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<blockquote data-quote="fergus" data-source="post: 105604" data-attributes="member: 6150"><p>Hi Eliminator,</p><p></p><p>You're using 76 units of insulin per day? For a type 1, that's a big dose.</p><p>I'm not going to pretend I'm a good example of anything very much, but for comparison's sake, I use Humulin, Humalog and Levemir. My doses are as follows:</p><p>Breakfast - 3 units</p><p>Lunch - 2 to 3 units</p><p>Dinner - 7 units</p><p>Basal - 8 units (split into seperate doses of 4 and 4)</p><p></p><p>Please don't fall into the trap of assuming that insulin is a get out of jail free card which allows you to eat anything, it really isn't. Large doses of insulin bring their own problems in the long run, everything from insulin resistance and weight gain as Sue pointed out, right through to damage to the blood vessels, organs and nervous system.</p><p>Your blood glucose levels are still a fair bit too high, which is a risk in itself, and you would be well advised to think about what (not how much) you're eating rather than cranking up the insulin further.</p><p></p><p>All the best, </p><p></p><p>fergus</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fergus, post: 105604, member: 6150"] Hi Eliminator, You're using 76 units of insulin per day? For a type 1, that's a big dose. I'm not going to pretend I'm a good example of anything very much, but for comparison's sake, I use Humulin, Humalog and Levemir. My doses are as follows: Breakfast - 3 units Lunch - 2 to 3 units Dinner - 7 units Basal - 8 units (split into seperate doses of 4 and 4) Please don't fall into the trap of assuming that insulin is a get out of jail free card which allows you to eat anything, it really isn't. Large doses of insulin bring their own problems in the long run, everything from insulin resistance and weight gain as Sue pointed out, right through to damage to the blood vessels, organs and nervous system. Your blood glucose levels are still a fair bit too high, which is a risk in itself, and you would be well advised to think about what (not how much) you're eating rather than cranking up the insulin further. All the best, fergus [/QUOTE]
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