diabetic problem

[Sevenstars]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>nicolaj</b></i>

yes but my sugars are going high even with insulin



Nic xx</end quote></div>

I believe she was referring to "correction insulin" or short acting insuln... not the stuff you take before a meal, or in the morning. You take it AFTER your blood sugar is ALREADY high, and it lowers it. Here it is called Humologue, I am sure they have an equivalent in the UK.

Also, it sounds like your current insulin dose is simply not sufficent so you might want to simply talk to your doctor about adjusting the dose of that. That may fix your problem too. There are a lot of reasons you can be having highs - usually the most common culprit is starting prednisone or steroids of some sort.

Barring all that, doing some jumping jacks, walking a flight of steps, or any other exercise like Laura suggested should help.

 

[Sevenstars]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>nicolaj</b></i>

yes but my sugars are going high even with insulin



Nic xx</end quote></div>

I believe she was referring to "correction insulin" or short acting insuln... not the stuff you take before a meal, or in the morning. You take it AFTER your blood sugar is ALREADY high, and it lowers it. Here it is called Humologue, I am sure they have an equivalent in the UK.

Also, it sounds like your current insulin dose is simply not sufficent so you might want to simply talk to your doctor about adjusting the dose of that. That may fix your problem too. There are a lot of reasons you can be having highs - usually the most common culprit is starting prednisone or steroids of some sort.

Barring all that, doing some jumping jacks, walking a flight of steps, or any other exercise like Laura suggested should help.

 

[Sevenstars]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>nicolaj</b></i>

yes but my sugars are going high even with insulin



Nic xx</end quote></div>

I believe she was referring to "correction insulin" or short acting insuln... not the stuff you take before a meal, or in the morning. You take it AFTER your blood sugar is ALREADY high, and it lowers it. Here it is called Humologue, I am sure they have an equivalent in the UK.

Also, it sounds like your current insulin dose is simply not sufficent so you might want to simply talk to your doctor about adjusting the dose of that. That may fix your problem too. There are a lot of reasons you can be having highs - usually the most common culprit is starting prednisone or steroids of some sort.

Barring all that, doing some jumping jacks, walking a flight of steps, or any other exercise like Laura suggested should help.

 

[Sevenstars]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>nicolaj</b></i>

yes but my sugars are going high even with insulin



Nic xx</end quote>

I believe she was referring to "correction insulin" or short acting insuln... not the stuff you take before a meal, or in the morning. You take it AFTER your blood sugar is ALREADY high, and it lowers it. Here it is called Humologue, I am sure they have an equivalent in the UK.

Also, it sounds like your current insulin dose is simply not sufficent so you might want to simply talk to your doctor about adjusting the dose of that. That may fix your problem too. There are a lot of reasons you can be having highs - usually the most common culprit is starting prednisone or steroids of some sort.

Barring all that, doing some jumping jacks, walking a flight of steps, or any other exercise like Laura suggested should help.

 

[Sevenstars]

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote><i>Originally posted by: <b>nicolaj</b></i>
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<br />yes but my sugars are going high even with insulin
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<br />Nic xx</end quote>
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<br />I believe she was referring to "correction insulin" or short acting insuln... not the stuff you take before a meal, or in the morning. You take it AFTER your blood sugar is ALREADY high, and it lowers it. Here it is called Humologue, I am sure they have an equivalent in the UK.
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<br />Also, it sounds like your current insulin dose is simply not sufficent so you might want to simply talk to your doctor about adjusting the dose of that. That may fix your problem too. There are a lot of reasons you can be having highs - usually the most common culprit is starting prednisone or steroids of some sort.
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<br />Barring all that, doing some jumping jacks, walking a flight of steps, or any other exercise like Laura suggested should help.
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[Skye]

You might check to make sure your insulin is not expired. Also, have you kept it at the right temp.? It can go bad. Just a thought. How are your injectios sites? Do you rotate well? You might need to up your long-acting inusulin. You may not be getting good coverage with it or your needs might have increased for medication or infection reasons. My best advice to you would be to get an insulin pump, if that is a possibility. It is much much easier to regulate everything.

 

[Skye]

You might check to make sure your insulin is not expired. Also, have you kept it at the right temp.? It can go bad. Just a thought. How are your injectios sites? Do you rotate well? You might need to up your long-acting inusulin. You may not be getting good coverage with it or your needs might have increased for medication or infection reasons. My best advice to you would be to get an insulin pump, if that is a possibility. It is much much easier to regulate everything.

 

[Skye]

You might check to make sure your insulin is not expired. Also, have you kept it at the right temp.? It can go bad. Just a thought. How are your injectios sites? Do you rotate well? You might need to up your long-acting inusulin. You may not be getting good coverage with it or your needs might have increased for medication or infection reasons. My best advice to you would be to get an insulin pump, if that is a possibility. It is much much easier to regulate everything.

 

[Skye]

You might check to make sure your insulin is not expired. Also, have you kept it at the right temp.? It can go bad. Just a thought. How are your injectios sites? Do you rotate well? You might need to up your long-acting inusulin. You may not be getting good coverage with it or your needs might have increased for medication or infection reasons. My best advice to you would be to get an insulin pump, if that is a possibility. It is much much easier to regulate everything.

 

[Skye]

You might check to make sure your insulin is not expired. Also, have you kept it at the right temp.? It can go bad. Just a thought. How are your injectios sites? Do you rotate well? You might need to up your long-acting inusulin. You may not be getting good coverage with it or your needs might have increased for medication or infection reasons. My best advice to you would be to get an insulin pump, if that is a possibility. It is much much easier to regulate everything.