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Super highs urgent!
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trevorfather
Member
My daughter (now 23) had numbers in the range you are describing for YEARS - her local team were unable to resolve the problems. After MUCH fighting with the PCT etc we got her refered to KCH in South London, (MANY MILES FROM YOUR HOME BUT HEY!).
The Team a KCH sorted her out very quickly and she is now on a pump with HBA1c of under 8. (a VAST improvement in just a few months).
My advice is Push your local PCT for a second or even third opinion. there are people who will go the extra mile to help you just have to find them!
Good Luck.
The Team a KCH sorted her out very quickly and she is now on a pump with HBA1c of under 8. (a VAST improvement in just a few months).
My advice is Push your local PCT for a second or even third opinion. there are people who will go the extra mile to help you just have to find them!
Good Luck.
donnellysdogs
Master
There can be so many reasons for long bouts of highs..
1) illness or infection
2) as said... Stress
3) not making changes to basal or bolus if winter affects your levels
4) in case of being a pump user, faulty equipment, sets blocked by muscle or blood
5) using bad injection sites and not trying other places
6) insulin being stored at wrong temperature
7) guestimating carbs
8) changing diet
9) not having confidence to adjust doses
10) newly diagnosed and treatment not assessed fully to lifestyle
11) rebellion against diabetes
12) slow colonic transit
13) not making sure meter is calibrated and working properly
14) eating foods that have high spike levels
15) faulty insulin pens (should be checked regularly)
These are just a few
1) illness or infection
2) as said... Stress
3) not making changes to basal or bolus if winter affects your levels
4) in case of being a pump user, faulty equipment, sets blocked by muscle or blood
5) using bad injection sites and not trying other places
6) insulin being stored at wrong temperature
7) guestimating carbs
8) changing diet
9) not having confidence to adjust doses
10) newly diagnosed and treatment not assessed fully to lifestyle
11) rebellion against diabetes
12) slow colonic transit
13) not making sure meter is calibrated and working properly
14) eating foods that have high spike levels
15) faulty insulin pens (should be checked regularly)
These are just a few
donnellysdogs
Master
Oh and changing medicines ie having anti depressants or anti biotics etc and not realising they can affect bgs
nmr1991
Well-Known Member
You sure weren't injecting water instead of 110 units of novorapid per day? cos i'd be dead if I injected that and not had a mountain of sugar to eat. Either that or the insulin isn't working for you or you built up some super resistance to it because 110 units is a hell of alot, enough to put you in a diabetic coma 10x over, or maybe a little less.
Morganator
Well-Known Member
It's not that unusual, I inject at least 120 units of Humulin S and 120 of Insulatard a day. The current thinking is that I am allergic to insulin so my immune system is destroying a large part of that. I am underweight so can't really blame resistance.nmr1991 said:
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