Had a dominos pizza a couple of months back, ended up injecting about 25 units altogether, my blood sugars were still rising 3-4 hours later
It was near christmas, had like 3 lazy days where i hardly moved from the sofa, on the 3rd day i had a dominos pizza, my insulin doesnt hardly seem to work unless im active, i injected 10 units before, i checked my blood sugars 2 hours later they was 15mmol, injected another 5 units, checked an hour later and my sugars were about 19mmol, they had gone up?, so i got frustrated and injected another 10 units, checked an hour later and my bs was about 8mmol, hardly worth it for a pizza right?
Well there was the occasion (described in another thread) when I inadvertently put a Humalog cartridge in my Lantus pen & injected about 34 units.
Plus my normal humalog as well!
What happened ? Were you ok eventually ?
Signy
Yes eventually.
I swigged Lucozade like it was going out of fashion & force fed myself food.
I asked a friend to come round, thinking that if I lost consciousness he would dial 999.
He was very nervous though & persuaded me to call NHS 111. They were pretty useless & said I should go to A&E, which we did.
By the time I got there my BGs were beginning to pick up & we just sat & chatted for an hour or so. It was somewhat embarrassing but everyone was very understanding. In the end I had sorted it out myself - the Dexcom was invaluable!
Needless to say I check & double check my pen cartridges now..