another flex pen q please.

[Guest guest]

now I take 15 units of insulin which is novalog twice a day. it is the 70 30

mix. which Pat explained to me what this means. I take a shot for breakfast and

again for dinner. now my q is, if I was going out of town and was making the

decision to make lunch a bigger meal and go very light for dinner, could I take

the dinner shot at lunch instead since I would be having more carbs? I'm

thinking it may depend on how long between breakfast and lunch. mostly at home

my lunch is very light because I take no shot to cover it. breakfast and dinner

are both covered, so I do eat a bit more in total carbs for these meals. this is

probably a q I need to ask my diabetes specialist when I see him again in about

a month, but going out of town to morrow and going to get home later then

normal. was hoping I could turn dinner and lunch around and it will work out so

much better. how lucky you boy's and girl's will be to morrow. the rambling pig

will be out of pocket and you can all take a break. Dave has a pile of good

advice and information to still tell me, so I can't make him to mad. he might

kick me off the list and make me cry!

[Guest guest]

Hmmm. As you say, Mark, you might want to check in with your doc concerning

scenarios like this. Here's my thinking: Since your Flex Pen contains a long

acting insulin, along with the fast acting, if you were to take it at a

different time, you might get out of whack for a day or 2. Fast acting insulin,

such as Humalog, which is what we t1's take with each meal, is much more

flexible, and if you had Humalog (fast acting) insulin handy, you'd have no

trouble with the abnormal meal.

I'd say you can take a small dose of your 70/30 at lunch so you can get some of

the fast acting to help with the additional carbs you expect to eat for lunch,

but then you'll also be getting more of the long acting. Perhaps take some at

lunch, try not to go crazy, and then take the balance (dividing your 15 units)

at dinner.

Dave

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another flex pen q please.

now I take 15 units of insulin which is novalog twice a day. it is the 70 30

mix. which Pat explained to me what this means. I take a shot for breakfast and

again for dinner. now my q is, if I was going out of town and was making the

decision to make lunch a bigger meal and go very light for dinner, could I take

the dinner shot at lunch instead since I would be having more carbs? I'm

thinking it may depend on how long between breakfast and lunch. mostly at home

my lunch is very light because I take no shot to cover it. breakfast and dinner

are both covered, so I do eat a bit more in total carbs for these meals. this is

probably a q I need to ask my diabetes specialist when I see him again in about

a month, but going out of town to morrow and going to get home later then

normal. was hoping I could turn dinner and lunch around and it will work out so

much better. how lucky you boy's and girl's will be to morrow. the rambling pig

will be out of pocket and you can all take a break. Dave has a pile of good

advice and information to still tell me, so I can't make him to mad. he might

kick me off the list and make me cry!

[Guest guest]

You should call your doc and ask him about this problem. If you take

insulin at noon, and it should be about half of what you would take at

dinner,, then you might be off kilter for a couple of days. Your doc needs

to prescribe you and insulin pen with just the rapid acting insulin in it

for occasions like this.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Saturday, May 12, 2012 7:39 AM

To: blind diabetics

Subject: another flex pen q please.

now I take 15 units of insulin which is novalog twice a day. it is the 70 30

mix. which Pat explained to me what this means. I take a shot for breakfast

and again for dinner. now my q is, if I was going out of town and was making

the decision to make lunch a bigger meal and go very light for dinner, could

I take the dinner shot at lunch instead since I would be having more carbs?

I'm thinking it may depend on how long between breakfast and lunch. mostly

at home my lunch is very light because I take no shot to cover it. breakfast

and dinner are both covered, so I do eat a bit more in total carbs for these

meals. this is probably a q I need to ask my diabetes specialist when I see

him again in about a month, but going out of town to morrow and going to get

home later then normal. was hoping I could turn dinner and lunch around and

it will work out so much better. how lucky you boy's and girl's will be to

morrow. the rambling pig will be out of pocket and you can all take a break.

Dave has a pile of good advice and information to still tell me, so I can't

make him to mad. he might kick me off the list and make me cry!

[Guest guest]

I was afraid this would be the answer. ok, will stay on the schedule it is

and when I go see him the eighth of June I will discuss it with him. thanks.

another flex pen q please.

now I take 15 units of insulin which is novalog twice a day. it is the 70 30

mix. which Pat explained to me what this means. I take a shot for breakfast and

again for dinner. now my q is, if I was going out of town and was making the

decision to make lunch a bigger meal and go very light for dinner, could I take

the dinner shot at lunch instead since I would be having more carbs? I'm

thinking it may depend on how long between breakfast and lunch. mostly at home

my lunch is very light because I take no shot to cover it. breakfast and dinner

are both covered, so I do eat a bit more in total carbs for these meals. this is

probably a q I need to ask my diabetes specialist when I see him again in about

a month, but going out of town to morrow and going to get home later then

normal. was hoping I could turn dinner and lunch around and it will work out so

much better. how lucky you boy's and girl's will be to morrow. the rambling pig

will be out of pocket and you can all take a break. Dave has a pile of good

advice and information to still tell me, so I can't make him to mad. he might

kick me off the list and make me cry!

[Guest guest]

I will ask him about it next month. in the mean time I will continue to roll

as always and just work it out.

another flex pen q please.

now I take 15 units of insulin which is novalog twice a day. it is the 70 30

mix. which Pat explained to me what this means. I take a shot for breakfast

and again for dinner. now my q is, if I was going out of town and was making

the decision to make lunch a bigger meal and go very light for dinner, could

I take the dinner shot at lunch instead since I would be having more carbs?

I'm thinking it may depend on how long between breakfast and lunch. mostly

at home my lunch is very light because I take no shot to cover it. breakfast

and dinner are both covered, so I do eat a bit more in total carbs for these

meals. this is probably a q I need to ask my diabetes specialist when I see

him again in about a month, but going out of town to morrow and going to get

home later then normal. was hoping I could turn dinner and lunch around and

it will work out so much better. how lucky you boy's and girl's will be to

morrow. the rambling pig will be out of pocket and you can all take a break.

Dave has a pile of good advice and information to still tell me, so I can't

make him to mad. he might kick me off the list and make me cry!