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Hi said wouldn't post again, but got no where to turn to and believe it not I wouldn't mind trying to live a little longer at age 41. IAM on levinir 16 units in morning and 18 at night I have sometimes several correctional doses through the night but only ever 2/3 units as I don't know what's it going to do, basically any advice on how to set my background insulin, I've noticed in the afternoons I sometimes eat more carbs than I inject nova rapid and it can still come down. My sugars are in the twenty's around at least 80 percent of the time, how do you know if your insulin resistant? I seem to be more sensitive in the afternoon. Is nova rapid and levimir good for everyone? Alot of the times at night the corrections do not do alot. Then sometimes they crash, like yesterday said went from 20 to 11 in 15 minutes on glucose meter, only had around 4 units of Nova rapid and had food too, how do you know if you have lumps under skin where insulin can pool and release at random times? When I do nova rapid I don't usually have more than 6/7 units in one go, and then probably have around 40/50 grams of carbs so alot of the times I am just having an extra couple of units, iam like this as it's crashed fast a few times and can't explain it. Do different foods digest differently, all I know I feel a lot more sensitive in the afternoon as too morning and evening, does lack of sleep effect blood sugar as I am up all night scanning and doing correctional doses. Is it normal to feel starving at sugars of 15/16. Does different sites effect the insulin absorbtion? I currently inject in my legs stomach and bum, can you use the libre sensor anywhere else apart from the top out side arm? What glucose meters are most accurate tested earlier on a 4sure glucose meter one saidn11.2 then I did it again and said 17.5 then I scanned on liber said 18 and just changed batteries so may look at changing glucose meter. As someone said on one of the earlier post moving onto this regime one of the first things I should of been shown is how to set your background insulin, what I've had is cos sugars are high just up it a couple units and see how you get on. I am on certain medications eye drops etc while the keep doing stuff on it to try and save any sight in the right eye, iam not sure if this is having any effect on my diabetes, I try and eat well, 5.10 and weigh just over 12 and a half stone, but I find whatever IAM doing is very unpredictable, and what to eventually get my sugars down and feel safe and comfortable at normal levels. So any tips I could try or advice would be so helpful. IAM willing to try most things and I know they say speak to your doctors for advice but that's left me with a hba1c over 100 on around 8 injections a day and feels like my body is rotting from the inside out, iam willing to start from scratch, keep posting everything I eat and inject, and see if any of you people can have an idea what's going off. I don't drink no alcohol, smoke, Ive even quit coffee 6 months ago. Sorry for long post, but decided if I can wouldn't mind squeezing just abit more out of life, instead of waiting for the help from the so called specialists or when I've met the so called criteria...any help iam willing to listen to many thanks Dan