I'm trying but I don't have a set time at work for a break could be anywhere between 11 and 4 in morning xVwVonnie - You will find that you can do anything if you have to. The only real problem with taking insulin is that you'll need to plan ahead and eat to a strict timetable.
So I work nights and have lunch at around 2am I don't eat during day but have been told to do novarapid before food so do I take at night and not during day and Lantos at 8am
My nurse not at work today x
VwVonnie - You will find that you can do anything if you have to. The only real problem with taking insulin is that you'll need to plan ahead and eat to a strict timetable.
I'm trying but I don't have a set time at work for a break could be anywhere between 11 and 4 in morning
Thank you I'm trying to but I really can't eat before I goto work so only ear once a day/night I thought nurse said to take novarapid after foodI am T2 like you and insulin dependent. Like you, I also work nightshift. I change my insulin regime when on nightshift as I eat during the night. I consider the meals I have as: breakfast(whatever I have when I get up, doesn't matter what time it is), then next meal as lunch, then next as dinner. So I take my novorapid with these meals. You will have to decide when to take your Lantus, but you need to take it, as it provides a background level of insulin which your pancreas isn't providing. You will need to check your blood sugar often as sometimes nightshift has strange effects on your sugars, I find I can become hypo quite easily in the early morning.
The other thing is what you are eating
If you stay with a high carb diet, the insulin you've been prescribed may not be enough to cover what you are eating. Perhaps keep a food diary foir a week and also record your blood sugars so that you can see how you react to what you are eating. It might also help to see blood sugar trends.
Thank you I'm trying to but I really can't eat before I goto work so only ear once a day/night I thought nurse said to take novarapid after food
Previously type 2 on metformin and glicazide il be honest I really don't know what's going on
VwVonnie - You will find that you can do anything if you have to. The only real problem with taking insulin is that you'll need to plan ahead and eat to a strict timetable.
Basically you don't eat during the day on nightshift, so you need to take your insulin during the night, when you eat. There's nothing to be confused about here. Your nurse should have asked if you work and how you manage with shifts, indeed what shifts you do, and given advice to suit. As you're awake during the night, you need to be taking your insulin then, when you're up and about, active and eating meals.I didn't realise type 2 could be controlled with insulin blood sugar was 19.9 when I woke had insulin my once a day one it's now 23.8 I really don't know what to do as I work nights so I would of thought that it's better to take in evening I have novarapid to take 3 times a day but I don't eat during the day as I'm in bed im so confused x
I'm trying but I don't have a set time at work for a break could be anywhere between 11 and 4 in morning x
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