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karen8967 said:
Goodluck juicy
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Thanks Karen

It's my birthday today too so just had my annual review where I told the nurse that afterwards I was off to buy cake, she said that was ok but I couldn't eat it, so.... reminded her that I could pre-bolus by 20 minutes to counter the sugar effect and it would be no problem (never missing an opportunity to re-educate where I can) have eaten my cake now and it was lovely
 
Have a fabulous birthday and glad you enjoyed your cake
i think half the time these nurses need re-educating
 
OK Question for those using Nova Rapid

How much do you have to inject to drop 1 mmol?

Also how long does it take for it take effect?

And before you say anything I know that everyone is differnet, I am just interested.

Why?

Well at 07:25 was 9.9 going up in goes 3 units
08:12 10.9 level did nothing
9:55 14.9 going up. Now OK I over did things, as usual, and dumped 10 units in me
Now it is 12:38 and running at 2.6 and yep I have eaten and not injected, just waiting to go back up.

I supoose looking at this I should work it out.........

Sometimes I really do like being a diabetic, it makes the day interesting (note: this is sarcasm, look it up)
 
db89 said:
Can I answer as a Fiasp user @Knikki? It's still insulin aspart it's just fortified with a vitamin to be a faster cereal bread bolus.
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ive recently changed to fiasp from apidra and find the fiasp much faster i inject just as im about to eat if im having a particular fatty meal il do half b4 and half after eating usually works out fine but now and again its like its not working at all but very rarely
 

The only answer is it depends. But I do find, quite consistently, that Novorapid takes about 20 minutes to do anything, unless I am already below 4mmol, and the trend isn't obviously upwards, but I always try to avoid injecting at those times.

I think using Freestyle Libre may change our behaviour, in ways we aren't aware of. I've found that the more I use it the less high peaks I have, and if the variations in blood sugar peaks and troughs is reducing, that may be affecting insulin sensitivity, and so maybe we are chasing changes that the use of Freestyle Libre is creating that we aren't quite aware
 

I unit of NoivoRapid drops me by 3 1/2, how long does it take, depends on how active I am ( sensitive to Insulin) Also I am quite a small built person, weigh about 54 kilo's now, was 57 kilo's.
 

It depends on time of day. I have 4 different setting on my Aviva Expert meter. It averages out to 1 unit brings me down 2mmol
BUT I am a Fiasp user and it acts within 10-15 mins in my case, which compared to NovoSluggish (30 mins minimum) is pretty quick
 

Many Happy returns @Juicyj
 
OK thanks for all the replys more food (pun intended) for thought.

FIASP?

This is new on the market is it not?

And, from the limited I have read and seen on here really fast acting?

I have an appointment with my DSN in a couple of weeks and going to talk about insulins
 
Its the same manafacturer as nova rapid i think
 

I've been using it for just over a year. It is basically the active insulin in Novorapid reformulated to work faster and re branded with a name that implies it's speedier.
 
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