OK, so finally plucked up the courage to inject myself. Sounds v. silly, but found the idea frightening. Anyway, did the deed before dinner yesterday (BG pre dinner was 9.1) with no problems whatsoever - didn't know what I was worried about - an absolute doddle! Two hours afterwards BG was 3.8, so I had two squares of choccy and before bed it was 8.9. Tonight, before dinner (BG pre dinner was 10.7) another injection - again no problems. Two hours afterwards BG was 11.6. Tested again on different finger and got the same result. Did everything right - checked the insulin was uniformly cloudy, counted to six, made sure the pen had returned to zero etc. etc. NOW CONFUSED and FED UP - Grrrrr!
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new insulin user - very puzzled
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Lauras87
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Are you on a set dose of insulin? If so maybe what you ate at dinner was too carby.
Stupid question but did you wash your hands before you did your bloods?
Insulin injections aren't as good as a working pancreas but you will get there 🙂
If you get puzzled, I'm sure those of us on insulin can try & help
Stupid question but did you wash your hands before you did your bloods?
Insulin injections aren't as good as a working pancreas but you will get there 🙂
If you get puzzled, I'm sure those of us on insulin can try & help
Hello Laura,
I'm on a set dose of Novomix. I'm on a pretty restricted diet as I'm vegetarian and also have Crohns. Dinner tonight wasn't any more carby than yesterday. Yep, washed hands - just tested again and it's 12.1! Thanks for the encouragement - hopefully I'll get there, but this seems ridiculous.
Lauras87
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That does happen to me with going up even if I've not eaten for a few hours which usually ends in me cursing & having to take a corrective dose.
Hopefully it's a one off & tomorrow is a better day for you
Northerner
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Hi LesleyW, it's likely to take a little while for the dose you are injecting to be adjusted so that it more closely matches your requirements - are you in touch with your DSN about increasing or decreasing the doses? Also, mixed insulins aren't ideal. As you would expect, they contain a proportion of slow-acting insulin to cater for your 'background' needs i.e. to match the output of glucose from the liver, and a proportion of fast-acting to cater for the carbs in the food you eat. They will also have peaks and troughs when they are more or less active so depending on when these peaks occur in relation to the food you have eaten, then it may be a bit misleading fro the readings you are taking. Also, though you may be eating a similar amount of carbs, they may digest and convert to glucose at a different rate (this is indicated by their Glycaemic Index), so this may be a factor.
Give it time and things should become clearer and hopefully improve. Keep your nurse or doctor informed so that they can recommend any changes required. Well done on plucking up the courage to inject - I know it's not easy to do that first one, but now you know it's nowhere near as bad as you feared! 🙂 Let us know how you get on!
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