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Originally Posted by Alice  I didn't notice the NPH...that is such nasty stuff...I only know (based on my old Lente days) is that you will always get a kick-in-the-butt about 3 hours after you inject. (Or am I thinking of Humalin R?...I don't know...I'm so glad to be off those old insulins, LOL!) |
A 3-hr kick is rather fast for NPH; that stuff hits me at 4-5.5 hrs, and I'm waaay over on the fast end of the scale. That timing is more likely Humulin-R.
Sueellen:
I agree with the others: Get some Levemir or Lantus for your basal. Even I -- who seem to be about the most pro-NPH person on here -- wouldn't use it for my primary basal.
Your shakiness and nausea sound like your body "thought" it needed more sugar, and started secreting glucagon and various stress hormones. That'll happen when it feels "too low", based on what it's used to. (I remember panicking with my first 3.1, and thinking I was going to pass out the first time I hit 2.6. Both those _are_ too low, and definitely require correction, BTW.)
As others have suggested, you might have used too much Novorapid. It's also possible that the rapid kicked in _faster_ than your food. You might test whether delaying half -- or even all -- of your bolus helps your postprandial numbers.
FWIW, my boluses usually are less than 50% rapid. The stuff just hits me too quickly; depending on what I'm eating, I mix in R and/or N to slow the effect. However, most people will delay and/or split their boluses to counter excessively-fast insulin action.
