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<blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2081990" data-attributes="member: 372207"><p>Apidra is a typical short acting insulin, taken before meals. Usually T1's on Apidra (or another brand short acting insulin) take a long acting insulin as well. Can you ask your doctor about long acting insulin?</p><p>With T1's diagnosed as adults it can happen the short acting is enough for a while, so it might be that in your case.</p><p></p><p>The Apidra is part of the basal/bolus regime. The basal, or long acting to keep you steady in the background, the bolus, or short acting to take with food to help your body use the nutrients in your food and prevent your blood sugar from going high.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>When you get more experience with your diabetes you should be able to figure how much insulin to take for your meals, depending on the amount of carbs. It doesn't really matter at what times you eat, you just take the insulin before your meals.</p><p></p><p>Do you have a good doctor or diabetic nurse to go to with your questions? It may be very helpful!</p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Antje77, post: 2081990, member: 372207"] Apidra is a typical short acting insulin, taken before meals. Usually T1's on Apidra (or another brand short acting insulin) take a long acting insulin as well. Can you ask your doctor about long acting insulin? With T1's diagnosed as adults it can happen the short acting is enough for a while, so it might be that in your case. The Apidra is part of the basal/bolus regime. The basal, or long acting to keep you steady in the background, the bolus, or short acting to take with food to help your body use the nutrients in your food and prevent your blood sugar from going high. When you get more experience with your diabetes you should be able to figure how much insulin to take for your meals, depending on the amount of carbs. It doesn't really matter at what times you eat, you just take the insulin before your meals. Do you have a good doctor or diabetic nurse to go to with your questions? It may be very helpful! Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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