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mum2westiesGill 502 posts |
Do you round the carbs on packets up/down to the nearest 5? |
novorapidboi26
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire 1,819 posts |
On injections, and in my case, single unit disposable pens: |
Apollo
DAFNE Graduate
Queen Mary Hospital, Sidcup 45 posts |
As novorapidboi26 says it's important to add all the carbs in a meal time together first. |
Alan 49
DAFNE Graduate
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust 284 posts |
We were told on our DAFNE course always to round partial CPs up to the next whole CP. |
Vickyp
DAFNE Graduate
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 137 posts |
It also depends on the individual. I am insulin sensitive and if I always round up it could cause me to gave too much insulin! |
SA2010
DAFNE Graduate
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) 69 posts |
Just a comment on Alan's note re what DAFNE says. It is my belief that DAFNE says what it says because they want it to be simple for the masses. So everything rounded in whole numbers and all ratios in half unit ratios. I decided not to accept this advice because I can and because I believe I am very sensitive to Insulin. I add numbers with decimal points for the Carbs and I go overboard perhaps and instead of rounding the total, I work out from my QA:CP ratio for that meal what would the CP number have to be so that no rounding occurs and I top up meal by a few grams of a biscuit or a wafer or half a mini flapjack, Over the top you would say but there are so many factors that affect BG that I want to eliminate as much as I can. |
novorapidboi26
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire 1,819 posts |
You would be suited to a pump due to your sensitivity...................there are many DAFNE grads that use the half unit pen, its very useful for most, in fact all pens should have it........ |
Vickyp
DAFNE Graduate
County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust 137 posts |
I use a half unit pen and am awaiting funding for the pump! As am very sensitive with ratios of 0.5:1 at lunch and dinner and 0.5:1-0.5 at breakfast! Lots of reading labels and weighing food! |
SA2010
DAFNE Graduate
University College London Hospitals (UCLH) 69 posts |
Thanks James - may be. But I worry about all the things that might go wrong with the pump and leaving this decision until I really have to have one, I remember my hospital days with canulars and how they leak sometimes and need to be checked all the time and moved and replaced and repositioned. My conerns about pumps are : * risk of infection at the site * risk of knocking it of its place - I am sometimes clumsy with hardware ! Seat Belts when driving? seat belt on airplane. Knocking and bumping into things that might dislodge the positioning of the pump and when dressing/undressing or when cycling or moving my arms or whatever....... * need to reposition it every few days * impact on pump when taking shower or bath. * always worrying if it is making good contact and primed or has moved There may be answers to all these and I may be wrong worrying about these ! There is also probably a psychological element - getting wired to a pump permanently - a realisation that i have a serious problem. It is, but at least i think of it as just a few injections a day. Anyway - probably this is more suitable for a thread on pumps. |