Author: metal_loz

Well I have been on the pump for about 18 months and was having problems with the quicksets, so I tried the silhouttes which require manual insertion.

I found it really difficult to insert the needle through my skin. I decided to try some syringes and I’m having the same problem. I really have to use alot of force to push the needle through my skin and when I go to pull it out it is sort of getting stuck (not coming out easily)

It feels like a very long time since I have been doing MDI, but I don’t recall it ever being this hard to inject. Does anyone know why this is happening?

🙁

I have been having trouble with this for a few months. I eat 3 Weetbix for breakfast with skim milk, which is low GI and is approximately 2.5 exchanges. I tried only eating 2 exchanges for breakfast and the same thing happened.

This morning I woke up at 4.1mmol/L and 1.5 hours later I am 14.1. It’s really frustrating because when I increase the insulin, I end up dropping low 3 hours afterwoods but I can’t get rid of the spike.

When I wake up at about 6.0 it spikes to 17-18mmol/L.

I currently have 2.8units/exchange at breakfast, and only 1.5 at other meals. I have fasted over breakfast before and my basal rates were fine. I am only small, so I don’t think it is insulin resistance.

I did ask my endo but she couldn’t see a pattern in my blood sugars 🙁 I think it is having a big impact on my hba1c, which increased from an average of about 7.0 to 7.6