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- 6
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hello all,
I am totally new to any sort of Diabetes Forum so forgive me if this question has already been asked..
I have been a type 1 diabetic for 21 years and only within the last year have been moved over to 4 injections a day, previously I was on two injections and mixed insulin.
I now use Novorapid and Lantus and have also recently purchased the Freestyle Libre and I really love the machine.
However it has given me a clearer picture of what my levels are doing during the day and after I have taken bolus insulin and eaten.
For some reason the novorapid does not seem to be 'rapid', I can eat something (tends to be plain food - potato/meat/veg) and my levels shoot up and do not come down and I end up having to inject more insulin. However sometimes I will shoot down and not be able to get back up, once I was stuck at 1.8mmol for about 15 minutes!
I am unsure if this has been happening since starting with novorapid as only now do I have a clear picture of how my levels are reacting to it, I do not seem to have this problem with Lantus (quite the opposite, I struggle with lows overnight).
I have been moved on to 6mm needles as opposed to 5mm to see if that would help, which it did not.. And I am strict with moving my injections sites so as not to create fat build ups and delayed insulin release.
Trying to get an appointment with my consultant means having to wait until April to resolve this issue, my diabetic nurse says that I need to just give myself more insulin but then I have dramatic lows and my GP says that same thing.. It has been drilled into me that being high sugared has really bad consequences later in life and I am spending a lot of my time over 15mmol, the other day I hit 25.7 and had to inject 4 units but it only brought me down to 17.6 after 1 1/2 hours. I have to be honest I am extremely fearful of what this will mean for me in terms of future health problems and I do not feel as though I am getting the care and information I need..
Has anyone else experienced problems like this with novorapid? If so, what action has been taken?
Any comments appreciated!
I am totally new to any sort of Diabetes Forum so forgive me if this question has already been asked..
I have been a type 1 diabetic for 21 years and only within the last year have been moved over to 4 injections a day, previously I was on two injections and mixed insulin.
I now use Novorapid and Lantus and have also recently purchased the Freestyle Libre and I really love the machine.
However it has given me a clearer picture of what my levels are doing during the day and after I have taken bolus insulin and eaten.
For some reason the novorapid does not seem to be 'rapid', I can eat something (tends to be plain food - potato/meat/veg) and my levels shoot up and do not come down and I end up having to inject more insulin. However sometimes I will shoot down and not be able to get back up, once I was stuck at 1.8mmol for about 15 minutes!
I am unsure if this has been happening since starting with novorapid as only now do I have a clear picture of how my levels are reacting to it, I do not seem to have this problem with Lantus (quite the opposite, I struggle with lows overnight).
I have been moved on to 6mm needles as opposed to 5mm to see if that would help, which it did not.. And I am strict with moving my injections sites so as not to create fat build ups and delayed insulin release.
Trying to get an appointment with my consultant means having to wait until April to resolve this issue, my diabetic nurse says that I need to just give myself more insulin but then I have dramatic lows and my GP says that same thing.. It has been drilled into me that being high sugared has really bad consequences later in life and I am spending a lot of my time over 15mmol, the other day I hit 25.7 and had to inject 4 units but it only brought me down to 17.6 after 1 1/2 hours. I have to be honest I am extremely fearful of what this will mean for me in terms of future health problems and I do not feel as though I am getting the care and information I need..
Has anyone else experienced problems like this with novorapid? If so, what action has been taken?
Any comments appreciated!