Recent Content by Elise Broenlund

Hello, I used to take 10 units of Toujeo in the morning, had problems during the day, but perfectly stable levels through the night. After reading a lot of posts about when to take my basal I have tried for a couple of days taking it at bedtime. Now, I find that my levels are yoyoing up and...

Hello. I am now currently on 10 units of Toujeo. Would I need a lower dose if I switch to Tresiba? I find Toujeo is causing me unexplainable highs and lows. Also, it`s giving me side effects. I used to be on Levemir before Toujeo, but I did`nt like that it peaked in the middle of the day.

Hello, I was given the Novopen Echo today to help me become more confident in taking insulin as I can do half units and give more accurate boluses. They all agreed my basal was too high and would be way too high for the hot weather in the states. It is now down from 15 to 13. They said try 12...

I think you are right in everything you are saying and I really wish I could like this post haha. The thing about eating every 5 hours I can`t do. If I go more than 3 hours without eating I go low. Besides my levels are so high that I feel starved just 2 hours after eating now :)

Thank you for the input everyone. Part of why I am going to the US this summer even though I´m in no condition to do so is because I feel like it is the only way I`ll get past this horrible time in my life, by focusing on something I actually enjoy. I explained the situation in more detail to my...

You may be right, but if I got what I put in I would not be struggling this much. There is nothing I haven`t tried and I don`t feel like a newly diagnosed type 1, I feel a 100 times worse than that. Newly diagnosed, it was super easy. It`s the experiences I got with the pump that caused all of...

I was on Levemir for 5 months, then a failed attempt to make an insulin pump wok for 2 months. Then 2 months on Toujeo which I think is giving me horrible side affects. So Tresiba and Lantus are the only other options that are available in Norway. Insulin carb ratio does`nt work for everyone and...

Do you think switching from Novorapid to Fiasp would help solve my problems? It is an even faster acting insulin that would be out of my body 3 hours after eating, might minimise my drops. It is considered to be twice as fast as Novorapid, so I may need less of it and a lower basal, but what do...

Quick reply is absolutely perfect! Not a whole lot to read haha. I have not asked about my digestion yet, but I have had stomach pain for quite some time now so I can ask for an ultrasound to check my organs as I`ve had high bg`s for so long. I do not feel comfortable with blousing 30 minutes...

I think blousing 5 or 10 minutes before eating sounds like something that could help me. My only concern with doing so, is some foods tend to not spike my blood sugar until an hour after eating, so I could go low before the food kicks in. I feel like it`s a greater chance of going low before the...

My doctor has always told me to inject right before I eat. I do see with my readings I could benefit from having the insulin on board 1 hour before I eat, but that is physically not possible as it would cause me to have massive hypos before the food kicks in. Once I did 1 unit bolus, my bg was 7...

Thank you so much for the support, but it is really urgent. In 3 weeks time I am going to the US for a worklacement as kitchen worker in Marina Cay Resort, Montana. I will be on my feet all day and it will be twice as hot as I am used to. Therefore, I am pretty sure my insulin needs will be far...

I do not have a half unit pen, but I wish I did and yes I did try an insulin pump which is what gave me all these problems in the first place unfortunately. I don`t know why nothing can work out for me.

I have not done a basal test properly, because every time I stop eating my ketones build up even worse and I do not want to deal with that. Therefore I look at my dexcom when I wake up in the morning and I kind of see what would have been a basal test. It shows that about 4 hours after I go to...

The drop 1 unit, 15 mmol was when I corrected a high 2 hours after I ate which is why I never correct highs anymore. My main problem is if I get my doses right I need to be at 8 mmol, 2 hours after a meal to be safe as an hour after that my bg is 4 and I have to eat again. This happens no matter...