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View Poll Results: How many insulin units per KG of body weight do you use every day? | |
< 0.25 units/Kg
|    | 5 | 10.00% | |
0.26 - 0.50 units/Kg
|    | 21 | 42.00% | |
0.51 - 0.75 units/Kg
|    | 12 | 24.00% | |
0.76 - 1.00 units/Kg
|    | 3 | 6.00% | |
1.01 - 1.25 units/Kg
|    | 2 | 4.00% | |
1.26 - 1.50 units/Kg
|    | 3 | 6.00% | |
> 1.50 units/Kg
| | 4 | 8.00% |
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04-21-2008, 04:31 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Posts: 1,607
| | | Type 1 daily insulin units/Kg
There have been some threads about insulin requirements and it would be interesting to graph this information. It would also help if weight is removed as a variable. So divide your total daily dose by your weight in Kilograms (Pounds divided by 2.2) to work out your number.
I am interested in seeing what the spread for Type 1 members is. Some of the variation will; be caused by things like level of carbohydrate consumption and whether MDI or pumping is used. But it will interesting to see what the distribution looks like .... 
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Type1 since 1977
MDI using Lantus, Protophane, Novorapid and Actrapid
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04-21-2008, 04:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 807
| | | About .82
68 kg
approx avg of 56u per day the last 14 days |
04-21-2008, 04:48 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 1,428
| | | .36 units per kg
(TDD = 20/ 56kg)
Average of about 40 carbs per day
__________________   Type 1 for 29 years
Pumping with MM 522 since 02/07/08
HbA1c as of 4/15/08 is 6.1 "Be still and know that I am God;..." -Psalm 46:10 |
04-21-2008, 05:27 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 5,571
| | | I put the .76 - 1.00 range, but I'm very close to the bottom number. Many days I do get under, but mostly I'm around .80
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04-21-2008, 05:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan
Posts: 605
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Originally Posted by xMenace  I put the .76 - 1.00 range, but I'm very close to the bottom number. Many days I do get under, but mostly I'm around .80 | About the same. Some days is lower, others higher. Calc I did came out to .78
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a1c 6.8 (5.12.08 FINALLY one I'm willing to put in my signature!)
Type 1 since 1984
MM 722 and CGMS
Symlin (when I feel like it)
Vitrectomy on the right 5/07 and left 7/07
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04-21-2008, 05:53 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
Posts: 1,421
| | | 63.6
.48 per kg
I average 30 units a day. Weight of 63 kg.
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Incorrectly dx'ed type 2 7/00 
Correctly dx'ed type 1 5/01
MDI
Lantus 2x daily & Humalog
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04-21-2008, 06:16 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Island
Posts: 112
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jan B .36 units per kg
(TDD = 20/ 56kg)
Average of about 40 carbs per day | Jan, my insulin:kg ratio pretty much matches yours (20/55) - however I have more carbs than you do per day - 90 - 110 g per day. My basal must be lower as that is the only way this can occur - how do you manage to eat so few carbs and am I eating too many?
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Diagnosis: April 9, 1968
Pump (508): September 2001
522 + Sensor: February 18, 2008  |
04-21-2008, 06:28 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 1,428
| | | Anne,
Let me know if this makes sense. My current basals are:
12a - .6
5a - .65
6:30a - .7
9a - .65
2p - .6
I take 1 unit for 16 cho & correction is 1 unit to lower 54
I went from extreme low fat to low carb (got bit by Bernstein!). Went from oatmeal for breakfast to omelets. I don't eat bread or any starchy vegetables anymore. I eat lots of spinach salads, flax muffins, and nuts. About the only carbs I eat are in peanut butter, sf jelly, green vegetables and fruit. I used to never eat meat . . . now I eat lots of turkey and fish.
If anyone thinks I'm crazy, it's fine to let me know. I can go a little overboard sometimes!!
__________________ Type 1 for 29 years
Pumping with MM 522 since 02/07/08
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04-21-2008, 07:25 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Posts: 44
| | | On an average day, 25U/95kg=0.26
I'm still making some insulin according to the doc..
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Dx'ed Nov/2007
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04-21-2008, 08:51 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Long Island
Posts: 112
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Originally Posted by Jan B Anne,
Let me know if this makes sense. My current basals are:
12a - .6
5a - .65
6:30a - .7
9a - .65
2p - .6
I take 1 unit for 16 cho & correction is 1 unit to lower 54
I went from extreme low fat to low carb (got bit by Bernstein!). Went from oatmeal for breakfast to omelets. I don't eat bread or any starchy vegetables anymore. I eat lots of spinach salads, flax muffins, and nuts. About the only carbs I eat are in peanut butter, sf jelly, green vegetables and fruit. I used to never eat meat . . . now I eat lots of turkey and fish. | OK yes that does make sense - at the moment my basals are:
12a.m. - .35
5 a.m. - .4
7 a.m. - .45
10 a.m. - .4
12 p.m. - .35
7 p.m. - .4
8 p.m. - .5
1 unit for 10g CHO; correction: 1 unit to 60
My eating habits have been becoming healthier with age  and I too eat turkey and fish, as well as chicken for the most part. I am a big fan of salad and nuts. I guess my need for a bit of toast (1/2 a slice) in the morning, some yogurt at lunch and then my baked yam at night are where I overtake you carb wise. Those items alone account for ~60 g CHO - the difference between us I believe.
Thanks for the info, Jan - it is good to compare notes.
__________________ Anne
Diagnosis: April 9, 1968
Pump (508): September 2001
522 + Sensor: February 18, 2008 |
04-21-2008, 09:43 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 5,516
| | .59 for me.
__________________  Nancy Despite the high cost of living, it remains popular. diagnosed type 1 October 1986
currently using Medtronic MiniMed
paradigm 715 CLEAR  |
04-22-2008, 01:56 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK
Posts: 356
| | | TDD/weight = 18/64 and eat around 200 carbs a day with some pancreas activity.
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A1c 6.1 - 29th of Novemember 2007 
A1c 8.1 - 23rd of May 2007 
Diagnosed 27th of August 2006
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04-22-2008, 02:53 AM
|  | Member | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: England
Posts: 406
| | | 0.26 for me, TDD (average) 15 weight 56kg
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type: MODY 3
diagnosed: feb 2000
using: lantus and novorapid
last Hba1c: 5.7% July 2007
previous HbA1c:5.6% April 2007
previous HbA1c: 6.2% Febuary 2007
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04-22-2008, 02:57 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: in the irish sea!
Posts: 305
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Originally Posted by grace girl 63.6
.48 per kg
I average 30 units a day. Weight of 63 kg. | mine is the same as yours holly! 
__________________ Sharon |
04-22-2008, 03:26 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: France
Posts: 610
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Originally Posted by shabbie mine is the same as yours holly! | Is it something about 1.5. I weigh 63kg TDD 27 so very similar
(.43 per kg) |
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