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Type 2 insulin

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Hi I've just joined as wondering if anyone else has same problems as me.
I was diagnosed in 2002 and up until last year was well controlled with medication ,then my readings began to climb resulting in hbc1 results being up in 90's ,my diabetes nurse put me on various strengths of trulicity injections but unfortunately they didnt work so she took me off my glimepiride tablets and put me on insulin the dual one have been on this now for 4 weeks but readings still very high usually between 12 and 15 on a morning after fasting am due another catch up tomorrow to see where we go from here ,at the mo on 26 units morning and 26 units teatime ,am starting to feel really anxious about it ,would be grateful for any advice ,
 
Welcome @silver51 🙂 Sorry you’re having a stressful time with your diabetes. Could you tell us the exact name of your insulin, including any letters or numbers? There are various types of dual/mixed insulins and it would really help to know which one you’re taking.
 
Welcome to the forum @silver51

Sorry to hear you diabetes has bern giving you a bit of a hard time recently, but good to hear you now have access to insulin. this should really help once you have found the right doses.

It’s quite common for people to be started on quite modest doses to begin with, partly because it is safer, and also because it is much gentler on the fine blood vessels in your eyes and supplying your nerve endings to bring your levels down gently in stages.

It may be that eventually you would find it easier and more flexible to have separate long acting and meal time insulins. It means more injections per day, but you have the advantage of being able to adjust things more precisely, and account for different meal sizes, or skip meals entirely, which is trickier on a mixed insulin.

Try not to fret too much, and keep in contact with your nurse about adjusting your doses until you see things starting to take shape. And try not to worry about increasing your doses - you need what you need.
 
@silver51 Do let us know how your catch-up went 🙂 The exact name of your insulin should be on the box (or you could ask your nurse and jot it down).
 
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