rate that lantus works at night

[sofaraway]

So I can inject novorapid at 6pm in my right thigh and lantus in the left leg at 8pm? yes?

What is the highest you should be running at so that you do not risk your kidneys failing? Do you need high blood pressure for this to happen?

Due to the nature of my work (I am an emergency services worker) my diabetic nurse says to run a bit high at work. What is a safe high level.
Also is there any benefit to taking aspirin each day for circulation purposes, is so how much do you take...

I think it's fine to ask questions, theres alot of people who don't. but this is your condition and you are at least 51% of your healthcare team so you need to ask questions.

yep it's fine to take n'rapid at 6pm and lantus at 8pm

how high is too high is an area for much debate. Some say damage happens above 7.8 mmo/l. the general guidence is to aim for 4-7 before meals and no higher than 10 2 hours after meals. Really it's as low as you can do safely avoiding too many hypos. Keeping your A1c below 6.5%.

High blood pressure is an added risk factor for kidney disease so keeping blood pressure and blood sugar under control are helpful.

I don't take aspirin and probably wouldn't unless significantly indicated. the research that came out recently said that it isn't effective in people who haven't already had a heart attack.

when you say emergency services do you mean you drive? at work I aim to run slightly high 6-8, i try not to be below 5. I don't think you need to run excessively high.

 

[emma1972]

Thanks for that think I will take my lantus at 8pm may be easier for me to manage. I think I may have almost cracked this dose, I now have fastings of 6.5 on thurs and 7.3 today. Need to tweak it by another 1 or 2 units perhaps. Not really getting the hang of the Novarapid yet though, it is difficult to estimate how much insulin I need. Some days 1unit to 10g seems to work perfect and others its more like 1 unit to 8g but maybe I still have some residual insulin left which is interfering.

It is not as bad as expected but it does get me down a bit that this is me now forever. All I ever wanted to do was to be a pursuit driver with the Police and now they have taken away those specialisms so that I am really restricted. The Force doctor says Ill never get them back regardless of how well I manage my diabetes. I think this is unfair as these rules only apply to Scotland and the adrenalin rush puts your glucose levels up not down. He does appear to be more than happy to allow type 1 diabetics to be firearms officers????? go figure that???

 

[Kiddymonster]

Like you I take Novorapid and Lantus. I usually take my Lantus about 10 pm. I check my level first and I usually eat something about an hour or so before I go to bed unless my level is high. I take 24 Lantus. Your Diabetes specialist nurse should be able to give you advice if you are worried. If you are really worried check your level if you wake up in the night.