Author: pixelgirl

Hi all, well hubby is off to the pharmacy to pick up a script for lantus and syringes. I have been having pump problems lately, skyrocketing numbers and the main reason is bent cannulas. Last night my numbers got well above 300 and checked the site and another bent cannula 🙁 Well, today after 12:00 I got another one. so I called my doc and he has called in Lantus and a script for syringes. Now I have used lantus before but I could sure stand a refresher course on when to start the lantus, should i go ahead and start it tonight or wait till morning? I stopped my basal apidra through the pump just around 30 minutes ago in anticipation of shooting the lantus in a few hours. What would you do? This time around I will be using apidra and lantus where as before I used Humalog and Lantus. I am supposed to take 12 units of lantus a day. Tomorrow I am calling animas to talk to them about the cannula problems. Thanks

Just an update from me, on another thread I mentioned that my doc had prescribed me the statin crestor due to the fact that my bad cholesterol was elevated– now not too much but it was higher than it should have been. I started taking the crestor 20 mg once a day something like 5 days ago. I will let everyone know after i get my bloodwork done in January whether it has helped or not. As far as side effects I have not had any. At the same time the doc put me on crestor, he put me on lisinopril because he said that all of his diabetics are on it since it helps the kidneys… it is a high blood pressure med but my blood pressure is fine- gave me a very low dose. Hope everyone is doing alright and your numbers are recovered from the holiday eating 😀 Ill get back with you on those results in January