Thank goodness for DSNs

[trophywench]

Do you know what I think it could be Amanda?

I presume you've heard the statement that injected insulin can become trapped in your subcutaneous tissue and not dissipate properly at the time, and that the body can store it there for up to 12 years?

And then it can 'let go' at any time it feels like doing it ..... and of course by then, you won't remember the time(s) when you've taken insulin and then got up next morning or the middle of the night with a BG of 20 or something.

Now, I also believe (but this is just my feelings about it, not a proper medical fact like the above) that Lantus is more prone to doing this than virtually any other insulin, summat to do with the way it actually works, as it becomes crystalline within the body.

I've had this happen, well, my DSN and I both agree that was what must have happened, anyway. Two days chasing hypos. No fun even without gastric emptying probs.

Unless you are really 37 weeks pregnant and your placenta has failed?

 

[AJLang]

Lol about being 37 weeks pregnant, that did make me smile🙂. I see what you mean about the insulin. Could the same happen if I used to be on levemir?

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Do you know what I think it could be Amanda?

I presume you've heard the statement that injected insulin can become trapped in your subcutaneous tissue and not dissipate properly at the time, and that the body can store it there for up to 12 years?

And then it can 'let go' at any time it feels like doing it ..... and of course by then, you won't remember the time(s) when you've taken insulin and then got up next morning or the middle of the night with a BG of 20 or something.

Would the insulin not go off or lose it's potency after 28 days, hence why instructions are to dump after 28 days? And that's when the insulin is refrigerated.