krom wrote:
As a type two if i use pure sugar as in candy to treat a hypo or even just a
low to where i feel bad..which to me is as important..
I would go on a rollor coaster ride of highs and lows that is zero fun.

No, you have to dose it properly. For me, 4 Sweetarts raises my bg
around 10 mg/dL. This is *much* more precise than just eating candy or
drinking juice. I can correct to almost exactly where I want to be.

I don't correct unless I go under 70 and I "aim" to correct to 100, so
am almost always going to be taking at least 12 Sweetarts.

You go high if you decide a low is a reason to just binge. Correcting
*precisely* with candy isn't the same at all.

The solution for me if im begining one is to eat something that stabalises
me from falling more and going way up abve my baseline.
For me the answer is usually nuts or a peanutbutter sandwhich..anything with
a good carg/fat/protien mix to treat the low and sustain me after.

For me, sustaining myself after is a whole other ballgame... a regular
meal after the Sweetarts. The Sweetarts are just to fix the problem fast.

But it depends. I have the flu right now and am uncertain what I can
eat that will stay with me. For the past few days, I am not injecting
before meals at all anymore. Basically, I eat, knowing I'll go high,
and if it stays down for a couple hours, then I test and inject to
correct.

This seems to me the safest way to deal, but I'm a T2 and unlikely to go
sky high if I don't inject for a meal. Plus, it's not like there's a
lot of food in my meals right now (though carby than usual).

Overall, it seems a lot easier to *avoid* hypos than treat them.

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