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    Insulin quantity needed

    What irritates me is how to judge how much insulin to inject. BS 140, weight 140, how many i.U. (what the hell are international units?). The idea is o keep BS to around 6.5. Any solutions out there?
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    Hba1c was 91 now 47

    HbA1C 47? Mine's 7.1. Obviously different scales. What is 47? Mg/Dl? Or what...?
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    Table of insulin to inject depending on body weight and blood sugar in mg/dl

    Actraphane and no carb count. I was almost glad to start injecting - Metformin is bloody awful. Made me ill and this went on for 3 months. I then called a stop and had to blow €20 a month for other tablets without side effects.
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    Table of insulin to inject depending on body weight and blood sugar in mg/dl

    Yerss...and I cannot resist the occasional chocolate. Very naughty of me.
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    Table of insulin to inject depending on body weight and blood sugar in mg/dl

    I'm on Actraphane and do not carb count.
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    Table of insulin to inject depending on body weight and blood sugar in mg/dl

    Handy info. Thanks! My diabetologist intends sending me on a cure to get my BMI down to normal as he's certain my problem is insulin resistance and not "real" diabetes. I wait with bated breath, Such cures BTW are covered 100% by the German version of the NHS. Unfortunately there are very few...
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    Table of insulin to inject depending on body weight and blood sugar in mg/dl

    Given a body weight of 140 kgs, BS of 135 mg/dl, how many i.Us. of insulin need I inject to get the BS down? The idea is to keep HbA1c below 6.5. BTW - if anyone's interested - COVID messes things up nicely. As did my annual 'flu jab. The trouble and strife is not diabetic and had no problems...
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    Table of insulin to inject depending on body weight and blood sugar in mg/dl

    I would welcome a table of how many international units of insulin to inject given a body weight of e.g. 135 kgs and blood sugar of e.g. 160 mg/dl. No such table/s seem/s to exist so I limit my insulin to a max of 50 i.u. per injection. This may sometimes be too much or too little - I've no way...
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    Influenza influence on blood sugar

    I'm showing symptoms of inlfuenzan and my blood sugar (I'm zype 2) has shot up to 186 mg/dl. Is this to be expected, or should I up my international units of insulin? Edit by mod.
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    HbA1c 94 to 34 in 3 months

    I've never had a HbA1c over 9.0 %. This is in Germany. Do you use a different scale of measurement? Germany uses mg/dl but % for HbA1c only - very confusing.
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    Type 2 When to test sugar levels - new diagnosis

    It's frightening at first but getting a doc who knows his/her way around diabetes and its drugs is a great help. May involve changing GP. Other ailments need watching. Mine, believe it or not, is gout. Don't laugh. As a 17th century clergyman noted, it's like walking on your eyeballs. How is...
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    Metformin slow release

    I had to abandon Metformin after a couple of months. The stuff made me sicker than a dog and I got very fed up with the daily early morning visit to the bathroom. They gave me different tablets costing €20 a month extra that had zero side effects. As I now inject insulin the problem solved...
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    Metformin slow release

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    I wish I had listened to the people in this forum...

    HBA1c 68 - can't be right. What measurement are you using? Mmol or mg/dl?
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    What was your fasting blood glucose? (with some chat)

    Mine was 87 mg/dl this a.m. but I now have areas of brown pigmentation on the lower legs. Is this indicative of T2D trouble?
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