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Hi everyone,
I am what I guess you could call an 'old-school' diabetic (still using a glucose monitor and syringes...) and want to start using a humalog pen to administer my insulin at meals (just think it would allow me to inject in restaurants etc, without running to the bathroom every time). I have tried a couple of times (I think it was the Huma-Pen, made by Lily) and found that (even when I pushed the plunger slowly, and waited a long time after pressing it all the way down etc.) it did not deliver all the insulin! I pushed the plunger again after injecting and a lot of insulin came out. After this, of course, I went high... This has happened to me with two separate pens (I first tried it years ago, and then again more recently with the new model).
If there are any pen users out there, please let me know what brand you use and whether you like it. Do you similarly find that it doesn't deliver the entire dose of insulin that you dial in? Any tips to avoiding this? [as I said, I followed the directions carefully, and really did wait a long time while holding the plunger down after injecting...].
Thanks for any advice!
I am what I guess you could call an 'old-school' diabetic (still using a glucose monitor and syringes...) and want to start using a humalog pen to administer my insulin at meals (just think it would allow me to inject in restaurants etc, without running to the bathroom every time). I have tried a couple of times (I think it was the Huma-Pen, made by Lily) and found that (even when I pushed the plunger slowly, and waited a long time after pressing it all the way down etc.) it did not deliver all the insulin! I pushed the plunger again after injecting and a lot of insulin came out. After this, of course, I went high... This has happened to me with two separate pens (I first tried it years ago, and then again more recently with the new model).
If there are any pen users out there, please let me know what brand you use and whether you like it. Do you similarly find that it doesn't deliver the entire dose of insulin that you dial in? Any tips to avoiding this? [as I said, I followed the directions carefully, and really did wait a long time while holding the plunger down after injecting...].
Thanks for any advice!