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0 carbers? Carnivores?

Leadinglights said:
You probably realise by now that there are many things that are called by a different name in different countries so when people suggest things they may not be quite the same as what you know them as in Canada.
We get the same in different regions of the UK where foods are not what you might think.
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Yes it's interesting too.
 
Still waiting for it to come. So just mentally planning meals. I wanted cottage cheese tonight but I'm not sure if it has enuf carbs in it yet. I believe the cartons I buy are 20 grams for the whole 2 cup size carton. Which fits in my 2 cup goal. I guess I can always measure and see what happens.
The thing missing in all this is that it only requires a test before breakfast and supper so where do the post meal tests come in?
Still 1 to 2 hours later I guess?
I'm lucky that on my insurance that if a person uses insulin they are covered for 2000 strips a year. So that's like 7 or 8 tests a day? I never use that many!!
I have cottage cheese, cheese slices, shredded cheese, ricotta cheese, (do I like cheese) and soups and pb and 2 cans of canned meat and 2 cans of tuna, and a few ensures. I found all those on sale at various times.
Until end of month. So just trying to spread that out. It's not much carbs as I was preparing for a carnivore diet.
I want to post some results but not on this thread. Where would I post some results about the new insulin use?
 
Tuesday said:
The thing missing in all this is that it only requires a test before breakfast and supper so where do the post meal tests come in?
Still 1 to 2 hours later I guess?
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I don’t think there’s much point bothering with post meal tests on a mixed insulin. If you had control over diet then you could use the post meal tests to refine how many carbs you eat per meal but it sounds like you don’t and diet is whatever’s affordable, so post meal tests won’t really drive decisions around diet.
 
Tuesday said:
Still waiting for it to come. So just mentally planning meals. I wanted cottage cheese tonight but I'm not sure if it has enuf carbs in it yet. I believe the cartons I buy are 20 grams for the whole 2 cup size carton. Which fits in my 2 cup goal. I guess I can always measure and see what happens.
The thing missing in all this is that it only requires a test before breakfast and supper so where do the post meal tests come in?
Still 1 to 2 hours later I guess?
I'm lucky that on my insurance that if a person uses insulin they are covered for 2000 strips a year. So that's like 7 or 8 tests a day? I never use that many!!
I have cottage cheese, cheese slices, shredded cheese, ricotta cheese, (do I like cheese) and soups and pb and 2 cans of canned meat and 2 cans of tuna, and a few ensures. I found all those on sale at various times.
Until end of month. So just trying to spread that out. It's not much carbs as I was preparing for a carnivore diet.
I want to post some results but not on this thread. Where would I post some results about the new insulin use?
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Apart from the soup none of those foods have many if any carbs. The cottage cheese we get here is about 3g carbs per 100g.
Just a thought but do you have any idea of what is causing the diarrhoea as if you are eating a lot of cheese and dairy products you could be lactose intolerant.
 
Leadinglights said:
Apart from the soup none of those foods have many if any carbs. The cottage cheese we get here is about 3g carbs per 100g.
Just a thought but do you have any idea of what is causing the diarrhoea as if you are eating a lot of cheese and dairy products you could be lactose intolerant.
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It could be this. I've had the runs for many years and cut out the dairy only to discover that it's on some foods ingredients list. Which did 'get' me.
It did seem for awhile that meat was 'getting me'. Then more and more things were doing it. Now it's anything whenever it wants to.
And even some days around 2 days a week it doesn't happen. And sometimes in the earlier part of the day with no food.
I kept a list for a few weeks and it had several vegetables and meat and eggs and pb and even cottage cheese on it that did get me and sometimes not. Completely unpredictable.
So now I just eat what I can and put up with it. It's another thing I have no control over like my bs numbers. And eat at night to free up day time activities. With hopefully no issue. And to only have to cope with that one meal a day.
 
Inka said:
Do biscuits and flapjack not count as grains though? That’s the issue - finding an appropriate meal without those but containing sufficient carbs.
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They don't have to - I used to work for Allied Lyons and my store room was where I kept all the things I was asked to test - I had quinoa back in the 1970s, and psyllium, also just about every edible starch - and some inedible ones too as I recall, so I do tend to think out of the box when it comes to carbs - my sister found it useful when her daughter required gluten free foods.
 
There are starches such as arrowroot, sago or tapioca which can be used in baking or desserts to make easily measure out able items to add carbs when the main meal is not going to match the requirements of the medication.
They are up at around 90% carbs, in powdered form
 
I may have to ditch the idea of any blood sugar control if I can only take 1 injection if my digestive issues act up in the am shot. Not sure what else to do.
 
Not looking good that I will end up with the new insulin. The pharmacy seems to be having an issue obtaining any.
So I will need to do my emergency plan if I don't get it.
 
And what good is the metformin and ozempic doing for me? None of my numbers are in range. Even when I use the insulin as it's supposed to. Nothing is or has. Idk y I try.
 
So it finally came. And it uses needle tips costing $21 more a box than the ones I can buy which is enough for 2 a day. I'm not sure where that extras coming from. They gave me a few samples. May have to just take the 1 injection at dinner. And fast several days to make up the other $42 for two pks.
 
You can use pen needles more than once @Tuesday I often forgot to change mine, and I know some people use one needle a day or even one needle every couple of days or more. In addition, many pen needles are universal and fit most pens, so you might well be able to go with cheaper needles anyway.
 
Yes, I am one of those naughty people who reuse needles multiple times. Get put on the naughty chair by the nurse every time I say "no" when she asks if I change my needle every time.
I change my needles Wed and Sunday, so my basal gets used 8 times and my fast acting easily 20x each. Good personal hygiene is probably important but I inject whenever and whereever i need to, be it at home or at my stables or walking along the street or in the car, when my high alarm goes off.

Most needles are universal these days though so I would definitely check to see if your normal needles fit.
 
I hope so as I have no good workable plan otherwise.
First I have to get the darn cartridge in the dispenser thingy. I can't nor my family even with the pictures on the leaflet instructions. So I have to get to the pharmacy to see what's wrong.
I'd be on my second dose now. O well.
Tonight I guess.
 
What type of pen have you got @Tuesday , ie the full name of it? Is it are-useable pen, like an old-fashioned ink pen, where you keep the pen bit and just put a new cartridge in when needed?
 
Inka said:
What type of pen have you got @Tuesday , ie the full name of it? Is it are-useable pen, like an old-fashioned ink pen, where you keep the pen bit and just put a new cartridge in when needed?
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AllStar Pro Reusable Insulin Delivery Device Sanofi
 
Does anyone know the spacing between meals to take an injection? I have been unable to eat anything before noon for maybe 30 years now. Not just due to the 'runs'. I'm not sure why. It's complete nausea before noon.

So id eat at noon then at 5? That seems too close together.
I asked the pharmacist but he wasn't able to answer that.
I think because maybe he couldn't fathom the idea of eating only twice? Or it's just not a definite thing?
Idk. It might be OK because I don't think I can eat as early as 5 anyway if I had to eat at noon too.
 
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