We saw the Dietician yesterday

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We saw the Dietician yesterday
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Sat, 01-19-2008 - 3:22pm

We saw the dietician yesterday and she didn't seem to be very thrilled that DH's dr. put him on 30/70 insulin.  She basically said it was an outdated insulin and there are better things out there, expecially for a younger person.  Anyways, she put him on 3 meals a day at 60 carbs, an am snack of 15 and afternoon snack of 15 then a pm snack of 30.  She also gave a some booklets of good fod choices for him in the different food groups.  DH confiscated it so I haven't gotten a good chance to look over everything.  Our next appt is on Feb 8th.

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Sat, 01-19-2008 - 3:56pm

Thanks for the update!


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Registered: 03-25-2003
Sun, 01-20-2008 - 1:34am

Audrey,


I wasn't going to say anything about it but I also don't like it either. Because it is a set dose of long and short acting insulin there is a good chance that he isn't getting the correct dose of either one. There are newer insulins out there that do a much better job. But some doctors (usually not endocrinologists)