Hey guys im not 100% sure if i done my lantus background insulin or not im sitting quite high right now but i had a carby tea and have took correction units.. Any advice on what to do through the night? Thank you!
Take your fast acting insulin to lower your blood sugars, then take the right amount of Lantus.
It's been a long time since I took injections (I'm on a pump) but I'd be inclined to do half a dose now and set an alarm in the night to test and if no hypos occur during the night you can be pretty certain you haven't done it so do the other half in the morning and then you're good to do the full dose tomorrow night.
I'm not 100% sure this is the right think to do but it's what I'd do.
Thank u claire!
Right, say you go to sleep with your sugars at 5mmol and you haven't taken any background insulin, it'll creep over night, and it'll go high when your body decides it's time to wake up (liver dump), where as over shooting background insulin will lead you to hypos, not sure if you have good hypo awareness and etc but personally I'd rather just have elevated levels for a few hours then risk a coma or worse in case it dips to some silly levels.
But then again, hey what do I know? I'm just a Chi-town ***** with a Nas flow.
Cool story.Not having any background insulin at all puts you at an immense risk of developing DKA very quickly. Half a dose of long acting will prevent this from happening and if long acting has already been given than one and a half doses is better than a double dose, which of corse will lead to hypos.
Fake news. It takes a while without insulin to get to the DKA stage. Look up all the metabolic steps/transformations that have to occur in order for ketone bodies to be produced as a compensatory mechanism for no glucose. Half dose isn't a bad idea though.Not having any background insulin at all puts you at an immense risk of developing DKA very quickly. Half a dose of long acting will prevent this from happening and if long acting has already been given than one and a half doses is better than a double dose, which of corse will lead to hypos.
Fake news. It takes a while without insulin to get to the DKA stage. Look up all the metabolic steps/transformations that have to occur in order for ketone bodies to be produced as a compensatory mechanism for no glucose. Half dose isn't a bad idea though.
Is this based on published evidence or anecdotal evidence?Oh, how come you can get DKA within hours if a pump fails then? Is it because it's fast acting insulin in a pump instead of slow release?
Is this based on published evidence or anecdotal evidence?
My response of cool story probably wasn't the best way forward, but nor is scaremongering people about DKA (which doesn't kill instantly, where a severe enough hypo can or leave you as a potato...)
Not disputing the half Lantus idea, but the OP can't even remember if he took his insulin...what if he forgets to set his alarm or to test or something else and ends up as a potato...
Hey guys im not 100% sure if i done my lantus background insulin or not im sitting quite high right now but i had a carby tea and have took correction units.. Any advice on what to do through the night? Thank you!