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Type 1'stars R Us

Afternoon all, just got home from lunch with my friend, waiting for the teenager to get in so I can deliver him to his dad’s for the weekend. Making purple pickled eggs after that!

Currently pinned to the sofa by the enormous cat and waiting for by BG to come up to legal driving levels. Without overcorrecting the slight hypo (3.4)...
 
karen8967 said:
What i like about the novopen echo is it lets you know what the last dose was you injected
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That interests me too! The amount of times I’ve pressed the plunger and thought, did I dial the correct amount? Ridiculous I know but the whole process is repeated soooo often you lose the plot.
 
By 'eck :) this Tresiba seems like to work like clockwork, a drop 6 hours after injection so I need to adjust my food plan a little, probably breakfast fast acting too, swimming is off as I'm at 4.2 and cba carb loading as the pool shuts at 4, but doable next week if this forms a pattern, I've some early evening keep fit planned instead as I can keep an eye on sugars, I'm getting better changing things but I didn't like going to bed without my basal at all :/
 
helensaramay said:
That suggests there is a routine but as I eat, sleep, exercise, get ill, drink when I feel like (and sometimes when I don't feel like it) and not to a strict routine, diabetes has no chance.
For a short time, I tried eating and exercising to a routine but diabetes wouldn't join in so I gave up and went back to my usual randomness on the basis that if you can't beat 'em join 'em.
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I don’t do routine.
 
There's a plot and a routine? :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::hilarious:

And as I have had a pants week (plus I'm logon to my works machine from home now) I'm cracking open a bottle of cold wine tonight and then going to blow flamingo's, tommy tankers, aliens and anything else I hit with a rocket launcher. :jimlad:
 
becca59 said:
Was always told there was no availability for adults. Asked 11 months ago.
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I asked if they had any pens that would do half doses and was told
"there are some kids pens",
to which the reply was "are they in funky colours"
"well they are for kids"
"Great I'll have one and use that"

That's how I got mine, but I get the feeling that my surgery is a little more generous than others around the country.
 
Another plus vote for the echo. 0-30u in 0.5u, theoretically for kids, but I see no reason why I have to use the 0-60u 1u adult-equivalent novopen 5. Last dose reminder is nice, being able to wind the knob both up and down before injection is good (some pens won't let you - Autopen, I'm looking at you), and the "won't let you dial more than it's got" is also useful at the end of the vial.

I've always liked the novopens - solid metal things, but not in a heavy way. I thought the Sanofi pen with the LCD click counter I had a few years ago was pretty dreadful - never got on with it. The Autopen works, but is a bit nasty and plasticky. I was annoyed at Novo changing their cartridges to include the threads on them, meaning you could no longer use other people's vials in their pens. I did work out you could pull the plastic thready bit off and clip it to other people's 3ml vials - the dimensions looked close enough (if not identical - I never got the calipers out though). But I never really got the nerve to try it, and now levemir + fiasp are both Novo so I don't get bothered about it any more.
 
Oh yes, the colours. 20-odd years ago, was given my choice of Novopen - 1.5ml. I could have the responsible adult one in silver with a plastic case, or the kids one in red or blue with a fabric case. I think I got all three - silver for night, red for day (kept in the plastic case - that was quite good too), and blue for spare. Got upgraded to novopen 3 a couple of years later (cartridges which lasted a decent time!), and the blue one I then used for day/bolus lasted for over a decade - the paint nearly all worn off by the end, only replaced because the DSN looked a bit askance at it :-)
 
A Question about Hypos' Hyper's and things that may go bump in the night.

I am I the only one around here that seems to not mind hypo's?

As I've said before I am wary of them and I respect them, bit like Hyper but I am more likely to over compensate to prevent a Hyper than a Hypo. I really hate Hyper's and will do almost anything to stop them.

But overall they, to me, are just a part and parcel of being a diabetic and so while I may drop below 4.0 I kind of just shrug my shoulders and take something to take me back up.

And before anyone accuses me of "not knowing what a hypo is" last November I had such a bad night time one that the paramedics were asking if Mrs Knikki was next of kin.

But even after that I did not run myself deliberately high in fact I just worked on keeping everything level and even now with the new insulin for me being nearer 4 than 9 is what I want.
 
Knikki said:
A Question about Hypos' Hyper's and things that may go bump in the night.

I am I the only one around here that seems to not mind hypo's?

As I've said before I am wary of them and I respect them, bit like Hyper but I am more likely to over compensate to prevent a Hyper than a Hypo. I really hate Hyper's and will do almost anything to stop them.

But overall they, to me, are just a part and parcel of being a diabetic and so while I may drop below 4.0 I kind of just shrug my shoulders and take something to take me back up.

And before anyone accuses me of "not knowing what a hypo is" last November I had such a bad night time one that the paramedics were asking if Mrs Knikki was next of kin.

But even after that I did not run myself deliberately high in fact I just worked on keeping everything level and even now with the new insulin for me being nearer 4 than 9 is what I want.
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I've always erred to the lower side, same as you I hate hypers, a drop to the hi 3s is soon corrected and doesn't bother me (apart from poolside) but a 14+ will cause misery till corrected :)

And I've had a few hospital admissions/paramedic callouts for hypos over the years but none in the last 15+ years, I've never had DKA tho.
 
becca59 said:
Was always told there was no availability for adults. Asked 11 months ago.
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That’s just daft! Of course adults need half unit pens, look at all of us who are using them. Maybe time to stay in the chair til you’re prescribed a couple?
 
Knikki said:
A Question about Hypos' Hyper's and things that may go bump in the night.

I am I the only one around here that seems to not mind hypo's?

As I've said before I am wary of them and I respect them, bit like Hyper but I am more likely to over compensate to prevent a Hyper than a Hypo. I really hate Hyper's and will do almost anything to stop them.

But overall they, to me, are just a part and parcel of being a diabetic and so while I may drop below 4.0 I kind of just shrug my shoulders and take something to take me back up.

And before anyone accuses me of "not knowing what a hypo is" last November I had such a bad night time one that the paramedics were asking if Mrs Knikki was next of kin.

But even after that I did not run myself deliberately high in fact I just worked on keeping everything level and even now with the new insulin for me being nearer 4 than 9 is what I want.
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I'm generally fine with going a bit low during the day - like you say, I notice and correct. Though obviously need care not to while driving. That said, I did nearly die from my one proper hypo while awake - was found face down in a stream, so if things start getting properly low, I will sort quickly.

Going too low at night really hurts though. Tongue biting, all that stuff, and I've done it too many times. I don't get stressed by this, but I will try quite hard to avoid that happening. Hooray for having an alarm - it gives me the confidence to run within range rather than high.

Hypers don't worry me too much. I'll correct, maybe correct some more, but it always comes down, and doesn't actually hurt me.
 
Hey @Knikki . You’re not alone on the hypo thoughts.
The very worst hypos are a pain in the a**e for the following 24 hrs. Tend to feel like I’ve had an argument with 40 tonne truck and lost. These a very few and far between nowadays. They are just part of the deal of being diabetic like you say.
The mild hypos, the ones where everything is back to normal in half hour are in some respects quite good. Spend so much time being conscious of what to eat 24/7 that a half hour low and the chance of a “ treat “ is a welcome break. I know not all will agree but hey it wouldn’t suit for us all to be the same.
Hypos easy(ish) fix. Hypers far more time consuming and harder to fix.
 
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