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Cant remember if I took my morning insulin

Engineer88

Engineer88

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Type 1
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Ugghh

Cant believe I cant remember if I've done it or not will only know at lunchtime now :'(
 
Just test more regularly for a few hrs. Better to go a little high temporarily than inject twice !


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I've doen that before now, as I'm sure have many others. If you do find yourself drifting high, you can always correct at the next meal with additional short acting to get you through until your next basal dose.
 
I've done that too. So I used the count-up timer on my phone as a reminder of how long ago I injected.

I then puchased a Timesulin replacement cap which starts a timer each time the cap is removed for a few seconds.
 
Engineer88 said:
Yeah currently at 26.4.... deffo didnt do it!
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It can easily happen especially in a morning when we are rushing about, you can get devices that fit on the end of insulin pens that reminds you when you last injected, one is called Timesulin and I just forget the name of the other. I use Novorapid so thankfully get issued with the Novopen Echo which has a timer built into the pen, could do with something similar for my lantus insulin as there's times where I have that eliment doubt if I've injected or not :crazy:
 
I dont often do it I have to be honest, and Im getting the pump in 41 days so its not worth it now. I think there have been a handfull of times I have done this. Just annoyed at myself as it was a shock how high i was :x
 
The new line of NovoPen's (NovoPen 5 I think) has time cap so you can log the times you use it, which may help in the future.

I sometimes forget to do my levemir, which means my sugar level is very high sometimes. I have started to note down when and where I take my insulin, which helps sometimes.

Kevin b


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