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- 31
- Type of diabetes
- LADA
- Treatment type
- Insulin
Hi guys, i have a question regarding Trurapi. I thought fast acting insulin was supposed to work, well fast?
My control has been shocking, i am like 6% in range. I take my Lantus every morning and i was given 1unit for every 30g, that didn't work at all, so we now changed it to 1:20. Also, going by my CGM data, no matter what i eat rises me but apparently i peak at lunch time, so i was told to take insulin with my lunch. I haven't been doing so, I'm a pretty big snacker also, so even if i did take the insulin with my lunch, an hour or so later i'd say have some crisps. - Anyway i was doing the bolus for a few weeks and gave up as it wasn't really doing anything, But today i decided i will be good, i had 2 sausage rolls, each at 24gs, My diabetic-M app told me to bolus 5 units of trurapi, all good. Took it. I still hit 22mmol, Literally it has taken 4 hours for me to finally get to 12mmol where i am sitting now.
I thought fast acting was suppose to be fast? Surely i shouldn't be still hitting 20+mmol after taking 5 units of fast acting insulin and not dropping till 4 hours later? I believe thats why i just hadn't bothered doing it (i know the risks) - i hit 27mmol yesterday because i had beans on toast for lunch, i felt sick the other night at work for no reason also, tested ketones when i got home and they were 0.7, that did scare me, that is why i am going to do better.
What i'm asking is, how long should it take for your bolus to work?
Thanks guys.
My control has been shocking, i am like 6% in range. I take my Lantus every morning and i was given 1unit for every 30g, that didn't work at all, so we now changed it to 1:20. Also, going by my CGM data, no matter what i eat rises me but apparently i peak at lunch time, so i was told to take insulin with my lunch. I haven't been doing so, I'm a pretty big snacker also, so even if i did take the insulin with my lunch, an hour or so later i'd say have some crisps. - Anyway i was doing the bolus for a few weeks and gave up as it wasn't really doing anything, But today i decided i will be good, i had 2 sausage rolls, each at 24gs, My diabetic-M app told me to bolus 5 units of trurapi, all good. Took it. I still hit 22mmol, Literally it has taken 4 hours for me to finally get to 12mmol where i am sitting now.
I thought fast acting was suppose to be fast? Surely i shouldn't be still hitting 20+mmol after taking 5 units of fast acting insulin and not dropping till 4 hours later? I believe thats why i just hadn't bothered doing it (i know the risks) - i hit 27mmol yesterday because i had beans on toast for lunch, i felt sick the other night at work for no reason also, tested ketones when i got home and they were 0.7, that did scare me, that is why i am going to do better.
What i'm asking is, how long should it take for your bolus to work?
Thanks guys.