Hi
New member here. My 90 year old Mother has recently been diagnosed with Type 2 following a course of steroids and I'm trying to develop my understanding of all things diabetic.
She's been given a Humulin M3 Kwik Pen. She started on 4 units in the morning, but has gradually been increased up to 28 units in the morning and now 4 in the evening. Her blood sugar level is generally coming out at between 12 and 18 but varies dramatically from about 10 up to 25 on occasions. She's on a very low sugar diet. She was originally taking 15mg of Prednisolone steroids daily which I know can cause chaos with sugar levels but she is now down to 3mg, yet the sugar has remained high.
All I can get from the nurses is "she's fine". But can anyone tell me please how big a dose 28 + 4 units actually is? It sounds incredibly high when she started on 4.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Chris
New member here. My 90 year old Mother has recently been diagnosed with Type 2 following a course of steroids and I'm trying to develop my understanding of all things diabetic.
She's been given a Humulin M3 Kwik Pen. She started on 4 units in the morning, but has gradually been increased up to 28 units in the morning and now 4 in the evening. Her blood sugar level is generally coming out at between 12 and 18 but varies dramatically from about 10 up to 25 on occasions. She's on a very low sugar diet. She was originally taking 15mg of Prednisolone steroids daily which I know can cause chaos with sugar levels but she is now down to 3mg, yet the sugar has remained high.
All I can get from the nurses is "she's fine". But can anyone tell me please how big a dose 28 + 4 units actually is? It sounds incredibly high when she started on 4.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Chris