Hi
I have a question re splitting levemir. I take levemir and novorapid and am on small doses. I only take 6 units of Levemir each day. I take this at 10pm and its starts running out around 5pm (ish) and my BG starts to rise. This is making getting decent BG results in the evening very difficult. Even if 2 hours after tea my BG is ok it goes up as i've no background insulin to keep me level. I'm increasing my Novorapid and have taken extra about 2 hours after tea / or done some exercise to try and control this but its very hit and miss. I'm starting to get frustrated with it :x
I asked my DN about spltting the dose but she is very against this as she says I'm taking too small a dose and she's not sure how this would work. She seemed to think that going to bed at 8 or thereabouts was ok. Her definition of ok is NOT mine!
Has anyone sucessfully split such a small dose of basal insulin?
Claire
I have a question re splitting levemir. I take levemir and novorapid and am on small doses. I only take 6 units of Levemir each day. I take this at 10pm and its starts running out around 5pm (ish) and my BG starts to rise. This is making getting decent BG results in the evening very difficult. Even if 2 hours after tea my BG is ok it goes up as i've no background insulin to keep me level. I'm increasing my Novorapid and have taken extra about 2 hours after tea / or done some exercise to try and control this but its very hit and miss. I'm starting to get frustrated with it :x
I asked my DN about spltting the dose but she is very against this as she says I'm taking too small a dose and she's not sure how this would work. She seemed to think that going to bed at 8 or thereabouts was ok. Her definition of ok is NOT mine!
Has anyone sucessfully split such a small dose of basal insulin?
Claire