Half units

Hi Sanober!

Hope it's still going well on that insulin!

I use Apidra and it has a very rapid onset, so i do sometimes have to reduce it for the meal to avoid early hypos - I then go high later and sometimes have to have a correction unit :roll: I think Novorapid does have a slower onset and a bit of a tail at the 3-4 hour mark, so it could be that.

Hope you get it sorted.

Smidge

 

hi ,

my duaqghter has nova rapid , nova rapid takes about 1-2 hrs to get properly working we always give it to her half hr or so befor her meal i hope this helps you x

 

Hi

Thats strange Novorapid starts to work after 10 min peaks between 2 and 3 hrs and should be over by 4hrs, by me anyway, the same or close to the Carb highs. if I injected 30min before eating I would have to poor sugar over my spuds. I suppose if one ate a sugary diat it would work though. Be careful.

 

Sorry, back to half units,

I inject half units no rounding up or down. Have recently proved this in my last Clinic visit. It works well, although I do use a calculator

 

Hi Sanober,
I am the same as you. 1 year at xmas diagnosed Lada. still in the honeymoon period and I have a half unit pen because of the same reason as you, going to low on a 1 to 10 carb ratio. I have a very low carb diet so tend not to have to inject in the day which then makes things much easier for me to cope with...probably not ideal though.....having said that when I do have carbs with my meals (dining out) I still tend to get it wrong and mostly do not give myself enough insulin :lol: it's all very new to us and I am sure we will get there in the end.....trial and error.

lorri x