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04-29-2008, 08:22 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ireland
Posts: 728
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28.4
26.3
25.2
33.5
27.3
32.3
27.4
28.1
34.5
31
32.5
32.5
Average about 30u daily
Average meal carbs are between 60- 65 and I'm as skinny as a lamp post
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04-29-2008, 08:57 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Livonia, MI
Posts: 518
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle  Between 1000 - 2100 units per day
I need at least 600 per day if I'm fasting for 48 hours ... !
No - I didn't accidentilly move the decimal point ... my endocrinologist jokes that I'm a freak of Nature! | wow! really?!? 1-2 vials of insulin each day!!?
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.clear paradigm 722 w/ cgms.
.symlin when i remember.
4.23.08 A1C 6.2
1.23.08 A1C 6.5 |
04-29-2008, 09:08 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ireland
Posts: 100
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Originally Posted by solox316 wow! really?!? 1-2 vials of insulin each day!!? | at a minimum. since I have to inject myself at least 15-20 times per day, at least 2 or three of those will cause bruising due to the volume of insulin ... this means that my entire stomach is eternally black and blue with bruising.
The term Diabulemic implies that you avoid eating and taking insulin to lose weight ... but there are times when I avoid eating so that I can reduce the number of injections I need - I've lost an average of 10lbs per month since Christmas (although I'm admittedly still 225lbs - I can easily lose another 32 lbs and still be overweight for my height (6'1") |
04-29-2008, 09:38 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Livonia, MI
Posts: 518
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle at a minimum. since I have to inject myself at least 15-20 times per day, at least 2 or three of those will cause bruising due to the volume of insulin ... this means that my entire stomach is eternally black and blue with bruising. | My goodness, I am sorry to hear of the effect it has on you physically. I had no intention of offending you by my shock, hopefully I did not.
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.scott.
.clear paradigm 722 w/ cgms.
.symlin when i remember.
4.23.08 A1C 6.2
1.23.08 A1C 6.5 |
04-29-2008, 10:27 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Near Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany
Posts: 8
| | | Mine is something between 50 and 60 units. |
04-29-2008, 11:51 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 509
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Originally Posted by Cormac_Doyle at a minimum. since I have to inject myself at least 15-20 times per day, at least 2 or three of those will cause bruising due to the volume of insulin ... this means that my entire stomach is eternally black and blue with bruising.
The term Diabulemic implies that you avoid eating and taking insulin to lose weight ... but there are times when I avoid eating so that I can reduce the number of injections I need - I've lost an average of 10lbs per month since Christmas (although I'm admittedly still 225lbs - I can easily lose another 32 lbs and still be overweight for my height (6'1") | Congratulations on loosing the weight, 10lb per month must be hard work at least your doing something about it, there are many people who won't/don't. Keep it up. What insulins are you taking? |
04-29-2008, 11:53 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Universe, Planet Earth :P
Posts: 967
| | | My TDD usually is somewhere between 75 units and 100 units per day... All depending on my carb intake and activity level and health. I can be well over 100 units when sick...
When on MDI, i take 48-50 units of levemir in the PM. On the pump my basal is just slightly lower than on MDI... But really, my TDD doesn't vary much between pump and MDI and my basal and bolus is about the same too.
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22 years old, diagnosed T1D on october 14th 2004.
On MDI, Novorapid and Levemir, using the NP4 
Currently back to pumping with my IR1200, April 2008.
Been using D-tron and Animas IR1200 but prefer the pen  |
04-29-2008, 03:07 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Auckland
Posts: 240
| | | Well:
10 Lantus = AM
9 unit rapid = Bfast
6 unit rapid = Snacks (usually two a day)
9 units = Lunch
8 units = DInner
14 Lantus = PM
So, according to this im on 62 units of insulin in total a day. But it depends, sometimes ill skip Bfast or i wont snack.. |
04-29-2008, 03:45 PM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 9
| | | i take 48 total units of levimir (24 at 7 am and 24 at 9 pm) and usually between 6-10 units of Apidra a day total. I find that the more insulin I take the more water I retain |
04-29-2008, 05:05 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Derby,UK
Posts: 726
| | | ok errrmmmm
i take between 8-12u of novorapid breakfast, 12- 16u at lunch, 12-20u at eve meal dependant on what i have and then 26u lantus and abt 8u of novorapid before bed so around 60u ish all in all not inc any snacks i may or may not have during the day |
04-29-2008, 06:03 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 165
| | | Average about 31 units a day by pump. |
04-30-2008, 04:06 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Up in the Rockies
Posts: 242
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Originally Posted by viranth I see that some of you are way above me, is that because of my honeymooning?
Or is it because I work out 4 times a week in the gym, I run intervals once a week. Also eat smaller(ish) meals every 3 hour. I've got muscles, which would burn sugar, thus keeping the BG down.
Will I get a sudden jump up to 40+ units when honeymoon is over? | Not necessarily. I'm at average 25 units per day after 2.5 years. I don't exercise much. I don't eat too many carbs, but I'm not fanatical. My tests show no insulin production by my pancreas - thus no honeymoon.
Maybe it's because I haven't developed any insulin resistance. I reduced carb intake the day I was diagnosed, and have never gone back.
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