Im from the UK.....mmol/L - the doctors told me that it shud stay between 6-10 which is normal anything above is too high.. i looked it up and it said to multiply by 18 to find out the method that you use ,so for example if my sugar level is 20 then in your terms its 360 i think.
the 24 hour acting lantus pen i am currently on 14 units a day
novo rapid is 3 times a day with meals or basicly whenever im eating anything with carbs, the I:C is 1 unit of insulin to every 10 grams of carbs
i havnt been told the correction ratio so im never sure how much to take when my blood sugar is too high.. lately ive been guessing and have either taken to much causing me to hypo on a bus (hypos are the scariest feeling i have ever experienced in my life) or too little.
i have got a diabetes nurse who i went to see every week for the first few months but havnt seen in about a month or two.
im due to go hospital in august so im guessing that might be for the a1c test
i understand the insulins and what they do but cant measure exactly how much to take as foods i never thought were high in carbs or sugar appear to be very high.. especially fruit juices.. i enjoyed juices before diagnosed but now cant seem to find one that is low in sugar so i just stay away from them
.... also i dont inject if im eating out or grabbing a quick bite while out... cant seem to get comfortable with whipping out the injection kit in public or resturant bathrooms..i feel like people who see will look at me like some sort of drug addict (even though in some aspects i guess i am) and public bathrooms hygiene does not seem the place for something as important as this
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