jacket potato salad meal

just in case anyone has problems with thier bg readings after eating a jacket potato.i have previously always found that when i have had this for my evening meal the next morning i have woken up with bg above target and as aresult increased my ratio of q/a insulin.however what i found worked better was toi inject the q/a insuluin about an hour after i had finished eating to be a better solutuion. most other meals i still tend to inject straight after the meal but for some reason with the above this does not seem to be the case. if anyone else has this problem hopefully this might be some help.so now i use the same q/a ratio for this as i do for any other evening meal

cheers
paulj

Slower digested foods, like jacket potato [the skins], and pizza can often benefit from a dose of insulin later on......

depending on your BG before the meal however, its more common to split the dose, as opposed to giving it all later, so some up front, the rest later on......

Just for information, myself and I know a lot other tend to inject/dose there insulin before the meal, sometimes up to 40 minutes, this helps with mid meal spiking....

Have you observed your blood sugars in between meals yet......?

because i drive a bus for a living i am required by law to test my bg levels at least every 2 hours. as long as my bg is within target for my next meal then i feel i have matched my cps correctly. so depending how long the gap is between meals depends on how much q/a insulin that i take

Your right, if you are on target by the next meal, your CPs will have been matched correctly, but it doesn't meant the digestion and insulin action has been matched correctly. Which may result in mid meal spikes in the high teens.......

Which for some can drive up their HbA1c..........but doesn't for others.....

I think in your circumstance you don't really want to be aiming for blood sugars between 4 and 7 all the way from one meal to the next.....to be safe its wise to allow that spike in blood sugar, provided it doesn't effect you long term blood sugar......


what was your last test result.......?

my last h1bc result was 77 .down from 87 from 3 months ago.hopefully heading in the right direction.fingers crossed
cheers
paulj