@PatriciaGS Not a pain at all. Happy to share experiences. I don't do keto, mostly because I am not organized enough and I think it is too restrictive. I basically avoid high carb foods, so I don't eat bread or pasta or potatoes or rice or pastry and I usually steer clear of pulses and legumes as my body seems to be particularly effective at breaking those down into glucose. The only time I have a higher carb product is at breakfast when I have a sprinkle of low carb granola (45% carbs) on my yoghurt, berries and seeds. I eat lots of cheese and meat and eggs and nuts and veggies and salad and coleslaw and once in a while if I am eating out I will have a very small portion of rice or a little bread just to be sociable and I might have 2-3 new potatoes once a fortnight during the season at home. It generally works out I eat about 70g carbs a day, but I don't specifically count them, it's just the way it works. I usually end up injecting Fiasp 2 hours after a meal to cover protein break down and sometimes it might take 3 or 4 units to deal with that, usually in 2 injections an hour or so apart. It took me quite a while to work out that strategy and it is something the DSNs would frown upon because effectively I am stacking correction but I monitor it closely and it works consistently. I usually inject those "corrections when my levels are 8 or above and rising and I can usually keep it below 10 doing that. I would not be able to do that safely without Libre.
Thankfully my consultant is very happy for me to continue with my low carb, higher fat way of eating because he can see that it is working for me and my cholesterol levels are decreasing, despite the large amount of cheese I eat. With Libre I can keep a close eye on my levels and having done DAFNE and learned an awful lot on this forum, so I am confident to adjust my insulin to deal with difficulties. I am only 2.5 years in but this is working for me and my consultant is very happy.
I started on Fiasp because NR was taking over an hour to kick in on a morning (sometimes an hour and a half) and if I didn't wait, I would spike up to 15 and then come crashing back down later which I didn't find pleasant. I still need 40-45mins pre-bolus at breakfast with Fiasp and 15-20mins later in the day, but I have found a system that works for me.
