Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 No, I'm saying eat 45 grams of carbs for breakfast, 45 grams of carbs for lunch, and 45 grams of carbs for dinner. Eat the same amounts for your snacks. Re: From Canada Read This > justin are u saying last night i should not have taken the bed time snack? > karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 yes, you would take 1 unit of humalog for the high sugar. How many total carbs did you eat for breakfast? You are taking 3 units of humalog to cover the carbs but how many carbs did you eat? I'm assuming 45 from the oatmeal, right? Re: From Canada Read This > justin since i was nine point something i forget i had emailed it to u. i > only ate two arrowroots last night. this morning bsg was eight point six. so > i would need one extra, right. i had the usual breakfast and four humalog. > will test in three hours. karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 . For your afternoon snack, eat 2 arrowroot cookies (10.8 grams) instead of eating a fruit (15 grams). The reason I suggest this is because prior to dinner yesterday, you were high from eating to many carbs for the afternoon snack. Re: From Canada Read This > justin since i was nine point something i forget i had emailed it to u. i > only ate two arrowroots last night. this morning bsg was eight point six. so > i would need one extra, right. i had the usual breakfast and four humalog. > will test in three hours. karen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 justin since i was nine point something i forget i had emailed it to u. i only ate two arrowroots last night. this morning bsg was eight point six. so i would need one extra, right. i had the usual breakfast and four humalog. will test in three hours. karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 justin are u saying last night i should not have taken the bed time snack? karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 . When you calculate your insulin and get a number such as 3.4 or 3.6 just round up to 4 units. If you get something between, for example, 3.0 to 3.3 then round down to 3 units. So, anything 3.4 or above round up to 4. In other words, the round up principle is anything x.4 or higher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 you actually had 53 total carbs for dinner including the orange juice. You drank the oranje juice at about the same time you ate dinner so you should have included the 15 grams for the half cup of orange juice. So, with 53 total grams of carbs, you didn't take enough insulin to cover your dinner. This evening for dinner, divide 11 into your total grams of carbs and keep your dinner 45 total grams. Again, for dinner, divide 11 into your total number of carbs which should be 45. Secondly, cut your morning long acting back by 1 unit. The reason you are low prior to dinner is the long acting insulin you take in the morning is peeking to hard in the afternoon around 2 PM or 3 PM so cut your morning dose of long acting insulin back by 1 unit to prevent you from being low prior to dinner. Thirdly, get a bottle of glucose tablets to take when you are low sugared. If you had glucose tablets, you would raise your bgs without going high and sky rocketing. For example, prior to dinner you were 2.5 and 1 glucose tablet will raise your bgs 1 whole point. You could have ate 2 glucose tablets and been 4.5 in about 30 minutes then taken your insulin and ate your 45 grams of total carbs for dinner and not have went real high which is what the oranje juice caused you to do. Keep me updated on your bgs readings for today. abetics] From Canada Read This > justin my supper bgs was two point nine > for supper i had one bread twenty two carbs > two egs one carb > one peach fifteen carbs > total thirt eight carbs > de by thirteen equals two point nine humalog so i had three units p s i did > the half cup juice for thelow also > karen that should read i had one half cup juice for the low sugar also. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 , If your BS is up, you do not need to eat any carbs-that will only increase it. If my BS was 11, I would have taken 4 units of humalog. What was your BS in the morning after the 11 at night and eating 2 arrowroots? Re: From Canada Read This justin fell asleep early tonight was really tired. my tuesday night bsg was eleven point six. took six humulin n and zero humalog. still confused on what to do here. ate two arrowroot at five point four each equals ten point eight. karen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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