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<blockquote data-quote="fairylights" data-source="post: 749378" data-attributes="member: 44416"><p>I went to my GP one day and was sent to see the DSN at the hospital the next (due to BGL of 35 and ketones). I was injecting insulin within 10 minutes of being in the door.</p><p></p><p>I started on a mixed insulin which worked quite well for the first few months, even had to decrease the dose a few times. I think I was in the honeymoon period. It gradually became less effective and I asked to go on to basal/bolus as I wasn't getting control any more. Then I went on a DAFNE course and I've now been passed to get an insulin pump as I still have issues with Dawn Phenomenon.</p><p></p><p>I thought starting on a mixed insulin was okay - it gave me a chance to get used to injecting just a couple of times a day and a chance to start thinking about carbs etc before I went on to basal/bolus - I think I might have freaked if I had been given that straight away - although I was coming from a background of almost complete ignorance!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fairylights, post: 749378, member: 44416"] I went to my GP one day and was sent to see the DSN at the hospital the next (due to BGL of 35 and ketones). I was injecting insulin within 10 minutes of being in the door. I started on a mixed insulin which worked quite well for the first few months, even had to decrease the dose a few times. I think I was in the honeymoon period. It gradually became less effective and I asked to go on to basal/bolus as I wasn't getting control any more. Then I went on a DAFNE course and I've now been passed to get an insulin pump as I still have issues with Dawn Phenomenon. I thought starting on a mixed insulin was okay - it gave me a chance to get used to injecting just a couple of times a day and a chance to start thinking about carbs etc before I went on to basal/bolus - I think I might have freaked if I had been given that straight away - although I was coming from a background of almost complete ignorance! [/QUOTE]
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