insulin pens

Hi All! I'm a T1 Diabetic of 30+ years. I don't have a pump for a variety of reasons (let's just say it's not a good option for me) so I use pens. At the moment I have the HumaPen Luxura HD from Lilly for my bolus, which allows you to dose in half units as I'm very sensitive to insulin. My...

Please can I have a little advice. This evening I currently have 12u’s of insulin in my current pen. My current dosage is 20u’s. Therefore, when you administer you’re dosage what would you do? Option 1. Release air using 2u’s, then admitster the 10u’s left followed by new pen. Then obviously...

a good friend of mine from twitter, in fact the person who introduced to me low carb and dr Bernstein’s approach about 10 months ago, so I have a lot to thank him for. He has been now told by his medical insurance they will restrict his insulin pen needles to a certain amount and think he’s is...

Just wondering if anyone else has had problems with Tresiba pens? I've had so many where the mechanism breaks down after about one third of the insulin has been used. I feel angry about this, because although I can get replacement ones on prescription, this must be a huge cost to the NHS (I know...

Dear all, I was wondering where you dispose of your needles, lancets, cartridges and insulin pens when you have finished with them? Do you have a sharps bin? Do you return it to the pharmacy or your GP when it is full? Thank you very much