Guest guest Posted May 30, 1999 Report Share Posted May 30, 1999 I'm perfectly willing to keep tweaking the NPH for a while longer. But I'll ask himabout the L anyway...just for general information. By the time I see him I may have my AM BG down (see earlier post). Vicki In a message dated 99-05-30 11:20:10 EDT, you write: << Why do you consider changing from NPH to L or UL? - if you are Ok, maybe with a little adjustments as it is now? L or UL works much longer, this may be easier in some ways, but bring drawbacks in others, if you are so anxious about hypos. Its the more complicated to treat a hypo the longer-acting insulin you use! >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 1999 Report Share Posted May 30, 1999 wrote: << The DR. figured stress and trauma had a lot to do with it. Anyone else have that experience? >> And Vicki wrote: << Mine was diagnosed after a mild bout of flu. >> Mine was diagnosed after a hysterectomy and appendectomy. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 1999 Report Share Posted May 30, 1999 Vicki writes: << I stopped taking my sulfonurea completely. And I cut back by 500 mg. on the Glucophage but I'm still taking 2000 units of that, 1000 morning and 1000 evening. My insulin needs went up dramatically after cutting out my lunchtime dose of Glucophage so I decided as long as my insurance covers it, I'll keep on taking it. >> Vicki, you sound like such a good candidate for low-carbing! I apologize for not recalling ... how many grams of carbs a day are you averaging? Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 30, 1999 Report Share Posted May 30, 1999 > <<<...Anyone else have that experience?>>> And mine during a bad sinus infection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 1999 Report Share Posted June 2, 1999 Susie, before I started on insulin (lispro at meals and 2 NPH at bedtime) I really was STRICTLY low carbing -- definitely under 100 carbs per day -- and a pretty limited diet, but I was losing so much weight (down to 117 and I'm 5'8 " ) that that's when my doctor put me on insulin. Now my diet is much less restricted -- I'm allowing myself more carbs and gauging my insulin to that. Unfortunately, I'm not real good at estimating carbs especially when eating out and sometimes I guess wrong. And sometimes labeled foods that look innocuous really aren't. For instance, the other day I had two (packaged) chicken tacos. The package said this amount had 33 carbs. Using my usual ratio -- about one unit per 15 carbs -- I gave myself 2 units. But when I checked two hours later it was obvious that I should've taken twice as much insulin! These kinds of unpleasant suprises seem to happen all the time. Incidentally, when I started insulin I was taking 2500 mg. glucophage too,and my ratio of insulin to carbs worked out pretty accurately to one unit per 30 grams but when I cut out just one 500-mg pill the ratio of carbs to insulin halved. * That's why I'm staying on 2000 glucophage! * Doc suggested as long as I was taking insulin I might as well gradually taper off all pills. In a message dated 99-05-30 16:19:47 EDT, you write: << Vicki, you sound like such a good candidate for low-carbing! I apologize for not recalling ... how many grams of carbs a day are you averaging? >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 1999 Report Share Posted June 2, 1999 Vicki, you wrote: << For instance, the other day I had two (packaged) chicken tacos. The package said this amount had 33 carbs. Using my usual ratio -- about one unit per 15 carbs -- I gave myself 2 units. But when I checked two hours later it was obvious that I should've taken twice as much insulin! These kinds of unpleasant suprises seem to happen all the time. >> Vicki, checking my food counter, takeout tacos = 41.1 g. carbs per taco. Baked taco shells = 13.1 g. carbs per taco. Empty tortilla shells = 25.5 g. carbs per shell. My guess is you ate 66 grams of carbs there. Were those tacos actually 33 grams carbs taco? Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 2, 1999 Report Share Posted June 2, 1999 Vicki writes: << ... the package definitely said 33 carbs per two-taco portion -- but my body said not! I think your math is right on and apparently my body thinks so too... I'm so mathematically impaired that I tend to take package counts as gospel rather tha try to do the math myself. Which obviously gets me into trouble. On the other hand, I'm sure not going to buy another package of chicken tacos! >> The shame is that all our government requires of food manufacturers is that they post their " estimate " of what the nutritional components are. All we can do is hope they are being accurate and honest - and keep testing. If we continue posting brand names of foods whose labels seem to be inaccurate, maybe we can see if there is a pattern. These large companies are very responsive to customer complaints! Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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