Maxy
Well-Known Member
Hey everyone,
After a long time waiting I've finally been able to begin pump therapy, I've experienced a great increase in control despite it being early days and "starting again". Before my main problems were:
Since beginning pump therapy, my basal has been incredibly stable and predictable most of the time but I still have a long way to go before having a fine tuned regime. This as a result has alleviated the other problems in some ways- the main one for me being able to go to sleep without fearing hypo and/or waking up with ridiculously high readings.
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Thanks for reading this far!
Today my diary is as follows:
I've had some extreme problems today again with my bolus not working at the time when I've eaten proper carbohydrate based meals. I wouldn't usually as much carbohydrate due to the fear of this.
This morning I was up at 6:45am, with a reading of 7.3mmol/L and had breakfast at 7:30, so:
06:49: 7.3 mmol/L
07:14: 6.4 mmol/L - 2 x slices of bread with cream cheese & slice of smoked salmon *yummy* (23g of carb per slice= 46g)
Felt extremely ill on the way to work, my Libre measured 15.0 mmol/L
At work did a blood test:
09:29: 13.3 mmol/L - Bolused for a cup of coffee 15g carbs
10:18: 11.1 mmol/L
Now went for lunch, had sausage and mash with onions and instant gravy- I predicted based on the portion size using carbs & cals app to be 65g of carbs approx- which offered a sizeable bolus.
12:36: 8.5 mmol/L - Approx 65g carbs, bolus just before meal
At around 14:27 I scanned libre and it read 21.4 mmol/L , I was shocked and thought it could just be a misreading - but did proper blood test and it was roughly correct:
14:31: 18.2 mmol/L - Gave a correction (with guidance from bolus wizard)
15:53: 15.3 mmol/L - Gave an additional correction with guidance of bolus wizard.
I double checked for ketones when I returned home from work, as usual I registered 0.1 ket mmol/L- I'm quite fortunate up to now *touch wood* to not be too susceptible to developing ketones very quickly- but i'm being extra vigilant now I'm pumping and take usual protocol - drinking water, retesting etc.
I suspect my doggy is lying on Libre on my bed.. once the lazy boy moves I'll download results for the whole day to show where I've gone since then.
Today was slightly different to others, I started in a very good place so thought I'd for once not stick with low carb/low GI and eat 'normal' quantities of carbs. Despite bolusing properly for both meals a similar pattern has emerged which is leading me to ask some questions in the interest of finding answers.
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After all that, my question is this- might I have any luck switching from Novorapid, to Humalog or Apidra?
I was considering this quite a while ago, but was told that it wouldn't be a good idea to make a change as I was attempted to get pump therapy approval- and if it suddenly worked better it could potentially affect my chances of success.
Would hugely appreciate hearing anyones experience on the following:

Thanks for reading and good-night all.
After a long time waiting I've finally been able to begin pump therapy, I've experienced a great increase in control despite it being early days and "starting again". Before my main problems were:
- A very erratic and unpredictable basal rate that would still result in night-time hypos, which meant I had to cut out basal over-night altogether.
- My body digesting carbohydrates/proteins/fat extremely quickly (insulin not beginning to make a dent sometimes up to 2–3 hours after a meal) resulting in huge spikes unless I did my insulin a long time before the meal.
- Having to suddenly stop a highly active life-style/exercise routine due to hypos and other problems (despite carb-counting religiously, injecting temp basal/bolus to accomodate varying levels of activity).
- Not being able to eat certain types of carbohydrate without experiencing nasty spikes- in my case this has been bread, potato and pasta in that order. I've noticed rice sits with me a bit better regardless of white/brown. Low GI as expected sits with me better.
Since beginning pump therapy, my basal has been incredibly stable and predictable most of the time but I still have a long way to go before having a fine tuned regime. This as a result has alleviated the other problems in some ways- the main one for me being able to go to sleep without fearing hypo and/or waking up with ridiculously high readings.

______________
Thanks for reading this far!

I've had some extreme problems today again with my bolus not working at the time when I've eaten proper carbohydrate based meals. I wouldn't usually as much carbohydrate due to the fear of this.
This morning I was up at 6:45am, with a reading of 7.3mmol/L and had breakfast at 7:30, so:
06:49: 7.3 mmol/L
07:14: 6.4 mmol/L - 2 x slices of bread with cream cheese & slice of smoked salmon *yummy* (23g of carb per slice= 46g)
Felt extremely ill on the way to work, my Libre measured 15.0 mmol/L
At work did a blood test:
09:29: 13.3 mmol/L - Bolused for a cup of coffee 15g carbs
10:18: 11.1 mmol/L
Now went for lunch, had sausage and mash with onions and instant gravy- I predicted based on the portion size using carbs & cals app to be 65g of carbs approx- which offered a sizeable bolus.
12:36: 8.5 mmol/L - Approx 65g carbs, bolus just before meal
At around 14:27 I scanned libre and it read 21.4 mmol/L , I was shocked and thought it could just be a misreading - but did proper blood test and it was roughly correct:
14:31: 18.2 mmol/L - Gave a correction (with guidance from bolus wizard)
15:53: 15.3 mmol/L - Gave an additional correction with guidance of bolus wizard.

I double checked for ketones when I returned home from work, as usual I registered 0.1 ket mmol/L- I'm quite fortunate up to now *touch wood* to not be too susceptible to developing ketones very quickly- but i'm being extra vigilant now I'm pumping and take usual protocol - drinking water, retesting etc.
I suspect my doggy is lying on Libre on my bed.. once the lazy boy moves I'll download results for the whole day to show where I've gone since then.
Today was slightly different to others, I started in a very good place so thought I'd for once not stick with low carb/low GI and eat 'normal' quantities of carbs. Despite bolusing properly for both meals a similar pattern has emerged which is leading me to ask some questions in the interest of finding answers.
_________
After all that, my question is this- might I have any luck switching from Novorapid, to Humalog or Apidra?
I was considering this quite a while ago, but was told that it wouldn't be a good idea to make a change as I was attempted to get pump therapy approval- and if it suddenly worked better it could potentially affect my chances of success.
Would hugely appreciate hearing anyones experience on the following:
- Have you experienced this chronic meal-spiking despite having an approved basal rate?
- Had experience using Novorapid, Humalog and Apidra or experienced differences using different types?
- Found that the type of insulin works better or worse when being pumped opposed to SQ injection?

Thanks for reading and good-night all.
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