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On Wed of last week my wife and I had lunch at Ruby Tuesdays. I had not had ribs for a long time because the carb count was very high! I really wanted some ribs and decided to take a big bolus and have a great meal. According to the Calorie King there were 78 carbs in the ribs with barbecue sauce and the veggies added another 25 carbs. That was a total of 102 carbs, perhaps the most carbs I have eaten at a meal since I started carb counting. My pump called for 12.7 units of insulin for the meal. We were going to do a lot of walking later, so I bolused 10 units. About 50 minutes after my bolus I felt low. I tested and it was 47. I ate 4 glucose tabs, waited 30 minutes, and I was 57. Two more tabs and an hour wait, and I was 48. Two more tabs, and an hour wait, and I was 61. I ate some watermelon at home. 30 carbs with no bolus. An hour later I was 138. My BG never went any higher and I was 94 at bedtime. Back on schedule.
I wondered why all the lows occurred and why it took 5 hours to get the BG under control. I had eaten 8 glucose tabs and 30 carbs of watermelon. I never required that much before to take care of a low. Then I looked at the front of my Calorie King, and it was dated 2007. I went to the online Calorie King listing for the current carb count for Ruby Tuesdays ribs, half rack, with barbecue sauce, and the carb count is now 28. I bolused for 78 and it was actually 28, so I took more than 6 units too much!! Six units would lower my BG about 90 points, without carbs. Mystery solved. I have now ordered a 2011 copy of Calorie King! Lesson learned. Always keep your books with carb listings up to date!!!
I wondered why all the lows occurred and why it took 5 hours to get the BG under control. I had eaten 8 glucose tabs and 30 carbs of watermelon. I never required that much before to take care of a low. Then I looked at the front of my Calorie King, and it was dated 2007. I went to the online Calorie King listing for the current carb count for Ruby Tuesdays ribs, half rack, with barbecue sauce, and the carb count is now 28. I bolused for 78 and it was actually 28, so I took more than 6 units too much!! Six units would lower my BG about 90 points, without carbs. Mystery solved. I have now ordered a 2011 copy of Calorie King! Lesson learned. Always keep your books with carb listings up to date!!!