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Hi, We were told Levemir only works for 20 hours when we did the sessions at the hospital when she changed over, so far so good today after the hypo this morning I'm just going to do her bg again. Steve

Hi, My Nan woke me at 0725 and said that although she felt fine and had got dressed, her nightdress and bed were wet through with sweat so I did her bg and it was 2.1. Now I've got it up to 4.6, at least since she changed over to Novorapid & Levemir (she had to - she was told they were...

At 8pm she had the rest of her tea and her novorapid after we found the out of hours number for the nurse, blood was 16 at 2200 and shes just had the remaining 5 units of Levemir & we are going to monitor her bg overnight. I'll post in the morning how the night went. Thanks for all the advice...

Hi, Trouble is after 30 odd years of using syringes she was pleased to see the back of them! I would double check what she's doing but I faint at the sight of a needle!

Why is it people don't think of something as simple as setting an alarm untill someome else points it out to them, is it because humans think of a complicated solution and miss the simple one that's staring them in the face... :lol: Steve

At the moment they are as far apart as they can be without being in seperate rooms (about 15ft), maybe I should move the Levemir to her bedroom, less chance of her forgetting to do it and less chance of doing the wrong one (in theory....). Steve

BG at 7.41pm is 9.7. Steve

Hi, It's definate she injected the Levemir, its in a hard case and the pen is a different colour - she realised what she'd done as she took the needle out. At the moment she had tea at 6 and I'm just going to do her bg, i'll post what it is in a minute. We do have a number for her diabetes nurse...

Hi all, I live with my Nan who has been a type 1 diabetic for 40 years, she is on Novorapid injected at breakfast, lunch and tea with 15 units of Levemir at bedtime. A couple of times she has forgotton to do the Levemir and has woken up with bg in the 18-20 range but we've worked through it...