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Carbs in hospital food

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pottersusan

pottersusan

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Do hospitals have to have info about the carbs in their food? Or will I cast them into disarray by asking?😱
I can see my bg heading into the stratosphere especially at breakfast 😱
 
Hi. Erm I did cast them into disarray when I asked them. After having to see a non diabetic dietition, a dsn then finally a diabetic consultant who was the only one who knew that the catering dept had a nutritional list for of their menu items for patients like us who needed to know. So I'd advise asking if they do the same at your hospital, then maybe you won't be put through that shenanigans lol , you've got enough to put up with without all that .
As My enquiry took several days to sort out I went a carb googling for my meals instead.
TC XXX
 
pottersusan said:
Do hospitals have to have info about the carbs in their food? Or will I cast them into disarray by asking?😱
I can see my bg heading into the stratosphere especially at breakfast 😱
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I wonder if this is something that the Diabetes UK Helpline could offer a definitive answer on? They are generally well-up on legislation regarding institutions and diabetes 🙂

Keeping everything crossed for you Susan, and hope that you are back home as soon as possible so you can take back control yourself 🙂
 
I hope that all goes smoothly Susan.
 
pottersusan said:
Do hospitals have to have info about the carbs in their food? Or will I cast them into disarray by asking?😱
I can see my bg heading into the stratosphere especially at breakfast 😱
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Yes by law they have to have the info available if you ask for it.
I made enquiries after not being fed for 40 hours whilst in hospital and the dietitian at the hospital said it was a legal requirement for the info to be provided. I was told to ask the nurses as they hold all the info at the nurses station on the ward.
 
Pumper_Sue said:
Yes by law they have to have the info available if you ask for it.
I made enquiries after not being fed for 40 hours whilst in hospital and the dietitian at the hospital said it was a legal requirement for the info to be provided. I was told to ask the nurses as they hold all the info at the nurses station on the ward.
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Thanks. It'll be interesting to test the system:D
 
pottersusan said:
Thanks. It'll be interesting to test the system:D
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You could always ring the dietician at the hospital and ask that the carb values of foods be given to you on the ward or ask her to send them to you before admission.
 
When I was in the hospital the night I got diagnosed they didn't really bother with me for breakfast I got a bowl of porridge with sugar and milk and a roll with jam and for lunch a bowl of soup and a chicken mayo sandwich it was only when I got home that I thought about it
 
Kaylz said:
When I was in the hospital the night I got diagnosed they didn't really bother with me for breakfast I got a bowl of porridge with sugar and milk and a roll with jam and for lunch a bowl of soup and a chicken mayo sandwich it was only when I got home that I thought about it
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It was the same for me, with added puddings. Apple pie and custard, cake and custard, treacle spunge.
 
Kaylz said:
When I was in the hospital the night I got diagnosed they didn't really bother with me for breakfast I got a bowl of porridge with sugar and milk and a roll with jam and for lunch a bowl of soup and a chicken mayo sandwich it was only when I got home that I thought about it
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At my diagnosis I had 8 days of totally inappropriate food (despite it being flagged as 'suitable for diabetics) - levels were going from 2 to 30, but no-one ever checked what I was eating and I'm pretty sure they gave me fixed doses of insulin, so no accounting for carb content. At the time I was starving so I didn't complain - nor did I have a clue anyway! 😱
 
I could eat anything I wanted whilst I was in (even though I had no appetite) because they had a dodgy BG meter which seemed to 'cure' all the diabetics on the ward with its miraculous low levels. I had figures on that ward I've never seen before or since but at one point they told me to eat more carbs. However they wouldn't be told about the ropey meter! 🙄

My advice is take your own meter in. Frankly I was too ill to be bothered at the time.
 
Amigo said:
I could eat anything I wanted whilst I was in (even though I had no appetite) because they had a dodgy BG meter which seemed to 'cure' all the diabetics on the ward with its miraculous low levels. I had figures on that ward I've never seen before or since but at one point they told me to eat more carbs. However they wouldn't be told about the ropey meter! 🙄

My advice is take your own meter in. Frankly I was too ill to be bothered at the time.
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I find this strange about there meter wheni was working we used have to regular test them with stuff sent be the lab and was sent back to the lab to be tested. This was aswell as test with regular with control solutions.
 
grovesy said:
I find this strange about there meter wheni was working we used have to regular test them with stuff sent be the lab and was sent back to the lab to be tested. This was aswell as test with regular with control solutions.
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I've heard this said before grovesy but it was just a little home test meter kept in a case and used for everyone. Certainly nothing state of the art from what I could see. Even the elderly lady in the next bed was astounded at her levels! I did report it and posted on here about it at the time.
 
Amigo said:
I've heard this said before grovesy but it was just a little home test meter kept in a case and used for everyone. Certainly nothing state of the art from what I could see. Even the elderly lady in the next bed was astounded at her levels! I did report it and posted on here about it at the time.
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They are not state of the art, that is what the ones we used were like but kept in a hard plastic carrier case for storing supplies underneath. The case was the size of a lunch box, with a handle.
People are under the misapprehension that hospitals have all the latest equipment, when in reality it is not the case.Companies usually charge top dollar for anything sold to the NHS.
 
grovesy said:
They are not state of the art, that is what the ones we used were like but kept in a hard plastic carrier case for storing supplies underneath. The case was the size of a lunch box, with a handle.
People are under the misapprehension that hospitals have all the latest equipment, when in reality it is not the case.Companies usually charge top dollar for anything sold to the NHS.
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Oh I know they do Grovesy. Any public service gets stiffed for goods and services! 😡
 
I always enjoy the food in hospital & I have been in lots in the 50 odd years 😉
 
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