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<blockquote data-quote="Caleb Murdock" data-source="post: 223389" data-attributes="member: 37907"><p>To a certain extent, I think we are getting hung up on terminology. When I said that insulin injected into fat takes "hours to work its way into the system", I should have said "through", as in "work its way <u>through</u> the system". The point is, there is always a delay when injecting into fat. A person who doesn't experience much of a delay would be a person like Fallenstar who has no insulin resistance. Obviously, insulin resistance does a lot to slow down the apparent action of any insulin that is injected. Also, the volume of fat you have may make a big difference. The pad of fat that I inject my insulin into is pretty big (nonetheless, I once hit a vein).</p><p></p><p>Phoenix, that chart is very interesting. I had no idea that R insulin took so long to run through the system. That explains why I have sometimes eaten something 5 hours after my shot and my BS still returned to normal eventually. What I want is a medium-acting insulin, and it seems that that's was R insulin is. However, there are times when I am starved, and I take an injection, and then 45 minutes later eat a large meal (instead of eating two small meals spread out), and on those occasions my BS can spike. I like eating a small meal every 2-3 hours; it suits me.</p><p></p><p>Grant, a couple thoughts about the measuring systems we are using: First, this forum is supposedly an international forum, so it shouldn't insult anyone if I use American numbers. Also, American numbers have the distinct advantage that they cannot be confused with A1c measurements, and for that reason I think the American measuring system is better. No one will ever confuse a BS reading of 100 with an A1c measurement. I'm going to post a conversion chart on the wall behind my computer, and I'll refer to that when I make posts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caleb Murdock, post: 223389, member: 37907"] To a certain extent, I think we are getting hung up on terminology. When I said that insulin injected into fat takes "hours to work its way into the system", I should have said "through", as in "work its way [u]through[/u] the system". The point is, there is always a delay when injecting into fat. A person who doesn't experience much of a delay would be a person like Fallenstar who has no insulin resistance. Obviously, insulin resistance does a lot to slow down the apparent action of any insulin that is injected. Also, the volume of fat you have may make a big difference. The pad of fat that I inject my insulin into is pretty big (nonetheless, I once hit a vein). Phoenix, that chart is very interesting. I had no idea that R insulin took so long to run through the system. That explains why I have sometimes eaten something 5 hours after my shot and my BS still returned to normal eventually. What I want is a medium-acting insulin, and it seems that that's was R insulin is. However, there are times when I am starved, and I take an injection, and then 45 minutes later eat a large meal (instead of eating two small meals spread out), and on those occasions my BS can spike. I like eating a small meal every 2-3 hours; it suits me. Grant, a couple thoughts about the measuring systems we are using: First, this forum is supposedly an international forum, so it shouldn't insult anyone if I use American numbers. Also, American numbers have the distinct advantage that they cannot be confused with A1c measurements, and for that reason I think the American measuring system is better. No one will ever confuse a BS reading of 100 with an A1c measurement. I'm going to post a conversion chart on the wall behind my computer, and I'll refer to that when I make posts. [/QUOTE]
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