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jen_slc
How many units of Lantus and Novorapid are you taking? Are you taking a set dose of Novorapid at meals or do you use a ratio and count carbs? How much Novo did you take for your toast and latte?
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THose are the
KEY questions.
Are you countng carbs?
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12:30 B/S 5.5mmol. Took shot of Novorapid. Lunch:2 slices of toast & a latte.
14:45 B/S 14.3mmol (eek)
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Generally bread is about 12-15 carbs per slice, although it can run Much higher. The Latte, well, it could be anything from 8-10 carbs to many multiples of 8-10, which would shoot your B/G through the roof.
My CDE and I use a 1:50/2.7 correction ratio----1 unit of NovoRapid brings down B/G 50/2.7 in 1 hour(aprox.)
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Today I started on Lantus & Novorapid...
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It's going to take you a while to get a handle on how your body reacts to Lantus and NovoRapid-----so if your #s are high at 2 hours but are back in the good range at 3-4 hours, I would take it over with the Nurse, certainly, but I'd guess that this is just part of learning how to bolus (cover) for meals and at what ratios to cover.
The normal starting point is 1 unit of NovoRapid for 15 gms of carbohydrates.
Thus you lunch of two slices of bread = aprox 30 gms of carbs =2 units of NovoRapid
Then you would also count the number of carbs in the latte and add the total # of carbs and divide by 15 = the number of units of NovoRapid to inject.
