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Milky71 said:
Can type 1 take paracetamol for pains.
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Yes. (But as with anyone, beware that it's processed by your liver, so beware if you're on other medications processed in the liver. I think it can also (more rarely) harm the kidneys. But in general, we can take it much as anyone who's not diabetic, so keep under the safe dose, don't take it long term, etc.)
 
I take paracetamol - I have always found it felt more effective for me than ibuprofen.

Historically there were potential interactions between paracetamol (acetaminophen) and some glucose sensors - but I think those concerns have largely been resolved now.
 
Milky71 said:
Question? Type 1 Diabetic breakfast before ct scan?
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Whatever you normally have for breakfast unless the clinic have advised something different in preparation?
 
Insulin injection I've been using for the last few weeks I've been using my stomach skin for injection site but running out of skin is it normal to change sites to leg's or something?
 
Milky71 said:
I've been advised to only have toast x
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Just have toast then? Not sure why asking what people here would have, as I assume they’d follow the directions and have toast.
 
Milky71 said:
Insulin injection I've been using for the last few weeks I've been using my stomach skin for injection site but running out of skin is it normal to change sites to leg's or something?
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Yes, you should rotate your injections sites - stomach, thighs, bum - so that you protect your skin from getting lumpy over time from the insulin.
 
Inka said:
Yes, you should rotate your injections sites - stomach, thighs, bum - so that you protect your skin from getting lumpy over time from the insulin.
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There are charts showing suitable sites all over the place. There's one in this leaflet, "Giving insulin Safely" from https://www.diabetesspecialistnurseforumuk.co.uk/living-with-diabetes which currently points to https://static1.squarespace.com/sta...0dc02c/1678053098807/Injection-technique-.pdf

(I'm sure your hospital team will have similar leaflets.)
 
Milky71 said:
Insulin injection I've been using for the last few weeks I've been using my stomach skin for injection site but running out of skin is it normal to change sites to leg's or something?
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When injecting I used legs and abdomen. Moving through the sites during the day. Basal am leg, breakfast abdo one side, lunch adobo other side, evening other leg.

I think some of the advice given by non specialists is based on outdated info. You know what to do with your injections so just eat what you want to, and give appropriate dose of insulin.

I take paracetamol. I am aware that it makes my glucose level appear to rise a bit on the sensor, so I get a bigger gap between SG and BG. I know this happens so it doesn’t bother me.

Let us know how you get on
 
Realistically as I have been advised to use jelly babies as a sugar fix in emergency circumstances and my question is, would raisins be a good substitute or not as I am currently new to this condition
 
Milky71 said:
would raisins be a good substitute
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Pretty good, I think. Most certainly if you usually used jelly babies but you happened to be in a situation where raisins were around, they'd be a great alternative. You'll want to do a bit of weighing to judge how many give you 15g of carbohydrate, since one risk of hypos is over treating them (which is why there's this guideline of eating 15g and waiting 15 minutes).

A risk of using raisins (or other things that aren't basically sugar) is they might be digested a bit more slowly. I think raisins are pretty sugary, though, so they're probably not that different. Have them with a drink (similarly with jelly babies).

Another idea is those 200ml boxes of fruit juice. At least the unsweetened ones contain around the right carbs. (Though getting the straw and sticking it into the box isn't trivial if you're having a sudden significant hypo, so you might want to double up with having something around that's trivial to eat/drink.)
 
Bruce Stephens said:
A risk of using raisins (or other things that aren't basically sugar) is they might be digested a bit more slowly. I think raisins are pretty sugary, though, so they're probably not that different. Have them with a drink (similarly with jelly babies).
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My understanding is that raisins definitely react slower. I believe this is due the their fibre content.
However, if I had raisins closer to hand than my usual hypo treatment, I would eat an unweighted small handful of raisins.
 
Milky71 said:
How do we measure up our carbs, fibre and stuff?
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This maybe semantics where I do not fully understand your question.
However, I do not "measure" these. I count the carbs I eat in order to calculate my insulin dose. I am not aiming for a specific number if carbs.
Over time, we become pretty good a eyeballing food based on experience. But at the start, we do things like read labels, check the internet (most supermarket sites are good) or some people use Carbs and Cals which is available as a book and app.
I do not count, measure or track fibre and stuff.
 
I take pecararol regularly at the moment due to having coschrontusband other things I don't think it causes any problems with diabetes
 
Years ago the NHS used to officially tell us info that they thought would be useful. The one that always makes me laugh is for potatoes. Apparently 1 egg sized boiled spud = 10g of carbohydrate. Great! said I with a grin to the nurse presenting me with this printed list. So what size egg are we talking about here, then - would that be a hen's egg, a bantam's egg, a quail's egg, or an ostriches egg?

After we both managed to finish laughing, she did say that she thought it was most likely meant to automatically signify a hen's egg - and we both agreed we didn't think we'd ever seen a spud the same size as an ostrich egg! (7 chips also = 10g. How on earth could anyone imagine that being an amount of chips worth even bothering to serve or eat? Can you imagine ordering eg A piece of cod without batter and eg 28 chips, please? in yr average chipshop?)
 
I've never noted paracetamol having any effect other than deaden pain - and in any case whatever happens to cause the pain at that time normally increases my own blood glucose results - so the most important thing on my mind usually is to try to get rid of the pain without undue delay!
 
Milky71 said:
How do we measure up our carbs, fibre and stuff?
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I see you were only diagnosed last month are you still on set doses?
 
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