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<blockquote data-quote="LadyFarmer" data-source="post: 602768" data-attributes="member: 85635"><p>If you have lost lots of weight your long acting insulin may be too high. </p><p></p><p>I had a very stupid 'specialist' who put me on levamir/ novorapid and said its one unit of levamir per kg body weight per day. I was on 60 units of levamir for two years and hardly had a single jab of novorapid in all that time. My levels were awful, couple of hypos plus per day but it was always put down to the fact in busy on the farm. I'd go to bed with y sugars in double figures and they'd be 4-7 waking up. One night I went to bed with levels of 5 because I knew that's where they should be and if my boyfriend hadn't have been with me I would be dead now. They dropped like a stone and we should have rung an ambulance but never thought about it. I couldn't keep any good down so ate a bag of sugar. Scariest night ever. Went to the hospital the next day and sat down with another consultant who immediately dropped my levamir by two thirds. </p><p>I don't want to scare you, just share my story and maybe your levamir levels need looking at <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Type 1 diabetic since 2007</p><p></p><p>Hba1c Oct '13= 58. March '13= 61</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LadyFarmer, post: 602768, member: 85635"] If you have lost lots of weight your long acting insulin may be too high. I had a very stupid 'specialist' who put me on levamir/ novorapid and said its one unit of levamir per kg body weight per day. I was on 60 units of levamir for two years and hardly had a single jab of novorapid in all that time. My levels were awful, couple of hypos plus per day but it was always put down to the fact in busy on the farm. I'd go to bed with y sugars in double figures and they'd be 4-7 waking up. One night I went to bed with levels of 5 because I knew that's where they should be and if my boyfriend hadn't have been with me I would be dead now. They dropped like a stone and we should have rung an ambulance but never thought about it. I couldn't keep any good down so ate a bag of sugar. Scariest night ever. Went to the hospital the next day and sat down with another consultant who immediately dropped my levamir by two thirds. I don't want to scare you, just share my story and maybe your levamir levels need looking at :) Type 1 diabetic since 2007 Hba1c Oct '13= 58. March '13= 61 [/QUOTE]
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