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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 1936265" data-attributes="member: 372717">So, I understand that folk on insulin pumps can get DKA (diabetic ketoacidosis) very quickly if their pump disconnects (hours rather than days?).  I'm on MDI (nightly lantus plus humalog before meals).  If I forgot my nightly lantus would I be at risk by morning?  Presumably by then I'd have had several hours of zero insulin in my system....There've been a few occasions where I've thought "Did I have my lantus?" (it's fatal to read in bed before doing night time insulin) and I usually err on the side of not doing an extra injection...Or is there so much latency in basal insulin that you'd have to go an additional 24 hours before it is completely out of your system???</blockquote>

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