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Bouncing of Blood sugar
I am type 2 diabeteic patient. Due to skipping meal, I developed adrenaline stress and by diamicron metformin
But blood sugar was never high. Doctor gave me Lantus and Humalog. It was working well for a year. Then blood was becoming high, Doctor gave me LEVEMIR. If I take 10 units of humalog, after two hours sugar drops 4 points, I think this is the right dose for humalog for what I eat. I eat 60 gram Carb every meal. But 3 hours, sugar tries to go low, but insead, it bounces back and proceede to values and I start to feel hypo, though I never see sugar 9. It is not hypo value, why sugar bounces up, why feel shaky, fear etc. I use LEVIMIR as base insulin. Why body is obstructing sugar to low, and why it gives hypo feeling.
Can any body me the reason and how to overcome this situation? My sugar is going high now.
MATIN
But blood sugar was never high. Doctor gave me Lantus and Humalog. It was working well for a year. Then blood was becoming high, Doctor gave me LEVEMIR. If I take 10 units of humalog, after two hours sugar drops 4 points, I think this is the right dose for humalog for what I eat. I eat 60 gram Carb every meal. But 3 hours, sugar tries to go low, but insead, it bounces back and proceede to values and I start to feel hypo, though I never see sugar 9. It is not hypo value, why sugar bounces up, why feel shaky, fear etc. I use LEVIMIR as base insulin. Why body is obstructing sugar to low, and why it gives hypo feeling.
Can any body me the reason and how to overcome this situation? My sugar is going high now.
MATIN
Yesterday morning 8.9 after 2 hours with 12 ubut of humalog 10.1 before lunch 10.6 after 2 hours 8.7 before super 7.7 13 units humalog after super 10.3 bed time 8.7 the ate some chicken made high 9.7
At bed time I took 19 unit(increased 1 unit) in the thigh. I slept at 10:30pm got up at 5:30am, I see body is burning, sugar is same 9.7, blood pressure increased.
For these reason I cannot increase the dose of levimir. I am worrying too much, that is true.
At bed time I took 19 unit(increased 1 unit) in the thigh. I slept at 10:30pm got up at 5:30am, I see body is burning, sugar is same 9.7, blood pressure increased.
For these reason I cannot increase the dose of levimir. I am worrying too much, that is true.
COMMUNITY LEADER
Hello,
Diabetes86 is giving you great advice.
Insulin is more consistently absorbed from belly than from the thigh. The activity of muscles in the thigh can change how insulin is absorbed.
Stop worrying about interaction of insulins. They do not interact.
Stop worrying about the injection site. You can use your belly and hips. Just rotate the sites as described and discussed.
Stop worrying about effect of insulin on blood pressure. It doesn't have any effect.
Write these "stop worrying" comments down and look at them any time you start to feel anxious.
You are feeling bad because your sugars are very high - such high blood sugars can also cause burning sensations. You will feel better once your sugars become lower and more consistent.
Keep your diet and the humalog the same for now. We want to help you to adjust your basal (levemir) to get your base blood sugars lower.
Please continue to increase your Levemir. I would recommend a 2 unit increase in both the morning and night time doses. Maintain this increase for 3 days. Then do a further increase of 2 units for both the morning and night time dose. Continue to keep us updated with what happens.
Diabetes86 is giving you great advice.
Insulin is more consistently absorbed from belly than from the thigh. The activity of muscles in the thigh can change how insulin is absorbed.
Stop worrying about interaction of insulins. They do not interact.
Stop worrying about the injection site. You can use your belly and hips. Just rotate the sites as described and discussed.
Stop worrying about effect of insulin on blood pressure. It doesn't have any effect.
Write these "stop worrying" comments down and look at them any time you start to feel anxious.
You are feeling bad because your sugars are very high - such high blood sugars can also cause burning sensations. You will feel better once your sugars become lower and more consistent.
Keep your diet and the humalog the same for now. We want to help you to adjust your basal (levemir) to get your base blood sugars lower.
Please continue to increase your Levemir. I would recommend a 2 unit increase in both the morning and night time doses. Maintain this increase for 3 days. Then do a further increase of 2 units for both the morning and night time dose. Continue to keep us updated with what happens.
Before eating, I take humalog then I eat. AS sugar increases, I feel tightness of chest, eye gets blurry, why?
Anxiety and your BG is changing a lot when you eat.
The ONLY side effect from insulin is low BG. Insulin is a natural hormone that your body makes (just not enough of it, which is why you inject it to make up for your bodys shortfall)
I am taking levemir one and half month. Day time may be 10 days.
Normally I used to take in the belly.
So 1 time you feel bad, so you move injection site... How can you figure out something if you change it all the time?
Day time levemir injection does not increase blood pressure. But humalog did 2 times, NO you BP goes up from anxiety not from insulin.
you NEED to read 2 books Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner and Using Insulin by John Walsh)
Anxiety and your BG is changing a lot when you eat.
The ONLY side effect from insulin is low BG. Insulin is a natural hormone that your body makes (just not enough of it, which is why you inject it to make up for your bodys shortfall)
I am taking levemir one and half month. Day time may be 10 days.
Normally I used to take in the belly.
So 1 time you feel bad, so you move injection site... How can you figure out something if you change it all the time?
Day time levemir injection does not increase blood pressure. But humalog did 2 times, NO you BP goes up from anxiety not from insulin.
you NEED to read 2 books Think Like a Pancreas by Gary Scheiner and Using Insulin by John Walsh)
I am taking levemir one and half month. Day time may be 10 days.
Normally I used to take in the belly. Day time levemir injection does not increase blood pressure. But humalog did 2 times, probably due to closer to belly button injection or long time waiting after taking injection.
Day before yesterday after taking levemir 19 unit just after 2" away from belly button, I was feeling burning in the body.
I have odd feelings, I have anxiety for symptoms.
When I have no levemir, or lantus, end of january, I uised to try to control with humalog only. That time I used to feel body burning.
If I could convince that, levemir and humalog have no side effect for me
I could reduce some worriness.
Before eating, I take humalog then I eat. AS sugar increases, I feel tigtness of chest, eye gets blurry, why?
Normally I used to take in the belly. Day time levemir injection does not increase blood pressure. But humalog did 2 times, probably due to closer to belly button injection or long time waiting after taking injection.
Day before yesterday after taking levemir 19 unit just after 2" away from belly button, I was feeling burning in the body.
I have odd feelings, I have anxiety for symptoms.
When I have no levemir, or lantus, end of january, I uised to try to control with humalog only. That time I used to feel body burning.
If I could convince that, levemir and humalog have no side effect for me
I could reduce some worriness.
Before eating, I take humalog then I eat. AS sugar increases, I feel tigtness of chest, eye gets blurry, why?
If you decrease carb you need to decrease novalog too or you will go low.
for now leave the carbs and novalog alone.
How long (Days) had you taken Levimir in the belly?
for now leave the carbs and novalog alone.
How long (Days) had you taken Levimir in the belly?
If I reduce carb, I have to increase something, shall I increase more protein?
Probably there is some problem in injecting in the belly. Probably quick absorption creates some odd feeling. I injected 19 units of levemir, I was feeling bad. Next day sugar was higher.
Yesterday night, I took 18 units in the leg. Morning sugar 8.9, Humalog 12 after 1 hour 12.3, after 2 hours 10.1
FRom now I will take levemir in the thigh, not in abdomen
Probably there is some problem in injecting in the belly. Probably quick absorption creates some odd feeling. I injected 19 units of levemir, I was feeling bad. Next day sugar was higher.
Yesterday night, I took 18 units in the leg. Morning sugar 8.9, Humalog 12 after 1 hour 12.3, after 2 hours 10.1
FRom now I will take levemir in the thigh, not in abdomen
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