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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kristin251" data-source="post: 1531301" data-attributes="member: 240838">I find my doses to only last about 2 hours. Wherever I am then I'm not coming down. I use humalog. Is that the same as humulonS?I eat vlc by choice and of course I bolus for protein. In the morning I take one unit 20 min before a wedge of avocado and like you, I need 1/2-1 unit and hour or hour and a half later. I eat 4 small meals throughout the day and usually 1/2 unit with them. I do not eat large amounts of animal / fish protein. I keep it to .8 g per kg so for me about 40g protein.  4 oz animal/ fish then some in avocado, nuts, seeds and an oz of cheese. If I eat fatty protein like a burger or fatty steak I would have to bolus again. For me eating smaller meals and small boluses work for my stomach. They are much like a snack. I take one unit of lantus at night and it is clearLy gone in the morning. So with no background insulin i need to take a small dose of humalog every 2.5-3 hours or a rise. So I just eat a bit to keep me steady or I'd drop. I eat a wedge of avocado for bf then make a regular sized lunch but eat off it two or three times. Usually a big bite with my second am dose, then some at noon and three. 5:30 is a piece of cheese and wine then dinner 6:30-7. So to answer your question, I don't think humalog lasts more than 2.5 hours especially at 1/2 unit doses. And if I take the whole dose at once I just drop and then spike. Of course I am doing more sticks this way but it works for me</blockquote>

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