hospital stays
 

I was recently in the hospital for a week. Background, t2 diabetes, amputee, sarcoidosis (on prednisone for two and a half years, so suppressed immune system). Diagnoses was sepsis, cellulitis, and septicemia. (I've had FIVE antibiotics, three iv and two oral), plus I developed very low potassium. I'm finally feeling better. (one antibiotic, clindamycin, really kicked me)

What I'm wondering, is it common for hospitals to not give much insulin? I normally take 15 units of novalog before meals, 20 units of lantis at bedtime. in the hospital, they checked my blood sugar, but all I ever got was a little bit on a sliding scale. I think the most was 10 units when I hit 300. Never my usual before meal dose. I've had that happen before, and my mother has experienced it too. I just wondered if this was common.

Most hospitals that I have been associated with, always use the "old school" sliding scale. They tend to not give you a very large dose of insulin. I personally think that they would rather keep your blood glucose in the high range rather than low. The only way that I have ever gotten around this is to have my doctor issue specific orders to the staff, that I would take care of my own diabetic needs and they were only to write down the blood glucose readings, carbs eaten, time and the insulin that I used.