At last I found a Doctor to listen well actually it was his assistant. 
As some of you will know I changed from Lantus after years on it, to levemir and have been on that for four weeks, in that time I have put on 7lbs, blood pressure has increased for the first time ever :shock: Hba1c was a bit lower which was good, but worst of all hypo warnings had decreased.
Was told at first to stick with Levimir a bit longer which I said I did not want to do and gave my reasons and the Doctor really was not keen for me to change, his assistant said, she had read of problems with synthetic insulin and suggested he give me a trial on the Hypurin Porcine Isophane as I was a long term diabetic and quite capable of knowing how my body was reacting, which is what he agreed too.
The assistant was only young so it gives us all hope that those coming out of medical school are more clued up on diabetes.
Tomorrow I will collect my prescription and see how it goes, I will keep you posted.
For those that use the Hypurin Porcine do you inject once or split your dose? at the moment I take 16 Levimir at 11pm and 16 at 11am
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As some of you will know I changed from Lantus after years on it, to levemir and have been on that for four weeks, in that time I have put on 7lbs,
blood pressure has increased for the first time ever :shock: Hba1c was a bit lower which was good, but worst of all hypo warnings had decreased.Was told at first to stick with Levimir a bit longer which I said I did not want to do and gave my reasons and the Doctor really was not keen for me to change, his assistant said, she had read of problems with synthetic insulin and suggested he give me a trial on the Hypurin Porcine Isophane as I was a long term diabetic and quite capable of knowing how my body was reacting, which is what he agreed too.
The assistant was only young so it gives us all hope that those coming out of medical school are more clued up on diabetes.
Tomorrow I will collect my prescription and see how it goes, I will keep you posted.
For those that use the Hypurin Porcine do you inject once or split your dose? at the moment I take 16 Levimir at 11pm and 16 at 11am
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