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Hi all
So diagnosed many years ago and was taking humlin m3 for many years. Had my hba1c done last week and it came in at 120 which is stupidly high. Have struggled with high blood sugars for a while now.

I am now taking humlin my twice daily and will also be adding a bolus into my regime. So at 54 things have worsened over the last few years so I have to nuckle down and get things under control.

Lots of worries as I am a community psychiatric nurse who drives around the area so a bit worried about hypos. Lots of testing required!
 
Hi SIB66,

Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear that things have worsened but it's great that you're getting back on track.

I can imagine how worried you are but hopefully your new regime will bring your numbers down to a safer level. Are you using finger pricks to test? Not sure whether a Libre might be more useful so you can get more information which can assist you in preventing hypos.

Worries are natural so please do feel free to share your concerns and ask for any support that you may need. We're here to help.
 
Welcome to the forum @SIB66

Sorry to hear about your raised HbA1c, hopefully the change to your insulin therapy will help you manage things more effectively.

Unusual to have only been on one dose of Humulin M3 (if I understand you correctly). Humulin M3 is a mixed insulin with 30% regular and 70% NPH. The regular acting as a mealtime insulin and the NPH as a background (basal) insulin. Mixed insulins are more commonly taken twice a day at breakfast and evening meal I think?

Do you know if you are being switched to different insulins which are more separated when adding your mealtime doses? Multiple Daily Injection therapy is mostly structured around a separate long acting (basal) and short acting mealtime (bolus) insulin. It seems a bit tricky and difficult to adjust to simply add a mealtime insulin alongside the mixed (which also has a proportion of mealtime in it already)?
 
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