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<blockquote data-quote="Lg2020" data-source="post: 2231452" data-attributes="member: 520914"><p>Im type 1 and normally have very good control but the start of this week has been a nightmare. A bad night time hypo followed by blood sugar level that shot up and just wouldnt seem to come down with correction doses. Same thing for 3 days in a row.</p><p></p><p>Initially thought I was coming down wih an illness but yesterday I decided discarding my insulin and trying a new vial. That's when I noticed I had put the fast acting novo rapid insulin cartridge in the pen i use for my long acting levemir.</p><p></p><p>Very stupid of me. I take my long acting at lunch time and just before bed so had been taking a big dose of novo rapid with no food then off to sleep for the night. Scary!</p><p></p><p>Anyone else done anything this stupid? It's taken me 17 years to make this mistake </p><p></p><p>I know it's my fault but made me think there should be some safety mechanism in the pen and the vial to configure it to only take one type of insulin </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]39332[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39333[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39334[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lg2020, post: 2231452, member: 520914"] Im type 1 and normally have very good control but the start of this week has been a nightmare. A bad night time hypo followed by blood sugar level that shot up and just wouldnt seem to come down with correction doses. Same thing for 3 days in a row. Initially thought I was coming down wih an illness but yesterday I decided discarding my insulin and trying a new vial. That's when I noticed I had put the fast acting novo rapid insulin cartridge in the pen i use for my long acting levemir. Very stupid of me. I take my long acting at lunch time and just before bed so had been taking a big dose of novo rapid with no food then off to sleep for the night. Scary! Anyone else done anything this stupid? It's taken me 17 years to make this mistake I know it's my fault but made me think there should be some safety mechanism in the pen and the vial to configure it to only take one type of insulin [ATTACH=full]39332[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39333[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]39334[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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