza, pastry high fat content foods, slow asorbing carbs such as pasta can take longer than one thinks to start to effect the blood glucose: You've worked out the carbs that you have in your pizza, you calculate the amount of insulin you require to cover the carbs.. You inject but then find you suffering a hypo not long after you've eaten! this is because the insulin has hit the system before you body has really started to adsorb the carbs in the pizza.. When I injected if I had a high fat/protien content I used to have to spilt my jab into 2 parts, injecting one lot before I ate as normal, then depending on what I was eating inject the rest of the dose between 1/2 -1 hour after I finished eating... Fast acting carbs (high sugar content) can have the oppsite effect, hitting the system before the insulin has a chance to work, giving quite a spike to the blood glucose before the insulin started to bring them back down again... One of the problems injecting large amounts of insulin at one go, the rate of adsorbtion can change so destablising control as it becomes less effective.. Bu with saying all that, if you learn and understand how everything works, know when you need to spilt injection or inject and wait before eating and know your limits (portion size) for different types of carbs yep it can lead so good control along side giving you a more normal diet and normal eating patterns... [/QUOTE]
Verification
Post Reply
Home
Forums
Diabetes Discussion
Type 1 Diabetes
What dose of Insulin are you on ?
Top
Bottom
Find support, ask questions and share your experiences. Ad free.
Join the community »
This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
Accept
Learn More.…