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Originally Posted by Lizzie G

Hi people

I seem to be posting a lot on here this week as things have been trickier than usual! I was previously thinking maybe I had ineffective insulin that had been heat damaged but having a closer look at things I can see what is happening:

Hi Lizzie , It will be good if our insulin would act at the time that we eat but the onset of insulin is not as fast that we would like.

1) basal lantus at 14 units seems to be correct - negligible movement during the night and also day fasting shows the same (except in afternoon where I will drop a little but I know everything changes for me in the afternoon....like a werewolf or something!!)

Are you just having the one Lantus shot to cover 24 hours?

2) it doesn't seem to matter what i eat but i am peaking VERY high. i used to always peak around 9(162), which by the way I thought was too high (where does anyone else peak 2.5 hours after food?), then i started getting some crazy readings. For example yesterday lunchtime i had a wholewheat bagel, green salad and some cream cheese. i had what i thought was the correct amount of insulin and 1.5 hours later was shocked to see myself at 14.1(254). my normal assumption would be that i hadnt taken adequate insulin to cover and i would pop in a couple of extra units, but i decided to leave and see. 3.5 hours after the meal i was at 6.1 (before lunch i was 5.7). any insights into what is going on here? to me it looks like the bolus doseage is correct but for some reason delayed.... if insulin has been damaged does it take longer to take effect or is my body just crying out to me to cut out the carbs (which isnt possible due to other lifestyle factors).

Liz, I see that the cheese is getting the BG's a workout and the bagel is also the BG mover too. Buy the way seems to be very nice MMMmmm I think to have that too for lunch.
Have you tried the dual bolus like half the dose and split it an hour from each other. I get to do that with pizza as the base that uses pure white dough and that keeps me high for quite a while.
Now you got me thinking of getting some bagels now. YUM!!!

Also, What was your fasting BG, If it's high then bolus and wait half an hour and the low BG and have your bolus and eat immediately.