Type 1'stars R Us

[mountaintom]

This is 2 hrs after a low carb (20g) breakfast. WTAF is going on today? So frustrating.

 

[LooperCat]

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This is 2 hrs after a low carb (20g) breakfast. WTAF is going on today? So frustrating.

Ugh, feel your pain, lovely. I’m convinced that the frustration adds a mmol or three all by itself. Is the drop at the end where some insulin kicked in?

 

[mountaintom]

Thanks. Yeah I’ve just run up and down the stairs 10 times and walked down the track to get signal to make a phone call (we are remote here) and the insulin is working now. Weird. Sometimes it seems like it needs waking up or something.

 

[mountaintom]

 

[LooperCat]

Thanks. Yeah I’ve just run up and down the stairs 10 times and walked down the track to get signal to make a phone call (we are remote here) and the insulin is working now. Weird. Sometimes it seems like it needs waking up or something.

Weird, how that works. Glad it’s kicked in now x

 

[mountaintom]

Do you think it could be injection sites? Bad absorption?

 

[Diakat]

Do you think it could be injection sites? Bad absorption?

Doubt it, you've not been at it long enough. But do keep rotating...

 

[LooperCat]

Do you think it could be injection sites? Bad absorption?

You’ve not been diagnosed that long, have you? Bad injection sites take a long time to happen, I understand. It’s probably just the diabetes fairy mucking (or something that rhymes) with you

 

[mountaintom]

You’ve not been diagnosed that long, have you? Bad injection sites take a long time to happen, I understand. It’s probably just the diabetes fairy mucking (or something that rhymes) with you

No since January. Okay it’s deffo the fairies then.

 

[mountaintom]

Doubt it, you've not been at it long enough. But do keep rotating...

I’d love to have the confidence to do it in my arms.

 

[Diakat]

I’d love to have the confidence to do it in my arms.

Go for it. What are you worried by? Then we can try to help. Upper arms ok for me. I once tried the wrist but it hurt like anything.

 

[mountaintom]

Go for it. What are you worried by? Then we can try to help. Upper arms ok for me. I once tried the wrist but it hurt like anything.

In the wrist??! Christ!
Do you pinch in your upper arm?

 

[Diakat]

In the wrist??! Christ!
Do you pinch in your upper arm?

Yeah the wrist was a mistake. Upper arm I just stab as can't work out how I'd punch and plunge.

 

[mountaintom]

Yeah the wrist was a mistake. Upper arm I just stab as can't work out how I'd punch and plunge.

Oh of course! I didn’t think about that. I’m gonna try it today. Might have a look at YouTube tho.

 

[LooperCat]

I inject into my deltoid or calf muscle with a longer needle if I want the NovoSluggish to work a bit quicker. It kicks in in around half an hour, compared to the hour if I inject into my lardy bits.

Basically a 4mm needle into fat for food, and a 6mm needle into muscle for corrections.

 

[mountaintom]

So will it work quicker in my arm?

 

[LooperCat]

So will it work quicker in my arm?

Theoretically. It’s a technique I learned from my Bernstein book (caveat - while I think he’s great, he ain’t god, despite what some others say!) - injecting into fat makes it absorb into the bloodstream slower than into muscle. He recommend the deltoid when you want fast corrections. I only use very small doses though, I wouldn’t do it with more that 1.5u. If I needed a big correction dose, I’d put up to 1.5u into a muscle, and the rest into fat.

 

[EllsKBells]

Just a warning - the arm, particularly if you are very lean, can be extremely painful for some people. If I get it in the wrong place I can get huge bruises, almost like blood blisters.

 

[mountaintom]

Thinking about it. It’s less convenient unless it’s a hot day

 

[Diakat]

Just a warning - the arm, particularly if you are very lean, can be extremely painful for some people. If I get it in the wrong place I can get huge bruises, almost like blood blisters.

Yes, that's the wrist story.