My father type 2

[John1974]

Hi everyone. My father is 80 he's been diagnosed as type 2 with insulin for a few years now and due to health conditions I have to take on his roll of administering his insulin and keeping check on the meter readings. He has a viva accurate check meter and his insulin type is called novo mix flex pen 30. He's on steroids for his c.o.p.d and his reading is sitting at 20.0 however I don't know what to set his flex pen too.
Can anyone help.me with readings and on how much insulin to give to him so I can keep things under control?

 

[noblehead]

Hi @John1974 and welcome to the forum.

I'm afraid no one on the forum can advise on how much insulin your father should receive to keep his diabetes under control, you need to ask his HCP's as they are the best people to ask.

 

[Brunneria]

I agree with @noblehead that you need professional advice on this.
Maybe schedule an appt for the two of you to discuss it with whoever normally treats your father?

And (I am going through this with my parents at the moment), it would be very helpful if your father is willing to sign a letter of consent to allow medical staff to interact with you on his behalf. My parents have written a letter giving me authorisation, but they need to redo it, because the wording was not correct.. I am sure you can find examples of appropriate wording on the internet.

You may find this link interesting.
http://www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/speaking-to-gp-about-someone-elses-health.aspx

Without such authorisation, medical staff cannot deal directly with you, and if you are going to be helping your father with his injections and blood tests, then you will need more info than you currently have!

Hope that helps.

 

[Mep]

yeh I agree with what others have said, best to see his doc for that advice Sorry to hear though. The steroids he's on would contribute to higher sugar levels too which is another reason you need to get docs advice. I wish you and your dad the best.