[acb-diabetics] doing insulin to cover meals and counting carbs

[Barbara Mattson]

thanks!

barb mattson
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From: "Patricia LaFrance-Wolf" <plawolf at earthlink.net>
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> Mike is correct about these books; I too recommend them.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org]
> On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:28 PM
> To: 'Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues'
> Subject: Re: [acb-diabetics] doing insulin to cover meals and counting 
> carbs
>
> I confess to wondering how one can truly use insulin (other than a basal
> insulin such as lantus or levemir) without learning how to count carbs.
> Taking insulin without learning carb-counting risks lows (as you have
> experienced). I'd recommend Gary Scheiner's "Think Like a Pancreas",
> available from BARD, and Hope Warshaw's "Complete Guide to Carb Counting",
> available from Learning Ally. In fact, I taught myself tocorrectly 
> calculate
> insulin dosages from Scheiner's book.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org [mailto:acb-diabetics-bounces at acb.org]
> On Behalf Of Barbara Mattson
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 4:02 PM
> To: Discussion list for diabetics and/or ACB issues
> Subject: [acb-diabetics] doing insulin to cover meals and counting carbs
>
> The only guidance i've received from my endocronologist about taking 
> insulin
>
> to cover a meal is to take meal-covering insulin if my sugar's 170 or 
> above.
>
> at the most i've done 2 units because i've found that i apparently don't 
> eat
>
> enough to cover more than that. in fact, i've had problems with lows with
> only 1 unit of the insulin to cover meals. i have a general idea of the
> kinds of foods that are likely to run up my sugar and their quantities but 
> i
>
> confess i don't get down to a real carb/calorie count.
>
> barb mattson
>
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