I'm not sure what the BBC or owning aTV has got to do about taking insulin. I had a steroid injection in my swollen knee yesterday, blood sugar was 10.0, at night not unusual for me I took my usual 11 units of Levemir and woke up to Hi this morning I took 18 of Humalog tested again at 0930 it was down to 31. Testing again now having put in another 18 units down to 26 so what do I do now?
Hi
@wiffywyerf , and welcome,
You're not sure what the BBC and owning a TV have to do with insulin, but that's most likely because you're posting in a thread about a slightly different topic than what you're wondering about. No problem, happens regularly. (
@Juicyj ,
@DCUKMod can you help? I'm not at home with insulin much aside form what my cat needs, and others who are knowledgable might miss this here, and some help would be nice. I'm kinda useless with this).
As for steroids, they signal your liver to dump glucose like crazy, so this'll probably last a little while. For me, my BS went up for a day or two after I got one in my shouder, but I heard some people's rise lasts longer. I'd say, test like there's no tomorrow, I think for ketones too, and get in touch with your doc about it. It's temporary, but still something to keep an eye out for.
Again, welcome! Hope you'll feel better soon!
Jo