BG Results

Hi,
Thanks for your reply. It does explain things a bit better for me.

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whiskysmum said:
Hi there Daveyboy,
Thank you for your reply. You're very lucky being able to go on a DAFNE course & like you say you've learnt all about the ratios, hypos, tablets etc, maybe you could teach me about this ratio thing and the way it's all written down ie 1:1, 0.5:1, 3:1 etc when i see it all on here on the forums. The book i bought looks excellent if i could maybe learn how to use it and maybe alongside my diabetic specialist nurse who i go to see at my gp surgery. They don't do a dafne course in Warrington & i don't have the time to be travelling miles away to one or to be staying away from home due to family ie hubby, daughter & son. I guess i'll just have to carry on trying to learn from the forums on here.

The 1-1 and 2-1 etc on hear is 1 unit of insulin to what is cauled 1 carb on all the packets of food there is a carbohydrate value like on the bread it will say per 100g and then per slice on the Burgen bread it is 38.5g per 100g and 15.4g per slice divided by 10 so 15.4 is 1.54 so on a 1-1 ratio that would be 1.5 units of Humalog or to the nerast unit so 1 unit or 2 units of insulin.
Ilike you was on a fixed dose for years but now chance depending on what I am eating.I wason 26 units of Lantus at night and with what I was told on DAFNE I am now on 10 units I did not know that I was hypoing through night but now things are a lot better.
I am on a ratio of 2.5-1 1.5-1 and 1-1 and then the Lantus 10 units. Hope that helps a bit but it would be better if you went on DAFNE

whiskysmum said:
Hi,
Thanks for your reply. It does explain things a bit better for me.

Hi Dave,
Yes i have got a built in web cam and i do use skype, Could you not copy and paste your charts then either put them into a word pad or just copy and paste straight into an email. I think we can exchange email adds using the message inboox on the left hand side of here. I ordered the book "CARBS AND CALS FOR PEOPLE WITH DIABETES BY CHRIS CHEYETTE AND YELLO BALOLIA," and it arrived on Friday . I am becoming familiar with the fact a 1: 1 ratio means it's 1 unit of QA insulin to every 10 carbs eaten. I had porridge and 1 round of roberts thick sliced bread this morning for breakfast which looking at the photos in the carbs and cals book would be about 37cp (porridge) and 20cp bread = 57cp & i did 6u of QA humalog insulin. I saw my diabetic specialist nurse ( a new one at the gp surgery) on Thursday, she said to alter my insulin to 5-6u QA humalog from 10u, stick to 10u at lunch ( usually a sandwich / crisps / soup but not all three), 12 - 14u at dinner (spag bol, chilli, casserole...) & stick to 34u at bedtime (sometimes have supper sometimes not). Hope me dribbling on makes some sense to you, lol

Hey............

your carb counting seems to be really good so far with your porridge example..............the next step would be to consider your insulin/carb ratio...............

this is basically how many units of insulin you need to process the DAFNE standard of 1 carb portion (10grams).......

all new DAFNE students start at 1 unit for every 10 grams (1:1)..........then its test, test, test, adjust............

as i mentioned earlier, the best place to go is the Bournemouth website, its pretty much the same, all done at your own pace....then any questions you have can be asked here............have you told your team about your interest in carb counting and your intentions to delve deeper................?

whiskysmum said:
.... You're very lucky being able to go on a DAFNE course & like you say you've learnt all about the ratios, hypos, tablets etc, maybe you could teach me about this ratio thing and the way it's all written down ie 1:1, 0.5:1, 3:1 etc when i see it all on here on the forums. The book i bought looks excellent if i could maybe learn how to use it and maybe alongside my diabetic specialist nurse who i go to see at my gp surgery. They don't do a dafne course in Warrington & i don't have the time to be travelling miles away to one or to be staying away from home due to family ie hubby, daughter & son. I guess i'll just have to carry on trying to learn from the forums on here.