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<blockquote data-quote="Georgina" data-source="post: 26400" data-attributes="member: 11820"><p>I highly recommend switching the type of insulin. I became diabetic at the age of 13 and I was taking daily injections, once in the morning and once in the evening. This insulin was called humulin m3 and was a mixture of both the background insulin and the instant insulin needed to digest food. I found myself unconscience with low blood sugars a little too frequently and after about 2 years of being in and out of hospital someone told me about another type of insulin which suits younger people and their lifestyles. With humulin m3, which was a mixture of both insulins, I had to eat constantly throughout the day which I wasn't very good at and found myself either not eating enough and having low blood sugars or eating sweet foods and having high blood sugars. Naturally this made me very ill, however when I changed my type of insulin I found it much easier to manage. I now take two different types of insulin seperately, I can also wake up at whatever time I like. The main insulin is called novorapid and works instantly, I take this everytime I eat whenever I want to eat. The amount I take depends on the carbohydrate content in the food (sugar included) which means I can eat anything I want like anybody else. The other insulin I take is called levemir and this is the background insulin which everyone needs whether they eat or not, I take this on the evening once a day. I hope this information is helpful and i really do recommend this insulin as it's helped me live like a normal person. I can now wake up whenever I want, eat whatever I want whenever I want, all I have to do when I eat is take the correct amount of insulin according to the carbohydrate content of the food. For every 10g of carbohydrates I have to take 1 unit of insulin, for instance, if a meal contains 40g of carbohydrate then I will take 4 units of insulin. At first you have to take your blood sugars before and after eating because everybody is different and some people may need more or less insulin than others but it's certainly alot easier to manage than the other insulin. Good luck x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Georgina, post: 26400, member: 11820"] I highly recommend switching the type of insulin. I became diabetic at the age of 13 and I was taking daily injections, once in the morning and once in the evening. This insulin was called humulin m3 and was a mixture of both the background insulin and the instant insulin needed to digest food. I found myself unconscience with low blood sugars a little too frequently and after about 2 years of being in and out of hospital someone told me about another type of insulin which suits younger people and their lifestyles. With humulin m3, which was a mixture of both insulins, I had to eat constantly throughout the day which I wasn't very good at and found myself either not eating enough and having low blood sugars or eating sweet foods and having high blood sugars. Naturally this made me very ill, however when I changed my type of insulin I found it much easier to manage. I now take two different types of insulin seperately, I can also wake up at whatever time I like. The main insulin is called novorapid and works instantly, I take this everytime I eat whenever I want to eat. The amount I take depends on the carbohydrate content in the food (sugar included) which means I can eat anything I want like anybody else. The other insulin I take is called levemir and this is the background insulin which everyone needs whether they eat or not, I take this on the evening once a day. I hope this information is helpful and i really do recommend this insulin as it's helped me live like a normal person. I can now wake up whenever I want, eat whatever I want whenever I want, all I have to do when I eat is take the correct amount of insulin according to the carbohydrate content of the food. For every 10g of carbohydrates I have to take 1 unit of insulin, for instance, if a meal contains 40g of carbohydrate then I will take 4 units of insulin. At first you have to take your blood sugars before and after eating because everybody is different and some people may need more or less insulin than others but it's certainly alot easier to manage than the other insulin. Good luck x [/QUOTE]
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