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Lindiloo

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Hello would like some
Advice - type 1 diabetic and Controlled well but I haven’t done DAFNE yet and wanted to know - anyone give me help regarding eating high fat food and the affect on blood glucose after 4 hour window with Nova rapid
 
Are we talking "the pizza effect"? including things like creamy pasta dishes etc. If so, generally people find a split dose works well, so some up front before the meal and the rest an hour or two later. How you split the dose is a question of trial and improvement. Some people do 50/50 and some have less up front and more later, so perhaps 40/60 or 30/70. Again, how long after for injecting the second dose is about experimenting and finding what works for you, for that particular meal.
 
rebrascora said:
Are we talking "the pizza effect"? including things like creamy pasta dishes etc. If so, generally people find a split dose works well, so some up front before the meal and the rest an hour or two later. How you split the dose is a question of trial and improvement. Some people do 50/50 and some have less up front and more later, so perhaps 40/60 or 30/70. Again, how long after for injecting the second dose is about experimenting and finding what works for you, for that particular meal.
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Exactly what @rebrascora says above, no one answer I'm afraid so its case of experimenting.
 
nonethewiser said:
Exactly what @rebrascora says above, no one answer I'm afraid so its case of experimenting.
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Thanks for advice and help. Still
Learning so much. I had a Christmas sandwich and fries yesterday and I couldn’t get levels down until 11 o’clock last night. So now I’m armed with more knowledge - so I will try again.
 
rebrascora said:
Are we talking "the pizza effect"? including things like creamy pasta dishes etc. If so, generally people find a split dose works well, so some up front before the meal and the rest an hour or two later. How you split the dose is a question of trial and improvement. Some people do 50/50 and some have less up front and more later, so perhaps 40/60 or 30/70. Again, how long after for injecting the second dose is about experimenting and finding what works for you, for that particular meal.
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Thankyou. I tried it last night and bingo it worked
 
Lindiloo said:
Thankyou. I tried it last night and bingo it worked
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Ah that’s fab @Lindiloo

It‘s amazing how the sharing of experiences and strategies on the forum can work like that - now you have a whole new option in your diabetes toolkit to experiment with meals that misbehave!

See also: Bigger meals where you dip low soon after eating only to rise into the teens hours and hours later when a lot of your dose is wearing off, but the meal still seems to be chugging away.
 
everydayupsanddowns said:
Ah that’s fab @Lindiloo

It‘s amazing how the sharing of experiences and strategies on the forum can work like that - now you have a whole new option in your diabetes toolkit to experiment with meals that misbehave!

See also: Bigger meals where you dip low soon after eating only to rise into the teens hours and hours later when a lot of your dose is wearing off, but the meal still seems to be chugging away.
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Yes I find this as well. Inject correct amount of rapid but drop quick and then in early hours I go high
 
Lindiloo said:
Yes I find this as well. Inject correct amount of rapid but drop quick and then in early hours I go high
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Splitting the dose might be worth considering for those too?
 
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