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phil169

phil169

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back on insulin and blood have dropped to 15- 20 so increased lantus by 2 units putting me on 67 in all . a small chop and a salad for tea now bs is 21.5 so taken correction before bed and see what that do's in the morning. I am getting fed up with it all now again.
 
thanks jack I am trying real hard this time but god do's it drive me mad when i am being so good with what I am eating it just wont come down. 17 .9 fist thing this morning increased lantus by 2 units other day nothing still up so up again to night by another 2 to night.
 
Hi Phil, I also used to have very high glucose levels... I used to wake up with readings on ~28. I completely changed my diet, starting counting carbs, checking calories. Starting going to the gym for very light cardio and my levels are most of the time below 7. Dont lose hope, I promise you it will get better.

Callen Naidoo
 
phil169 said:
back on insulin and blood have dropped to 15- 20 so increased lantus by 2 units putting me on 67 in all . a small chop and a salad for tea now bs is 21.5 so taken correction before bed and see what that do's in the morning. I am getting fed up with it all now again.
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Phil...
Something makes me think that you may have an excess of weight.. Even with high levels.. You will find that as your levels cone down and (possibly) some weight.. Then so will your insulin requirements.

However, there is no right or wrong amounts of insulin to take... Moreimportant to take what your body is needing.

At your levels, you could increase your basals at a rate of 2 units a day until you get down to under 12.0 at all times. Your bolus could also alter by a gram a time too....

There is no cut off limits for ur anyone's insulin. Your body needs as much as it needs...


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thank you all for you help. to day got up and bloods are 19.7 nothing to eat this morning, just tested now and it is down to 12.7 that's best its been for a long time. lunch ham salad so no carbs. will test again before tea and see what that is but to seems to be a good day.
thanks all
 
Just needing to get you more on an even keel though.. Big swings will impact on your eyes and retinopathy, as will the higher levels.

Glad you dropped to lower levels... How were your tea time levels?



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HI BLOODS ARE STILL HIGH 18.9 -27. to day first test 24.7 nothing to eat 27 units taken dinner time 20.6 no dinner
 
hi now on 70 units of lantus and on 9 units of apidra to 10 g of carbs. this is what hospital said to do increase the lantus 2 units every 2-4 days and increase the apidra 1 unit for every 10 g to carbs until it drops.
 
Something is wrong here phil.......your bg is high due to not injecting enough insulin. Are you drinking beer or lager at all or eating food that contains a lot more carb? Are you using the 100 rule to calculate your correction doses with the bolus? Is your insulin pen working ok and are
your insulin pen cartridges kept cool enough to prevent deteriation from hot sun? Are you bg testing b4 meals and then 3hrs later and using a target to calculate on? What insulin to carb ratio are you using at the moment?

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dn gave me a new meter with it all set up to tell me what insulin to take I have increased this to now that iam on 9 units of insulin per 10g of carbs. and 70 night time insulin.
 
I do stay under 100 carbs per day most days below 50. pens are working ok and insulin kept if fridge. I take bg before I eat and 2 hours after. I am tea total.
 
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phil169 said:
I do stay under 100 carbs per day most days below 50. pens are working ok and insulin kept if fridge. I take bg before I eat and 2 hours after. I am tea total.
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hi phil sorry to hear your feeling out of sorts i am also type 2 i think on insulin lantus and novorapid i am like you get up in the morning some days with blood levels of 20 this has started after christmas after getting a bug and no matter how i try i cannot get them down my dsn said i should change from lantus on to a new type of insulin but i am terrified of hypos and she was saying maybe the lantus is not working for me it could be the same for u maybe you need to try a different one
 
Hi just a thought but I kept my levimir in the fridge at first used it it straight from the fridge when reading the label it said when in use not to .I found it worked much better when it was room temp just a thought maybe read the label on yours to see how it should be stored i know spares must be kept in fridge
 
sorry 9 units of fast acting insulin to 10 g of carbs. fridge is working and cooling fine it is only 3 weeks old but have done a temp test on it. I keep all insulin in the fridge except what I am using. this is why I stopped taking my insulin in the past as I just feel I can't get to grips with it. with all the other thing that are now happening I went back to the hospital. gggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr it's just getting me down AGAIN.
 
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You are extremely insulin resistant. Apart from excessive weight gain, have you had tests done to find out if there is another medical condition going on that is causing you to need so much insulin?

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hi
no other tests as of yet but back to hospital in 3 weeks to see dsn and week after to see specialist to see if there is any improvement will just have to see what they say but it is very frustrating at the moment when I think iam doing every thing right and it's just taking the mick out of me. apart from stopping the insulin or not eating any thing I just don't know what else to do???. I think that it is the insulin as I can smell it and I can even taste it about 20 minuets later that makes me drink 7-8L of bottled water or eat 3-4 ice lolly's to try and get rid of the taste. I can sometimes even smell the insulin when I go for a pee. when I stopped taking it last time all this stopped, but now other problems made me go back to see dsn. think I am ready for the funny farm lol.
 
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