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Insulin

I have type 2 with PCOS. Five years ago, I was put on insulin. My A1c went from 9.0 to 7.6. I am still on insulin. Will I ever be able to stop taking it?

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Are there any long-term complications associated with taking more than one unit of insulin per kilogram, if you eat healthy and are not overweight?

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I need to take rapid acting insulin four or five times a day because NPH doesn’t work well for me. Do others have issues with insulin not working?

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We usually increase our daughter’s Lantus during her cycle and see okay blood sugars. Now, she is in range after lunch, but high before dinner. Why would this be? She is in puberty.

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Since her diagnosis with type 1, my daughter has been throwing angry fits and it’s affecting her school. Is this something caused by her taking insulin?

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In the past six months, since switching from Levemir and Actrapid to Lantus and NovoRapid, my blood sugar control has worsened. What do you suggest?

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Because her blood sugars are often in range, could our daughter have type 2, not type 1? How do we know if she is still producing insulin? Is it safe to stop insulin for 24 hours to see what her “natural” blood sugar is?

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Recently diagnosed with type 1, I have restricted my diet to very low/no carbohydrates and have been able to maintain my target blood sugars, without ketones, with Lantus only. Can you give me an in-depth explanation of what basal insulin does? I have been reading up on it and concluded that it merely aims to keep your blood sugar stable aligning with your hepatic endogenous glucose production, that it has little to do with food or lowering blood sugar.

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I have noticed a pattern of high readings two hours after lunch. Could this be because the effect of the Ultratard has diminished? I have contemplated by changing to two injections of Ultratard per day. When is the best time to take Ultratard? What percentage should I take at each time?

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It seems that I have to take rather a lot of insulin, 15 units with meal of Humalog, and eating approx 60 grams of carb. Is this normal?

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