did i take my insulin?

What insulin are we talking about, is it your basal or your bolus your not sure about?

From this very site:

I can’t remember whether or not I injected?

Many people on insulin report problems of not remembering whether or not they took an injection.

This can lead to a dangerous quandary - do you inject and risk injecting twice, putting yourself at risk of severe hypoglycemia. Or, do you not inject and risk missing out having injected at all, which could lead to high blood glucose levels.

In this situation, it is likely to be more dangerous if you inject twice. It is better to hold off on injecting and monitor your blood glucose levels every 30 minutes.

If your blood glucose levels become too high, it could indicate that you have not injected.

If you are at all unsure how to manage the situation, contact your health team or out of hours service, who will be able to advise you.

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Just spotted this post and joined d site to tell you about insulin pens that you can get with a device added to them which can tell u how long ago u took ur insulin mine is a Novopen echo - not sure if other companies do them but I find it brill as I often wondered had I taken my insulin and sometimes wondered how much I had taken, this pen is a life saver!

I have two different types of insulin but the pen for Novorapid is in a hard plastic case with space for three needles so I can immediately tell whether I've given myself an injection, or at least I know if I've unwrapped the needle as I can't always remember if I've actually stuck it in myself! The Lantus is done when I go to bed which makes it easier to remember.

I have just been given a Novopen Echo but haven't been able to use it yet because the needles that I use for the other two pens won't fit the Echo. As I will still be using the Lantus pen it means I will have to have two different boxes of needles. I don't think the nurse realised it didn' take the same needles, although she had tried to get the same pen that I have been using but it looks like it's been discontinued but WHY couldn't they make the new pen take the old needles!!

I use the Echo and Lantus and they both take the BD Microfine needles that the Novorapid disposable pens used..