DSN chat today re over correcting with my insulin etc

[mum2westiesGill]

I had a bad phone call with my DSN yesterday which left me feeling very anxious and upset but today when I called her I feel a bit more positive.

Over correcting with my insulin
Firstly my DSN thinks I'm doing insulin corrections all over the place so not just doing them at mealtimes so I don't know where she's got this from because the only times I inject is mealtimes - I put her right about this. She knows that I follow her advice and only correct if my BGL is over 10mmol.
We've altered my correction factor on my bolus advisor from
1unit:2mmol to 1unit:3mmol so I'm getting less insulin when I do a correction.
I did get a BGL of 14 this morning and she said a correction of 4 units is too much for me and I risk going hypo.
I did do a test about an hour before my breakfast the BGL was 13 but as I wasn't quite ready for my breakfast I decided to leave it and do the correction along with my breakfast which my DSN said was fine to do.

Ready meals and takeaways
I spoke on the phone to her yesterday and she hit out about me having ready meals and takeaways but today she explained that she's only doing/saying it for my own good she didn't say I'm not allowed to have them which I explained to her that we as a family don't always have the time to be cooking from scratch. Also these type of meals tend to need more insulin - again she's only thinking about me and being able to take less insulin.

 

[Kaylz]

don't always have the time to be cooking from scratch

.There are lots of meals that don't take long to prepare, omelettes with veg and potatoes, fish etc or you could even get a slow cooker and then you don't have to think much about it, ready meals aren't good for anyone so I can see her point and personally I couldn't rely on ready meals at all let alone a lot, with my OCD running riot at the moment I don't exactly have much free time but still always manage to get a proper home cooked meal everyday

 

[pm133]

I had a bad phone call with my DSN yesterday which left me feeling very anxious and upset but today when I called her I feel a bit more positive.

Over correcting with my insulin
Firstly my DSN thinks I'm doing insulin corrections all over the place so not just doing them at mealtimes so I don't know where she's got this from because the only times I inject is mealtimes - I put her right about this. She knows that I follow her advice and only correct if my BGL is over 10mmol.
We've altered my correction factor on my bolus advisor from
1unit:2mmol to 1unit:3mmol so I'm getting less insulin when I do a correction.
I did get a BGL of 14 this morning and she said a correction of 4 units is too much for me and I risk going hypo.
I did do a test about an hour before my breakfast the BGL was 13 but as I wasn't quite ready for my breakfast I decided to leave it and do the correction along with my breakfast which my DSN said was fine to do.

Ready meals and takeaways
I spoke on the phone to her yesterday and she hit out about me having ready meals and takeaways but today she explained that she's only doing/saying it for my own good she didn't say I'm not allowed to have them which I explained to her that we as a family don't always have the time to be cooking from scratch. Also these type of meals tend to need more insulin - again she's only thinking about me and being able to take less insulin.

Hi Gill,

I don't want to add to your worries but on the not having enough time to cook properly thing, I cook for my family (4 of us at the moment) and we almost always have fresh meat. I've never understood the argument that cooking fresh food needs needs either time or money because I've been doing this for years without either being an issue.

I spend no more than 5-10 minutes preparing and the meals themselves take well under 30 minutes from fridge to plate. That includes curries, stir fries, fried chicken, fried steaks (2-3 minutes at the most). spaghetti bolognaise, stews, fish and a host of other things. Boiling the veg or the rice usually takes the longest time and that's under 15 minutes for rice. Sometimes we'll have a pan of whatever frozen veg is in the freezer or occasionally baked beans.

It would take me longer to collect a takeaway. Ready meals are just bad news on so many levels it's really not worth pointing them all out but it is occasionally nice to have something I can just pop in the oven for 20 minutes and forget about it.

I won't lie.
It will require good organisation and a bit of pre-planning on food shop days but once you get going it becomes pretty quick. Now I can plan a week's shop with all the dinners thrown in, drive to the supermarket (Lidl) and buy everything for the week and be back home with a mug of tea within an hour (my daughters put the food in the cupboards for me which is nice).
You've just got to want to invest the time and energy to get organised.
But your pancreas will thank you for it. 🙂

 

[Leadinglights]

When you are cooking 'from scratch' then you could make twice or three times as much then divide it up and freeze for a quick meal when you don't have time, so curries, chilli, spag bol, casseroles can all be frozen and often taste better as the flavours have had time to infuse and mature. Then all you need to go is cook some veg or make a salad. At least you know what has gone into them.

 

[mum2westiesGill]

Hi Gill,

I don't want to add to your worries but on the not having enough time to cook properly thing, I cook for my family (4 of us at the moment) and we almost always have fresh meat. I've never understood the argument that cooking fresh food needs needs either time or money because I've been doing this for years without either being an issue.

I spend no more than 5-10 minutes preparing and the meals themselves take well under 30 minutes from fridge to plate. That includes curries, stir fries, fried chicken, fried steaks (2-3 minutes at the most). spaghetti bolognaise, stews, fish and a host of other things. Boiling the veg or the rice usually takes the longest time and that's under 15 minutes for rice. Sometimes we'll have a pan of whatever frozen veg is in the freezer or occasionally baked beans.

It would take me longer to collect a takeaway. Ready meals are just bad news on so many levels it's really not worth pointing them all out but it is occasionally nice to have something I can just pop in the oven for 20 minutes and forget about it.

I won't lie.
It will require good organisation and a bit of pre-planning on food shop days but once you get going it becomes pretty quick. Now I can plan a week's shop with all the dinners thrown in, drive to the supermarket (Lidl) and buy everything for the week and be back home with a mug of tea within an hour (my daughters put the food in the cupboards for me which is nice).
You've just got to want to invest the time and energy to get organised.
But your pancreas will thank you for it. 🙂

Sounds good!

 

[mum2westiesGill]

I make it sound as though we have ready meals all the time but really we don't - last night we had a homemade spaghetti bolognese

 

[freesia]

I decide on what i'm planning to cook for the week, make a menu plan, put any ingredients we don't have on the shopping list then stick to it. I might swap meals round but i eat fresh cooked meals made from scratch every night. Nothing takes longer than 30 minutes to make. At least i can get home from work, knowing what i'm going to eat is healthy and fresh cooked and theres no temptation for a takeaway or ready meals. Thats not to say i don't have a takeaway, but its more like every couple of months or a meal out if we go away somewhere. Making it myself means i can weigh out everything and adjust the portion size so i know exactly what i'm eating.