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Food and mmol/L values
- Thread starter OldBuzzard
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rebrascora
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Absolutely. Keeping records with insulin doses and times (if applicable) exercise/activity, alcohol intake, specific meals and amounts of carbs in those meals and before and 2 hours after results all helps you to get an idea of the different factors which have more impact on your levels than others. Human bodies are not machines, they are complex and messy biological systems which have many different processes that interact with each other.
I doubt that there is any other condition (it's not a disease in my opinion) which benefits so much from self management. Most other conditions, you are advised what dose of medication to take and when by medical professionals, but so many other factors like what we eat and drink throughout the day and the exercise/activity we do today or did yesterday (and activity includes housework and gardening and even things you really might not think to consider like sex for instance.... some of us have had to incorporate a jelly baby or two into the process or shortly afterwards) and illness and other medication you might need to take. Gradually you start to hold a lot of this info in your head and take it into consideration without even looking back at how you responded to that situation last time..... I tend to remember better if I have had a bad hypo or a persistent high that took a lot of injections and frustration to bring down.
The day before yesterday when I was out walking with my friend I forgot for the second time in 6 years that I was diabetic and started shovelling really juicy sweet blackberries into my mouth and then suddenly realised afterwards that I needed insulin for them. Quite nice to have that moment of innocence and naivety though!
I doubt that there is any other condition (it's not a disease in my opinion) which benefits so much from self management. Most other conditions, you are advised what dose of medication to take and when by medical professionals, but so many other factors like what we eat and drink throughout the day and the exercise/activity we do today or did yesterday (and activity includes housework and gardening and even things you really might not think to consider like sex for instance.... some of us have had to incorporate a jelly baby or two into the process or shortly afterwards) and illness and other medication you might need to take. Gradually you start to hold a lot of this info in your head and take it into consideration without even looking back at how you responded to that situation last time..... I tend to remember better if I have had a bad hypo or a persistent high that took a lot of injections and frustration to bring down.
The day before yesterday when I was out walking with my friend I forgot for the second time in 6 years that I was diabetic and started shovelling really juicy sweet blackberries into my mouth and then suddenly realised afterwards that I needed insulin for them. Quite nice to have that moment of innocence and naivety though!
OldBuzzard
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Sorry folks,
New thoughts keep popping up....
So I assume that reaction times to foods by every single person are different too?
And also therefore, reaction times for insulin injections as well?
New thoughts keep popping up....
So I assume that reaction times to foods by every single person are different too?
And also therefore, reaction times for insulin injections as well?
rebrascora
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Yes, that is correct, some people absorb insulin quicker than others and as a Type 2 you may be more insulin resistant than a typical Type 1, so it may be slower to act.
That said, your insulin is basically a basal insulin, so it is not designed to deal with the food you eat, so timing of it is less of an issue than if you were also injecting meal time Bolus insulin.
That said, your insulin is basically a basal insulin, so it is not designed to deal with the food you eat, so timing of it is less of an issue than if you were also injecting meal time Bolus insulin.