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Old 04-19-2008, 02:40 AM
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Emm Emm is offline
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I am a: Type 1.5
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Kapiti, New Zealand
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I love my demi pen. Taking half a unit correction is almost totally stupid but it's all good for the final results. With the .5u pen I can make my doses much more exact, and I'm much happier with my numbers

I could do with a quarter unit pen sometimes too! But that's probably overkill. I wouldn't need it often but it would be handy for those lower carb meals where I may need just 1.5 or 2.5 units.

Imagine a correction of .25u... which would still take around 4 - 5 hours to do it's thing. Barely worth it. If I'm in a place where I just need a tiny correction, then I take a bigger correction and eat a cracker or something with it. At least it's faster that way (No good for the weight loss plans though!)

Either that or if I know a meal is coming within a couple of hours I'll just take a unit. It takes longer than that for it to be finished anyways.

But yes, I digress... I'd love a .25 pen, but only about once or twice a week! And I agree with the comment above - those who would find a use for a quarter unit would be those on smaller doses, so the smaller jab limit wouldn't bother them.
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Em
Taking on diabetes one meal at a time. It wins the odd battle but I'm winning the war.
Addicted to my Lantus, Novorapid and medicinal chocolate
*cough*
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