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[Fleetwood]

I was thinking lada also. Glad you have got the right diagnosis. Have you got a cgm ( vontinous glucose monitor) like libre 2 or dexcom? If not, ask for one, they are a game changer! You get alarms if you go too low, and at list probably best set alarms around 4.5 or 5 so you have time before you go hypo)

Did they mention where you jab can make a difference? Bum is slowest, i tend to save for long acting insulin. I use thigh and legs which i find medium action. Tummy is quickest, i tend to keep that for when i need to bring high glucose down/ correction.
Are you carb counting yet? What insulins are you on? And do you have hypo treatment - i use glucose tablets, though i also find jelly belly jelly beans good and conveniently one carb each.
Welcomecto the lada club. It is a bit much at first but does get easier!
You may find walking with rapid insulin on board can bring your bs down quckly, so watch out for that. You will soon learn how to offset that with glucose (well, it took me a year but i was particularly plummety...plus libre tends to overreact, unlike dexcom)

I will get a libre 2 next week apparently so still trying to do it all with a BG meter and am feeling a bit like a pincushion!
I am seeing someone at the hospital later this week to try and explain it all a bit more to me. I think they were trying not to overwhelm me last Thursday so just put me 4 units of Novorapid before meals and 8 units of Abasaglar as long acting in the morning. I’m still very ignorant about correcting if high (no idea how yet) and havent started to carb count properly yet, though I will. I also find I don’t know exactly when to take the Novorapid (for example I had to go to drinks and supper the other day and had no idea if I should have taken the insulin before the drinks and snacks or before the actual food. I did the latter and just didn’t eat or drink beforehand but felt a bit left out. Anyway, lots and lots to learn. Good tip about site injections, didn’t know that either! Actually my biggest problem at the moment is that I have absolutely no idea if I am high or low, I really don’t feel any different whether it‘s 5 or 13.5 so each reading is a bit of a shock. I guess the libre 2 will help with that. I need to get some hypo sweeties too, though thankfully haven’t gone below 4.8 yet. Thanks for all the good advice, I’m most grateful.

 

[SB2015]

I will get a libre 2 next week apparently so still trying to do it all with a BG meter and am feeling a bit like a pincushion!
I am seeing someone at the hospital later this week to try and explain it all a bit more to me. I think they were trying not to overwhelm me last Thursday so just put me 4 units of Novorapid before meals and 8 units of Abasaglar as long acting in the morning. I’m still very ignorant about correcting if high (no idea how yet) and havent started to carb count properly yet, though I will. I also find I don’t know exactly when to take the Novorapid (for example I had to go to drinks and supper the other day and had no idea if I should have taken the insulin before the drinks and snacks or before the actual food. I did the latter and just didn’t eat or drink beforehand but felt a bit left out. Anyway, lots and lots to learn. Good tip about site injections, didn’t know that either! Actually my biggest problem at the moment is that I have absolutely no idea if I am high or low, I really don’t feel any different whether it‘s 5 or 13.5 so each reading is a bit of a shock. I guess the libre 2 will help with that. I need to get some hypo sweeties too, though thankfully haven’t gone below 4.8 yet. Thanks for all the good advice, I’m most grateful.

Hi @Fleetwood

Things will definitely be wobbly until you get to carb counting, and even then our diabetes doesn’t always behave properly. As you are currently on fixed doses at present it could be useful to try to eat a smimlar amount of carbs at each meal, and to use this as chance to begin to get your head round working these amounts out. It seems a lot to take in at first but you will be amazed how much info your head will hold as you go on.

With regards to drinks and supper, unless I know exactly when I will be eating I tend to deliver my insulin just before I start eating. If the drinks were carby (such as beer, sugar mixers, cider) I might have added a bit in for that, but that is for once you are carb counting and adjusting your doses. I think that in your current circumstances you did the right thing.

You will be honeymooning at present, which means that your surviving beta cells, having had a rest now that you are injecting, will sometimes give you a bit of extra insulin without warning, so levels are often up and down. Good records of your doses and the amount of carbs, or at least what you have eaten will help your team make changes to doses with you and also help you later on once you are making own adjustments.

Keep in touch and let us know how you get on

 

[Fleetwood]

Thank you - I will!

 

[Tdm]

Thank you - I will!

Re feeling what levels your bs are...i do feel ropey over 10, but otherwise no real idea where i am unless i use my cgm. Mostcpeople get hypo symptoms from low 4s and down i think