Hey hello... Happy to be here to help! May need some help here n there.

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Redkite said:
That's exactly what we used to have to do for foods like noodles or pasta when my son was still on injections. I would work out the insulin for the whole meal, give part up front and the rest a couple of hours later. MDI truly was multiple injections for him, as I'd also inject for snacks and inject a correction if he was too high etc. He was having about 7 or 8 injections a day to get reasonable control. But these things are SO much easier on a pump! 🙂. Have you ever considered a pump yourself?
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That's interesting, I have never been told that insulin can be applied twice depending on the food type... it is just something I realised I do often to reduce levels. So that the 2nd (low glycaemic) peak does not make the blood sugar high, when would you suggest is the best time to have that 2nd insulin dose?

It simply is not good enough with me going high by feeling it in my feet and breath (that's a strange one... do we all get a feeling there with high blood sugar?), then testing blood to discover I need another shot of insulin. That side of things has got to change, and this is all very interesting!

Many thanks
 
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Joules

I should think this is probably covered in a lovely little book called 'Using Insulin' by John Walsh (I don't have that, on his his 'Pumping Insulin' ) however what Gary Scheiner says in 'Think Like a Pancreas' is (basically but there's a lot more LOL)

Split the bolus into two or 3 parts, each given about an hour apart starting at the mealtime.

My DSN said to try split 60/40 with an hour between - first.

You may need 50/25/25 with a 90 minute gap, or 45/55 with 90 minutes - you just have to play with the same meal on different days in an effort to get it about right!
 
Thank you trophywench. It does sound complicated, though a must sort - or simply to avoid these foods that don't work with the insulin supplied. I shall also have a word with the Doc to see what he suggests. I will check out this book - "Think like a Pancreas"...
 
So where is the meetup tonight in Holborn?
 
Joules said:
So where is the meetup tonight in Holborn?
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Hi Joules unfortunetly it has been and gone now, it was today from 10am kinda thing, We do have a section for meets if you wanna take a look, mind you theres only Manchester left this year and its next week
 
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