It would help, but it would last a lot longer than you probably needed. If you do that I would monitor regularly to make sure you don't have an hypo.
No not today, normaly I would ask my Dad to pop round mine to get it, but its snowing here at the moment so don't want him to have to drive (plus he'd have to go in my kitchen and I left it a mess this morning lol)Is there anyone who can get your Novo to you at work???
How are your BGs at the moment? How bad is the snow? And I really do not think your dad would be bothered about the mess in the kitchen!!No not today, normaly I would ask my Dad to pop round mine to get it, but its snowing here at the moment so don't want him to have to drive (plus he'd have to go in my kitchen and I left it a mess this morning lol)
no unfortunately work and chemist are in opposite directions to homeIs the pharmacy that you normally get insulin from near your work? They may be able to give you an emergency supply - you may have to get your GP's surgery to confirm.
they are about 10 at the moment so not the end of the world, and although my dad wont mind the kitchen if my Mum went with him she would lol, 45 years old and still don't want my mum telling me off :-How are your BGs at the moment? How bad is the snow? And I really do not think your dad would be bothered about the mess in the kitchen!!
Hi @Lynmi, as a T1D, not as professional advice or opinion:
first of all, we have all make some mistake like this, it happens and reminds us that we are human and that we have this extra burden of having to check times over and over !! Be kind to yourself and as you know worry only puts BSLs up !!
I assume you have your glucose meter with you ?
You can at least monitor your levels. you would expect a rise in your BSL from breakfast but higher than usual.
Can you speak with your DSN or doctor to get more advice? If you google 'picture of profiles Levemir' you will see that it has a fairly flat profile or low persisting blood sugar -lowering effect), certainly compared to Novorapid. So is does not seem likely that it would help much but do see what your DSN or doctor says.
I suspect that your DSN or doctor will suggest not to eat much in the way of carbs but also ask them , if your BSL gets up to say, 14 mol/l plus, what can you do? And BTW lots of water helps to keep the blood 'watered down' a bit.
I know of someone, and i cannot recommend it, that was able in a similar situation but with BSL near 18 mol/l to inject some long-acting insulin into his muscle, where it was taken up more rapidly and helped bring down his BSL, thankfully not too low. He would have had to have a muscle close enough to his skin to have managed this with the short needles these days !!
Hopefully with advice you will see through the day with minor inconvenience.
Edit: And your Mum and Dad will be none the wiser !!!
if my numbers are high come lunch time then I will give them a callI know I did something very similar last year (I got to work and realised I didn't have my pen with me - luckily I knew I didn't need it til lunchtime so had a couple of hours spare), I rang my doctors and got them to sort me out an emergency prescription to a chemist just round the corner from work (as I work about 20 miles from home) - admittedly it would've taken less time to just drive home (it certainly wasn't snowing) - but you may find your doctors can do that if you have a chemist near to where you work.
To be honest I'd probably not leave it too long, I know it took a while for mine to get sorted out - admittedly some of this was caused by the receptionist trying to sort it out not being entirely sure how to send it to a chemist not in their areaif my numbers are high come lunch time then I will give them a call
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