Need a bit of reasurance

[Gordon Briggs]

Thank you so much for all your amazing advice, today was the first day of the rest of my life and it started with the finger prick, followed 5 mins later with my very first insulin injection. It all went quite well apart from the fact that I forgot to give the pen a good shake, so I'm not sure if the dose was effected by this. My first fasting reading was 20.1 and my lunchtime was 23, so may not shaking the pen didn't give the required dose, I will not make that mistake with my evening injection.

One big advantage is that I don't take Gliklazide any more, so that's 5 tablets less per day, so that is a plus. I would imagine that at my next appointment the doctor/nurse will look at my level readings and adjust the dose accordingly.

Again thanks for all your help and advice.

Kind regards

Gordon

 

[stephknits]

I hope you will begin to see improvements very soon, Gordon. I didn't know you had to shake insulin - presumably this is because it's a mixed one? I was wrongly diagnose during type 2 and had numbers similar to yours for quite a while before being diagnosed type 1 and changed to insulin. I've told this story before, but it really sticks with me when the insulin started to bring down my levels. It felt like I had awakened from hibernation and could see the world anew again. I remember wandering down the garden to see my husband and chatting to him about how lovely everything looked and he said that he had got his wife back. Hopefully you too will feel the benefits of the insulin soon. 🙂

 

[Northerner]

Thank you so much for all your amazing advice, today was the first day of the rest of my life and it started with the finger prick, followed 5 mins later with my very first insulin injection. It all went quite well apart from the fact that I forgot to give the pen a good shake, so I'm not sure if the dose was effected by this. My first fasting reading was 20.1 and my lunchtime was 23, so may not shaking the pen didn't give the required dose, I will not make that mistake with my evening injection.

One big advantage is that I don't take Gliklazide any more, so that's 5 tablets less per day, so that is a plus. I would imagine that at my next appointment the doctor/nurse will look at my level readings and adjust the dose accordingly.

Again thanks for all your help and advice.

Kind regards

Gordon

What type of insulin is it Gordon? It doesn't normally need shaking, I didn't think. Mind you, I've never used mixed insulins, so perhaps they do if that's what it is.

It will be much better at getting your levels under control than the gliclizide, once you have established the right doses. Well done - wasn't so bad, was it? 🙂

 

[silentsquirrel]

When I was on Novomix some time ago now, it was a cloudy insulin, not clear, and needed shaking before use - presumably the 2 types separated out.

 

[Gordon Briggs]

Just about to do the levels test, then after 30 minutes (that's what they told me at the clinic) I will take my second dose of what I assume is a mixture of insulins. It does separate with clear at the top and cloudy lower down, that's why it needs a good shake. Thank you for all your valuable advice, I am sure that, with your help, it will become easier to live with, after all it's better than the alternative.
Gordon.