I’m in the idiots club again

[Ljc]

Worked out bolus for brekky which included a correction for horrid 10,1 . Did my basal first 5 units, then picked up my nice red bolus pen , did the airshot dialled up the 16.5 that included the correction dose. Their I was poised .... and thought hang on a minute............

Yup I’ve done it again 16.5 of basal instead of 5 units.
Oh well at least I’ve had some practice at this .

 

[Robin]

Worked out bolus for brekky which included a correction for horrid 10,1 . Did my basal first 5 units, then picked up my nice red bolus pen , did the airshot dialled up the 16.5 that included the correction dose. Their I was poised .... and thought hang on a minute............

Yup I’ve done it again 16.5 of basal instead of 5 units.
Oh well at least I’ve had some practice at this .

Oh no! Go and sit in the corner....with the jelly babies.

 

[Bubbsie]

Worked out bolus for brekky which included a correction for horrid 10,1 . Did my basal first 5 units, then picked up my nice red bolus pen , did the airshot dialled up the 16.5 that included the correction dose. Their I was poised .... and thought hang on a minute............

Yup I’ve done it again 16.5 of basal instead of 5 units.
Oh well at least I’ve had some practice at this .

Well at least you spotted it in time Lin.

 

[Ljc]

This is me

 

[Ljc]

Well at least you spotted it in time Lin.

Sadly not. I’m going to be giving my Libre a lot of exersize today.

 

[Carolg]

Good luck today, at least no finger pricks.

 

[Bubbsie]

Sadly not. I’m going to be giving my Libre a lot of exersize today.

Oh no...I thought you were poised...then spotted the mistake... had a last minute reprieve...I'll go & stand in the corner too then...is there a spare hat for me🙂.

 

[Northerner]

Hope the Libre helps you keep things steady Lin 🙂 At least you realised so are prepared, rather than blithely thinking you hadn't got things rump over elbow! 😱 🙂

 

[Lisa66]

Oh dear, well at least you noticed so are on the look out. We've all done it...and no doubt will again. Three nights in a row last week I dialled up my basal dose on my red (bonus) pen...third night I actually had it in my leg before I noticed...phew. Haven't done that for a very long time. Good old Libre will be invaluable today! 🙂

 

[Ljc]

Oh no...I thought you were poised...then spotted the mistake... had a last minute reprieve...I'll go & stand in the corner too then...is there a spare hat for me🙂.

🙂
You don’t need a hat 🙂

 

[Ljc]

Hope the Libre helps you keep things steady Lin 🙂 At least you realised so are prepared, rather than blithely thinking you hadn't got things rump over elbow! 😱 🙂

That did made me laugh and very politely put too me originally hailing from south east London would h@ve said something....... err ..... very different lol.

 

[Ljc]

My lovely Libre is sure paying for itself today.

 

[Ljc]

Oh dear, well at least you noticed so are on the look out. We've all done it...and no doubt will again. Three nights in a row last week I dialled up my basal dose on my red (bonus) pen...third night I actually had it in my leg before I noticed...phew. Haven't done that for a very long time. Good old Libre will be invaluable today! 🙂

Ouch, good swerve, too much basal is bad enough but bolusing instead of basal ......

 

[Lucy Honeychurch]

I imagine lots of us have done similar, I know I have 🙄 I hope you've got your favourite biscuits in

 

[Ljc]

I imagine lots of us have done similar, I know I have 🙄 I hope you've got your favourite biscuits in

I’ve had a few mint crumbles (sweets) and an un bolused lunch . For some reason I seem to enjoy my meals even more when I don’t need to bolus.

 

[Lanny]

Yikes! , more of a horror emoji!

I HATE being interrupted when I’m injecting insulin, particularly at lunchtime, when I’m injecting both basal & bolus! There’s a big difference between the two, 29 units basal & 6 or 4 units bolus, & I’m afraid of mixing them up! Touch wood, it hasn’t happened yet! But, there have been a few close calls!

What would I do if I ever do mix them up? Keep testing but, how far apart? Would I need to start hypo treatments right away? Eeek! It’s a nightmare!

 

[New-journey]

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Please take your hat off, it is so easily done and some of us have done even worse! How was your day, I hope you had a ok day and levels have been fine. 🙂

 

[Ljc]

Good morning. Thank you everyone. It wasn’t too bad yesterday, I’d learnt a few things from last time I wore my lovely hat , which helped 🙂
I made doubly sure today
Blue pen, check. Blue pen, check.
Cloudy insulin, check.
5 units , check , 5 units , check.
Jab.
Looked at timer thingy on pen , 5 units , check, phew.

Checked before bed was 8.8, thought hmmm, Had two bags of Wotsits and quite a few walnuts, have no idea what fizzy heights that took me up to but Woke to 7.8 .

Wonder what I’ll do for ny next trick.

Edited to change colour of pen , looks like I need to keep that hat on for a while lol

 

[New-journey]

Good morning. Thank you everyone. It wasn’t too bad yesterday, I’d learnt a few things from last time I wore my lovely hat , which helped 🙂
I made doubly sure today
Red pen, check. red pen, check.
Cloudy insulin, check.
5 units , check , 5 units , check.
Jab.
Looked at timer thingy on pen , 5 units , check, phew.

Checked before bed was 8.8, thought hmmm, Had two bags of Wotsits and quite a few walnuts, have no idea what fizzy heights that took me up to but Woke to 7.8 .

Wonder what I’ll do for ny next trick.

Phew, I am glad you had a ok day and numbers are ok.
I managed to lose my rapid insulin two days ago, don't know how! I didn't have a back up pen so after looking in my car, my house and my sisters went to the health center starving and eventually got a new one at midday. Wonder if I will ever find it, I was wearing the hat all day!

 

[Ljc]

Yikes! , more of a horror emoji!

I HATE being interrupted when I’m injecting insulin, particularly at lunchtime, when I’m injecting both basal & bolus! There’s a big difference between the two, 29 units basal & 6 or 4 units bolus, & I’m afraid of mixing them up! Touch wood, it hasn’t happened yet! But, there have been a few close calls!

What would I do if I ever do mix them up? Keep testing but, how far apart? Would I need to start hypo treatments right away? Eeek! It’s a nightmare!

Basically, Try not to panic. lots and lots of testing, snacking and I deliberately run BGs higher.
Thankfully my Libre saved my fingers yesterday.