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Hi, this is going to sound a bit daft but I managed to give myself 40 units of NovoRapid instead of my Lantus this evening. I'm trying to counteract this with carbs and full sugar drinks, is there particular carbs that would help this situation? Any info would be gratefully appreciated. Thank you. 😱
 
OMG Locar. I'd need 400g of carb to counteract that!

Your gonna have to space it out a bit, but not too much otherwise you'll hypo if your carb peak doesn't match your insulin peak and because if you do hypo, you are likely to plummet and Mr Liver will throw his oar in, and make it worse.

So some fast acting eg Lucozade preferably as you don't have to drink quite so much of that as you do eg Coke, then maybe something bready, but not too much butter/mayo/anything fatty in case it slows the carb down a bit too much ....

Good luck and keep testing........
 
Trophywench, thank you. The toaster is on the go with some orange as a nice accompaniment. I can't believe I managed to use the wrong one. Too busy chatting...Talk about feeling a bit dopey. I think my machine is going to be well used tonight, I'll need to pick up some of those Duracell bunnies tomorrow.....
 
Did the same thing once, opted for yhe chinese remedy with egg fried rice lol :D
 
emm, Chinese sounds much better than than toast, especially when I could have it delivered.. with a few prawn crackers on the side:D It will do wonders for the carb intake.
 
Hiya...hope you're ok this morning & your levels weren't too bad last night! 🙂
 
I havnt done that but have been close !😱 Hope u where ok 🙂
 
Chinese never occurred to me! Still, I only used to take 4u of Lev at night, and 14u in a morning so if I'd taken Novo instead, it wouldn't have been too bad really. Depends what your carb ratio is and of course what your BG was before you jabbed.

Locar, are you alive?

Hope so!
 
Hi trophywench, yes alive and well and none the worse for the experience. Good job i don't work at the weekends, I was in bed most of Saturday. I had a lot of help from the nurses over Friday and Saturday evening. My levels swung from low to high but I'm back on an even keel again today. Well I say, if you're going to mess it up, you might as well do it in style...
 
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Hi trophywench, yes alive and well and none the worse for the experience. Good job i don't work at the weekends, I was in bed most of Saturday. I had a lot of help from the nurses over Friday and Saturday evening. My levels swung from low to high but I'm back on an even keel again today. Well I say, if you're going to mess it up, you might as well do it in style...
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Glad to hear you've survived! 🙂
 
Phew!

I loved the tip about the rice from Paul - I'd have honestly never ever thought of doing that. What a good idea!
 
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