Carbs how much?

[mum2westiesGill]

Hi,

If carbs add up to eg 20g or 50g then i know on a 1: 1 ratio you would take 2u or 5u of insulin but if it was 28g or 56g how much would that be then?

Gill 🙂

 

[Northerner]

I would round up or down to the nearest unit, depending on my blood sugar levels before injecting. If they were a bit on the low side, e.g. below 5, then I would round up, but if on the high side e.g. 7, then I would round down. If I was just right e.g. 5.5 then I would probably round up and have an extra biscuit! 🙂

 

[novorapidboi26]

everyone had different sensitivity to insulin, but I would round up or down the usual way..........

 

[mum2westiesGill]

everyone had different sensitivity to insulin, but I would round up or down the usual way..........

I would round up or down to the nearest unit, depending on my blood sugar levels before injecting. If they were a bit on the low side, e.g. below 5, then I would round up, but if on the high side e.g. 7, then I would round down. If I was just right e.g. 5.5 then I would probably round up and have an extra biscuit! 🙂

Thanks guys, it's as i thought then. I've learnt / picked up more from this forum than i've ever done & after nrly 19 yrs of being diabetic!

Gill 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Thanks guys, it's as i thought then. I've learnt / picked up more from this forum than i've ever done & after nrly 19 yrs of being diabetic!

Gill 🙂

I think a lot of people who have been diagnosed a long time have been left to get on with it, with the assumption that they 'know everything', but that's rarely the case as ideas and treatments are changing all the time - so it can be useful to hear what more recently diagnosed people are being told 🙂