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Knikki said:
Nar just a case of learning something new.

Well bottomed out at 2.8 and the drop is certainly quicker than Nova and less severe as yes I guess i was in Hypoland but felt fine, no cold sweats and could still think straight :)

So leason to be learnt:

When I see Etch A Sketch at 8 or above and pointing up drop a couple of units of Apidra in which should catch it.

Stick 8 units in over a period of 2 hours will crash me, however this is way less than I was doing with Nova.

Still learning :)
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Hi Knikki, think I know the answer but here goes anyway

When you have a slightly high BG, eg 8 or above do you then take a small correction dose, to bring this back down even though you may have your Aspidistra perhaps 2 hours earlier. This seems to go against what I was advised on my ADAPT course.

The again I was told not to take a correction dose of 3 units or more at all.
 
smc4761 said:
Hi Knikki, think I know the answer but here goes anyway

When you have a slightly high BG, eg 8 or above do you then take a small correction dose, to bring this back down even though you may have your Aspidistra perhaps 2 hours earlier. This seems to go against what I was advised on my ADAPT course.

The again I was told not to take a correction dose of 3 units or more at all.
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I am sure that I did not have any Aspidistra in me as it was injected some 4hrs earlier and looking at the profiles it would appear that by that time it would all have been spent, near enough.

This time I did not correct when I hit 8 because I was wondering if it would flatten out at say 9 or 10, turns out that was not the case. :banghead:

So tomorrow we will see and when I do/or hit 8 again then I will stick a corrective dose it probably 2 units? don't know. the pen I am using a pre-filled one and does not to half units. :shifty:

I agree that 2 lots of 4 in a short time was probably not the right thing to do, but I hate being high and will happily inject to get me back down even if it means going red on the Etch A Sketch. But that is just me and why I like to do things.

I have never done any courses anything other than the Bertie Online but all that does is teach how to carb count and yes, I do need to go back and reread it. :)

smc4761 said:
This seems to go against what I was advised on my ADAPT course.

The again I was told not to take a correction dose of 3 units or more at all.
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Out of interest what did the ADAPT course advise and why not correct with more than 3 units?

As an after thought I might try upping my morning dose of Lantus to see if that will slow the spike down, currently dropping the evening dose to try and stop me going red of a night :arghh:

Oh the joys of T1D :eek::hilarious:
 
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helensaramay said:
Am I the only one have this conversation with myself?

Me 1: Did you see that article about the risk of running out of insulin in the UK if there is no Brexit agreement?
Me 2: Mumble mumble grumble mumble bleep bleep Brexit. I’m fed up with all this Brexit.
Me 1: Yes, but this could seriously affect you.
Me 2: surely the government wouldn’t do something which could be fatal to hundreds of thousands of Brits.
Me 1: do you want to risk it?
Me 2: don’t we every time we renew our prescription?
Me 1: probably but that is a known scenario. Brexit isn’t.
Me 2: Mumble mumble grumble mumble bleep bleep Brexit. I’m fed up with all this Brexit.
Me 1: come on you have to think about this
Me 2: so what do you suggest? Stockpiling insulin?
Me 1: maybe
Me 2: but if lots of people stockpile insulin, there will be a shortage
Me 1: true. Do you want to be one of those people without insulin?
Me 2: no but I also don’t want to be one of those people causing a problem for others

Or does no one else have these kind of internal debates?
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Sort of. Mine on this topic went - mmm, I get 6 cartridges in a box. So as long as I have a full box come Feb it should be sorted by then.
But what if you end up posting spares to Forum friends in trouble? What if it's not sorted?
Shut up brain. If it's not sorted you won't function anymore...
 
I know a couple of people who work in the pharmaceutical industry and like all businesses they have to prepare for a "worst case scenario" and as far as I know they are very busy at the moment making all sorts of stuff.

But don't forget that it is a two way thing, there are medicine made in the this country and nowhere else and have to be shipped into Europe, plus it is not only diabetics that could be effected, also this with other long term illnesses will also be effected.

I'm not worried, not that is going to put your mind at rest plus there have been a couple of other threads floating around covering the same subject when it first popped up in the news.
 
Knikki said:
I am sure that I did not have any Aspidistra in me as it was injected some 4hrs earlier and looking at the profiles it would appear that by that time it would all have been spent, near enough.

This time I did not correct when I hit 8 because I was wondering if it would flatten out at say 9 or 10, turns out that was not the case. :banghead:

So tomorrow we will see and when I do/or hit 8 again then I will stick a corrective dose it probably 2 units? don't know. the pen I am using a pre-filled one and does not to half units. :shifty:

I agree that 2 lots of 4 in a short time was probably not the right thing to do, but I hate being high and will happily inject to get me back down even if it means going red on the Etch A Sketch. But that is just me and why I like to do things.

I have never done any courses anything other than the Bertie Online but all that does is teach how to carb count and yes, I do need to go back and reread it. :)



Out of interest what did the ADAPT course advise and why not correct with more than 3 units?

As an after thought I might try upping my morning dose of Lantus to see if that will slow the spike down, currently dropping the evening dose to try and stop me going red of a night :arghh:

Oh the joys of T1D :eek::hilarious:
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We were advised that a unit of insulin would bring down BG by 3 steps. Think that might be OK as a generalisation but obviously each of us a re different. I find that 1 unit brings me down by 1 step so I am happy to have 8 units, if thats what it takes.

After around 37 years of being rigid with only 3 injections a day and pretty much fixed amounts of insulin at each injection the ADAPT course was a real eye opener for me. Also having the LIBRE has def give me more power to control my diabetes, not the other way round
 
smc4761 said:
We were advised that a unit of insulin would bring down BG by 3 steps. Think that might be OK as a generalisation but obviously each of us a re different. I find that 1 unit brings me down by 1 step so I am happy to have 8 units, if thats what it takes.
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Yes I have been working off that as well, was told that when you "hit 10 inject one unit and see how much that brings you down" problems is that at the moment I tend to sail past 10 and it does not stay there long enough for me to try that out :rolleyes: :banghead:

I have been a little like yourself, sticking to 3 almost set amounts of insulin, but since reading Bertie, getting Libre and reading all the things on this forum I am now a lot more flexible in how I live/deal with T1D.

Its all fun and learning and your never old enough to stop learning :)
 
@helensaramay ive had exactly that conversation with myself......and then I say shut up you twonk if and that’s a massive big if it gets that bad as a country we’re all down the swanny in one way or another so if I run out of insulin it might be the easy way out! :wideyed:
 
Good evening to everyone.
Apologies for not joining in any of the chat recently, I do keep having a look at the thread but it’s like turning upto a party late.
Everyone is chatting and I’m trying to butt into a conversation for 5 minutes and then I’m off again.
I sincerely hope you are all managing and coping with life as well as the diabetes. I may not be on the forum pestering and waffling as usual for a while but you are all in my thoughts.
 
@helensaramay yep I have had a similar conversation with myself and her indoors. I often say to myself if there is a shortage the hospitals are going to be BERY busy with T1Ds being rushed into A&E. I really don't think there will be a shortage (fingers crossed).
Been on a steady 8 all evening with 10 pin bowling. Just checked and 7.8.
@Knikki I have been carb counting and altering doses for quite a few years now. Most if those years I was so far out it was untrue. I have only been a "good" diabetic since being told I have stage 4CKD and the thought of dialysis has really got me doing as much correctly as I possibly can.
And on that note I am going to say nos da all and see you in the morning
 
helensaramay said:
Am I the only one have this conversation with myself?

Me 1: Did you see that article about the risk of running out of insulin in the UK if there is no Brexit agreement?
Me 2: Mumble mumble grumble mumble bleep bleep Brexit. I’m fed up with all this Brexit.
Me 1: Yes, but this could seriously affect you.
Me 2: surely the government wouldn’t do something which could be fatal to hundreds of thousands of Brits.
Me 1: do you want to risk it?
Me 2: don’t we every time we renew our prescription?
Me 1: probably but that is a known scenario. Brexit isn’t.
Me 2: Mumble mumble grumble mumble bleep bleep Brexit. I’m fed up with all this Brexit.
Me 1: come on you have to think about this
Me 2: so what do you suggest? Stockpiling insulin?
Me 1: maybe
Me 2: but if lots of people stockpile insulin, there will be a shortage
Me 1: true. Do you want to be one of those people without insulin?
Me 2: no but I also don’t want to be one of those people causing a problem for others

Or does no one else have these kind of internal debates?
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Certainly do argue with myself but not about this. As @Knikki said there've been other threads and @Robinredbreast got in touch with Eli Lilly about their plans for Brexit and they responded very positively. This is the thread and on this page there's also a link to Channel 4's factCheck which I thought was very telling https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/insulin-in-the-uk.154640/page-5
 
slip said:
@helensaramay ive had exactly that conversation with myself......and then I say shut up you twonk if and that’s a massive big if it gets that bad as a country we’re all down the swanny in one way or another so if I run out of insulin it might be the easy way out! :wideyed:
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The conversation I have with myself is

Me: This is all political manoeuvering by an establishment that doesn't like change
Me: But...........
Me: But what? Do you remember the lorry drivers strike in 1999 where Armageddon was threatened, do you remember how much it inconvenienced your life?
Me: There is a tendency to exaggerate, isn't there...........
Me: What do you think would happen to the government if we ran out of insulin?
Me:
Me: Do companies, you know, get paid for supplying this insulin to the NHS?
Me: Yes of course, you idiot, it's a very profitable business
Me: oh well in that case there won't be a problem
 
Morning
4.5 at 5.30am
Had a punnet of strawberries for my lunch yesterday and I had no intention of eating the lot I just did.
I have eaten more strawberries this year than I've eaten in my life and I can only assume its the weather that's caused the little darlings to taste so nice.

Happy times and places

Tony
 
smc4761 said:
We were advised that a unit of insulin would bring down BG by 3 steps. Think that might be OK as a generalisation but obviously each of us a re different. I find that 1 unit brings me down by 1 step so I am happy to have 8 units, if thats what it takes.

After around 37 years of being rigid with only 3 injections a day and pretty much fixed amounts of insulin at each injection the ADAPT course was a real eye opener for me. Also having the LIBRE has def give me more power to control my diabetes, not the other way round
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For me, 1 unit should bring me down by 3 1/2, my DSN told me this a few years back. but it depends on how high BS is, am I being active or inactive, but generally I would say it brings me down by 4 now, I have to be careful as I can, at times drop more quickly. Oh the joys............not lol
 
Good morning y'all :) 11.6 waking with a peak of 15 whilst asleep, grrrrr but down to 8.8 15 minutes after injection so no worries, looks all grey and miserable outside as its been raining during the night, I'm aching a bit from yesterdays swim but that'll be the higher overnight sugar :(

Onwards and upwards but not my blood sugar :p
 
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