Whoops! MIxed up my levemir and novorapid!

[Pigeon]

Well, it was bound to happen some time, even though I have differently coloured Novopens for my different insulins...

I normally take 10 u levemir at night and 3.5 in the morning. I just took 10u levemir by mistake, thinking it was Novorapid! And I've just been trampolining too, not a good night to up my basal dose by 66%!

I would have taken 12 U NR with my tea (pizza and garlic bread), so I took 5u only, to be conservative. I think I'll test BG in the night, and maybe take a bit less NR at breakfast too, in case the doses overlap.

Has anyone got any other suggestions, or past experience?!?

 

[bev]

Set your alarm for 3am as this is when you will be at your lowest. Also, if it were Alex, I think I would have a few extra carbs before bedtime - perhaps peanut butter on bread etc or big glass fo full fat milk and a biscuit. I have done it the other way round and Alex sat and ate a huge platefull of junk - he loved it! Just keep checking is the only answer I can give.🙂Bev

 

[rossi_mac]

Hope you're okay now Pigeon, I've been so close so many times, if I had a near miss counter it would be in double figuers at least!!

I think what you did sounds sensible.

Rossi 🙂

 

[rachelha]

HI Pigeon, hope you are ok. Not much advice apart from keep testing.

I have done this before in the past I put a humalog cartridge in my lantus pen. Good job I was only on small doses of lantus, it took me 4 nights of awful hypos to work out what I had done - doh.

 

[Pigeon]

Thanks for all your help and advice! I made it through the night fine - went to bed at 13.1, tested at 2am and was 11.something so had some lucozade which got me through til 7.30 when I was 4.8. Hopefully I've learnt my lesson and will take extra care in future!