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w5wjp
10-25-2007, 12:02 PM
Today I put a fresh cartridge in the pump (306 u) at 5:30 am. It is now 2 pm and I still have 215 u i it. Only 91 u for 11 hours. The BG's have been running pretty good but not in my target range, the high has been 158 after lunch. Looks like I might make it till after supper tonight before I need another cartridge!!!! Sell your Lilly stock......lol
w5wjp
10-26-2007, 05:43 AM
This morning I still had 50 u left from the cartridge I put in yesterday morning......250 u for a day!!!! A new low!!!!! Can't figure out what is going on, unless my pancreas got back from vacation and the antibodies left for vacation. Fasting BG this morning was 130 and a small correction bolus brought down to 90 before breakfast.
Olidus
10-26-2007, 06:12 AM
250 units for a day????

Ok I am still learning but that seems like alot of Insulin for a 24hr time frame. Many other people going though that much as well?
How long have you been taking that much Insulin?

What are you eating to need that much?
shabbie6247
10-26-2007, 06:17 AM
wowzer! i use that in a week!
do you have insulin resistance?
dgrilli
10-26-2007, 06:28 AM
This morning I still had 50 u left from the cartridge I put in yesterday morning......250 u for a day!!!! A new low!!!!! Can't figure out what is going on, unless my pancreas got back from vacation and the antibodies left for vacation. Fasting BG this morning was 130 and a small correction bolus brought down to 90 before breakfast.

Wow you are now using 200units per day less than what you were using before. Thats a wopping 200units less per day now.

What do you think is going on?
NoelD
10-26-2007, 06:39 AM
If I remember correctly, he was upwards of 400+ units a day before. Congrats. I l know how you feel. I bounce around from 60 units to 135 units a day depending on what I'm doing or eating. I hate those 85+ unit days.
xMenace
10-26-2007, 07:06 AM
wowzer! i use that in a week!
do you have insulin resistance?

Haven't you heard? http://www.imagehostplus.com/v2/is.php?i=741498&img=biggertexassm.jpg


The Use of U-500 in Patients With Extreme Insulin Resistance -- Cochran et al. 28 (5): 1240 -- Diabetes Care (http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/28/5/1240)