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suddenly insulin resistance

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static192

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Location
Birmingham
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Insulin
hi suddenly iv have become insulin resistance sugar has been stuck at 12.4 today normally i would go down to my target level despite giving correct insulin but not budging at all despite correction does anyone else have days like this?.
 
It may just be "one of those days" but have you changed your insulin and checked your pen?
 
I had a few unexplained days like this last week, ended up injecting about triple my usual correction doses which had zero effect. I was reluctant to inject any more because I didn’t want to go hypo!
 
hey yeah pen seems fine i think vial is fine but might change it aswell incase that might be the problem.
 
Mel dCP said:
I had a few unexplained days like this last week, ended up injecting about triple my usual correction doses which had zero effect. I was reluctant to inject any more because I didn’t want to go hypo!
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hey its wierd like im injecting water how many days did you have this for when sugars wouldnt come down?.
 
static192 said:
hey its wierd like im injecting water how many days did you have this for when sugars wouldnt come down?.
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About three, but it was hotter than I’m used to, and I was away from home, although still eating very low carb. I can also blame it partly on my hormones, as I get a bit resistant one week a month - not applicable to everyone, that one! But I do find that if I don’t sleep well I’m quite resistant the next day. Also, if I don’t nip the dawn rise in the bud, it takes me until after lunchtime to get it back in range.
 
Yeah, it does happen.
When I was taking insulin injections I made sure to inject in a quite different sites each time and not near any fat pads. ( to minimise variable absorption.
The worry and frustration of nothing working adds to the problem. Some times I wondered if a pen was malfunctioning, e.g. the screw device moving the plunger was slipping, never could work out if it was. I have even blamed the wether once or twice ( but the weather never took notice)
On a pump I usually change the needle site as a bent needle can do this without setting off the obstruction alarm or leakage was occurring at the needle site but obscured by the sticky patch, less insulin goes in = less change in bsl if at all. I had heard of the thread on the driving screw of a pump becoming partly stripped so that slippage occurred and the dose was not fully given.
 
I have weeks like this. Usually end up upping basal for a week then have to put it back down as I crash. In that upped basal scenario at the moment. Watching my Libre line carefully as it has started to scrape the bottom of its target. Yet 2 weeks ago it was constantly just above the top. Have I done anything different, absolutely not. I have given up questioning it and just react accordingly. What I did find is that treating it with my bolus didn’t help. But that’s just me.
 
I had this for the first time a couple of weeks back. I was eating the same things but all of a sudden getting higher readings. Ended up having to increase bolus amounts by about 50%. Couldn’t figure it out, maybe the clammy weather? Coming down with something?

Then one day about to bolus I noticed the vial was damp. Taking it out (fiasp cartridge) and inspecting it it had a very long hairline crack down the side, that was now leaking / letting in air. Maybe it was there on installation but less pronounced. Can’t figure out how it could have been damaged otherwise.

So I swapped it out, and bolus amounts and bloods all back to normal.
 
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