bhk
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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Insulin
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Hi all,
I have big struggles since a few weeks/months. My bolus insulin being humalog (since maybe 15 years), each time that I eat, I noticed that I tend to have a rapid increase in my blood glucose and it raises for about an hour, then starts to drop. So to solve the issue I take the insulin and wait for 15-30 mins before eating (depending on what I eat). The problem is lately, the drop (between hours 1 and 2) is MASSIVE. Even with very low quantities of insulin, I often get in hypo very quickly and intensively, then at hours 3 and 4 I get a huge rise in the blood sugar. I tried to vary my diet and make some observations, and to analyze the situation better I eat few lipids and proteins during meals to be sure these aren't an underlying cause of the problem.
I think that the problem is actually that I absorb carbohydrates at a steady rate, for a long time (3-4 hours) and the peak of humalog is clearly not appropriate. You can have a look at the graphs on the picture. This is happening almost at every meal, and I really want to solve the issue as it is a constant stress all day, day after day. My best approach so far would be to try an insulin that is still rapid but with a less pronounced peak and longer time of action, which seems to correspond to humulin R. Has anyone switched from a very rapid analog (novolog, humalog, etc.) to humulin R or a similar insulin (pork insulin for instance)?
Thanks a lot!
Hi all,
I have big struggles since a few weeks/months. My bolus insulin being humalog (since maybe 15 years), each time that I eat, I noticed that I tend to have a rapid increase in my blood glucose and it raises for about an hour, then starts to drop. So to solve the issue I take the insulin and wait for 15-30 mins before eating (depending on what I eat). The problem is lately, the drop (between hours 1 and 2) is MASSIVE. Even with very low quantities of insulin, I often get in hypo very quickly and intensively, then at hours 3 and 4 I get a huge rise in the blood sugar. I tried to vary my diet and make some observations, and to analyze the situation better I eat few lipids and proteins during meals to be sure these aren't an underlying cause of the problem.
I think that the problem is actually that I absorb carbohydrates at a steady rate, for a long time (3-4 hours) and the peak of humalog is clearly not appropriate. You can have a look at the graphs on the picture. This is happening almost at every meal, and I really want to solve the issue as it is a constant stress all day, day after day. My best approach so far would be to try an insulin that is still rapid but with a less pronounced peak and longer time of action, which seems to correspond to humulin R. Has anyone switched from a very rapid analog (novolog, humalog, etc.) to humulin R or a similar insulin (pork insulin for instance)?
Thanks a lot!