need help in treating sons highs

Hi.

If my sugar was that high when I tested then I would take more novo rapid in order to bring it down as I would feel pretty awful with it that high. if you do that then obviously keep checking his blood sugar to check how it is doing. I would start off giving a little bit and seeing how that goes - you can always give him more a bit later, but you don't want to give him so much he goes hypo.

My sugar tends to suddenly go higher when I am getting / have a cold - is he ill at all?

Do you have a nurse you could contact if t remains high tomorrow? They will be able to help you to adjust his insulin if needed.

Painful stomach/feel sick...gastro? Or ketones? Read and heard of ketones causing pains in stomach & feeling sick lately. Test them again in case rising? Agree...needs quick acting insulin to bring bg down before ketones add to the problem. Do you know his insulin sensitivity I.e. how many mmols a unit of insulin will bring him down by? (For example 1u will lower my bg by 2.8 I think. It's around that anyway)

Do growth spurts alter insulin requirements I wonder?


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Ahhh, please ignore the post on other thread...about popping a couple of units in whilst he's asleep! I thought his bg before bed was 26!

Oh good that's he's come down! Poor little man yep I bet you're poised for a hypo now, hope it doesn't come and he remains stable thru night.

Good luck & hope dsn is helpful tomorrow. Hope you manage to get a few hours sleep somewhere during the night!!!


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Hi, good old Humilin M3 iam still on this diagnosed at 10 and nearly 23 years later still on it. I spose its not for everyone I like to be in routine but as for me as a child using M3 it was pretty much breakfast snack dinner snack tea snack then something to eat just before bed, if I did any sports id have a chocolate bar instead of adjusting my insulin all the time. Then for me I used to have a little extra M3 at evening as I wasn't as active at night. Then just slowly increased my insulin. By unit or 2 at a time. Like I said its not very flexible but ive always like to be in routine anyway.