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  1. bobneil

    I'm switching my bolus to leg only for a few weeks. Tips needed!

    I want to give my belly area a much needed break from being filled with insulin all day, and switch to my legs for a while whenever possible (meaning: I will only use belly if I'm absolutely starving or short on time and need to eat right away) So far all I've really done is make sure that I'm...
  2. bobneil

    Has anyone tried using only the legs for bolus+basal?

    This is only curiosity speaking. I'm really skinny, I don't think I'll be able to bulk up any until I get a solid amount of money for more meat in my diet. My basal injections in my thigh don't hurt, except for the burn of the Lantus. However, my mealtime insulin hurts a lot in my belly. I have...
  3. bobneil

    Do I still need mealtime insulin if what I'm eating has basically no carbs?

    I'm GUESSING yes because it all gets converted to sugar eventually, but here's the problem: I just had a 2:45pm lunch with 11U of NovoRapid. I know for a fact that my insulin's going to last another 3.5-4 hours, with most of its work done in the first 2. This is normally not an issue because my...
  4. bobneil

    I keep thinking back to how close I was to dying from a disease I didn't know I had.

    All because I thought it was a flu. It's late, and for the first time since I left the hospital on Jan 30th, I'm taking a look back at how bad things really were. I managed to get treated just in time. The timeline starts around the second week of January. I noticed that I was pretty thirsty...
  5. bobneil

    My blood sugar's apparently 32.6 after eating cereal

    Hi friends, sorry for the lack of introduction but I need a quick-ish answer. This is my first day alone with diabetes and I haven't yet gotten back to my doctor for anything. I woke up and took a reading of 15 on my glucose monitor, gave myself 12 units before eating a meal , then waited 2...