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[gerryberry]

Hi everyone, I am new to this site and delighted I found it. I am seeing alot of posts here about 'carb counting'! Can anyone help me here, it sounds great. I am always guessing how much insulin to take and having a little trouble getting a balance these days. For long enough I had great control. My HbA1c is creeping up!!! Thanks

 

[Northerner]

Hi Gerry, and welcome! How long have you been diagnosed? You should ask your care team - nurse or consultant - if there is a DAFNE course or some similar kind of education course run locally. This will teach you how to carb count and make kepping those sugars under control so much better! 🙂

 

[gerryberry]

thanks

I was diagnosed 6years ago but have since moved from Scotland to Ireland. In Scotland I had the best care team ever but there does not seem to be the same support here, every 3months I get check up at hospital but you are in and out in no time but I will definitely ask the consultant. I inject 4times daily. I will need to look into the DAFNE thing your talking about. Thanks.

 

[diagonall]

Hi Gerry, welcome to the forum.
Here's a site to join so you can learn to carb count
http://www.bdec-e-learning.com/
Your basal needs to be corect though to see good results. so have a look at this site it explains how to do basal testing
http://www.diatribe.us/issues/13/learning-curve.php

So you can work out your carb ratio have a read of this too.
http://www.diabetesnet.com/diabetes_food_diet/500rule.php

Hopefully these will help you sort yourself out.
Best wishes

Sue

 

[gerryberry]

Thank you very much I will have a look at these sites now and give it a go. Will let you know how I get on.