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<blockquote data-quote="CheeseSeaker" data-source="post: 2692249" data-attributes="member: 531814"><p>Ok - so things to consider (if not now then in the future) that might help when you get a bit more personal experience with how things work for you (Diabetes is great as its different for all of us in some ways)</p><p></p><p>Humalog is classed as a 'Fast' insulin (rather than 'slow-acting') but thats still 1-2 hours before it kicks in at full capability and can be considered 'expired' by 4 hours - can start acting in 20 mins but more likely 30-45 for most people.</p><p></p><p>Might be worth pre-bolusing at 30 mins and seeing if that helps, then if increase a bit if it does till you find the 'sweet spot'.</p><p></p><p>Lyumjev is Humalog with 'stuff in' to make it work quicker - its usually active in 15 mins and peaks at 45-60, so pre-bolusing is usually not needed. Worth considering a switch if you're struggling to get the humalog to do its stuff for you,</p><p></p><p>Negatives with Lyumjev - it can sting as you inject (this goes away over time), it can hit very quickly, so it can hit your system before you've digested the food, Thats a learing process for you to try out (with lucozade available in case you drop too far).</p><p></p><p>Try low carb to work out how you handle it, and when you're happy, increase your carbs slowly. Bare in mind high carb/fatty foods (pizza, pasta, curries etc) do odd things as you digest them and take different approaches so you can eat them without problems, steer away from them till you have your settings sorted and do some reading up on strategies to handle pizza etc.</p><p></p><p>You will get to a place where you can eat anything again - its a learning process but you'll do it if you don't mind a bit of work to understand how to get there (I eat anything and everything, just have to think about how I can do it) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CheeseSeaker, post: 2692249, member: 531814"] Ok - so things to consider (if not now then in the future) that might help when you get a bit more personal experience with how things work for you (Diabetes is great as its different for all of us in some ways) Humalog is classed as a 'Fast' insulin (rather than 'slow-acting') but thats still 1-2 hours before it kicks in at full capability and can be considered 'expired' by 4 hours - can start acting in 20 mins but more likely 30-45 for most people. Might be worth pre-bolusing at 30 mins and seeing if that helps, then if increase a bit if it does till you find the 'sweet spot'. Lyumjev is Humalog with 'stuff in' to make it work quicker - its usually active in 15 mins and peaks at 45-60, so pre-bolusing is usually not needed. Worth considering a switch if you're struggling to get the humalog to do its stuff for you, Negatives with Lyumjev - it can sting as you inject (this goes away over time), it can hit very quickly, so it can hit your system before you've digested the food, Thats a learing process for you to try out (with lucozade available in case you drop too far). Try low carb to work out how you handle it, and when you're happy, increase your carbs slowly. Bare in mind high carb/fatty foods (pizza, pasta, curries etc) do odd things as you digest them and take different approaches so you can eat them without problems, steer away from them till you have your settings sorted and do some reading up on strategies to handle pizza etc. You will get to a place where you can eat anything again - its a learning process but you'll do it if you don't mind a bit of work to understand how to get there (I eat anything and everything, just have to think about how I can do it) :-) [/QUOTE]
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