[Shalyndria]

Posted by duck on 11-26-2004 09:16 AM:

As the title states: On an average day, how much insulin do you take?
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Posted by nantomsuethom on 11-26-2004 10:30 AM:
Thomas - 8.45u for 24 hour basal and about 20 - 25u in boluses a day.
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Posted by jared on 11-26-2004 11:07 AM:
25 basal a day and any where from 18-30 in boluses
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Posted by Belinda on 11-26-2004 11:15 AM:
on the pump the average for a day is anywhere between 21u to 27u that includes bolus and basal.
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Posted by duck on 11-26-2004 11:23 AM:
This is where I am wondering about myself--My pump basal says 20.9 units a day, but I regularly use anywhere from 50-65 units total a day. Do I eat a lot or something? I don't think I am insulin-resistant, no one has ever suggested that to me.

(By the way, I'll have a few more posts about what other people here do as far as lifestyle--I'm starting to think maybe I have been a bit flippant with my affliction).
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Posted by HeatherP on 11-26-2004 11:37 AM:
Around 30-33 total per day.
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Posted by Batty on 11-26-2004 04:41 PM:
-10units of R, 36 of N at breakfast, unless my sugar is high, then i take a few extra units.
-10units of R at dinner, unless my sugar is high, then i take a few extra units.
-32units of N at 10:30pm

so in total I have 88units on a good sugar day.
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Posted by bac4uw on 11-26-2004 07:40 PM:
I'm on injections:
Lanus - 16 units per day (8 in AM, 8 in PM)
Humulog - 18 units per day roughly (6, 5, 7 usually before each meal)
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Posted by duck on 11-26-2004 07:52 PM:
quote:
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Originally posted by Batty
-10units of R, 36 of N at breakfast, unless my sugar is high, then i take a few extra units.
-10units of R at dinner, unless my sugar is high, then i take a few extra units.
-32units of N at 10:30pm

so in total I have 88units on a good sugar day.
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This is a little , but I can almost guarantee that if you switched from NPH to Lantus, you would not be taking nearly that much insulin. When I was on shots, my NPH needs seemed to keep rising and rising and rising, and then one night it almost killed me.

Okay, back to the topic of daily insulin intake (average).
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