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<blockquote data-quote="JMK1954" data-source="post: 1513256" data-attributes="member: 352098"><p>Fearless 36, I used to be on two injections a day until some point in the late 1980s. At that point, a doctor at the hospital clinic told me he was changing my insulin to the basal/ bolus system. At the time my hba1c was just fine, my levels stable etc. With having to take insulin in the evening, I then found myself hypo every night, so my morning sugar levels rose dramatically. Yet this was supposed to be an improvement. </p><p></p><p>Keep on fighting. Counting carbs can't do any harm, but I don't believe anyone should be forced into different insulins - and the consequent extra injections - against their will. I tried going back to twice daily injections a few years ago, but as I can only use animal insulin, what is now available for twice a day injections no longer suits me. I was diagnosed in 1964 and still sometimes struggle with the number of injections we are all expected to do these days. If you point out to your doctors that you were previously well-controlled on two injections and request a change back, there is no logical reason for them not to agree. Statements that the basal / bolus system is best are based on statistics, not on individual personal experience. The 'typical' patient with diabetes doesn't exist. We are all different. Hope you succeed in getting what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JMK1954, post: 1513256, member: 352098"] Fearless 36, I used to be on two injections a day until some point in the late 1980s. At that point, a doctor at the hospital clinic told me he was changing my insulin to the basal/ bolus system. At the time my hba1c was just fine, my levels stable etc. With having to take insulin in the evening, I then found myself hypo every night, so my morning sugar levels rose dramatically. Yet this was supposed to be an improvement. Keep on fighting. Counting carbs can't do any harm, but I don't believe anyone should be forced into different insulins - and the consequent extra injections - against their will. I tried going back to twice daily injections a few years ago, but as I can only use animal insulin, what is now available for twice a day injections no longer suits me. I was diagnosed in 1964 and still sometimes struggle with the number of injections we are all expected to do these days. If you point out to your doctors that you were previously well-controlled on two injections and request a change back, there is no logical reason for them not to agree. Statements that the basal / bolus system is best are based on statistics, not on individual personal experience. The 'typical' patient with diabetes doesn't exist. We are all different. Hope you succeed in getting what you want. [/QUOTE]
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