Hello all.
I'm an occasional lurker here : adult onset type 1 18 years ago. Been doing
okay with Humalog and Lantus.
Last night I forgot my lantus shot. I usually take 36 units and it works
pretty well. I forgot it only one or two other times in 18 years (including
Ultralente before the days of Lantus)
This morning my sugar was way up, 14.5 (=261). I took 5 units of Humalog and
skipped breakfast. I also took two-thirds of my usually lantus shot, and was
wondering whether to take the whole shot at bedtime tonight.
I looked all over the diabetes websites and couldn't find any information
about what to do after missing a shot.
Of course I will monitor all day.
What do you folks suggest in such a case?
Thanks
RS
Freckles - 24 Mar 2006 17:35 GMT
> Hello all.
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> RS
Call your doctor.
Hans-Jürgen Tilsner - 24 Mar 2006 19:51 GMT
>This morning my sugar was way up, 14.5 (=261). I took 5 units of Humalog and
>skipped breakfast.
what is your normal morning reading?
Robert Sigmund - 26 Mar 2006 01:07 GMT
> Hello all.
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> skipped breakfast. I also took two-thirds of my usually lantus shot, and was
> wondering whether to take the whole shot at bedtime tonight.
Just to let you know that the strategy worked. By lunchtime I was just above
normal and the rest of the day was normal. So it worked to take two thirds
of the dose in the morning plus a bolus of humalog, and then a few extra
units of humalog at lunch. At bedtime I took the normal dose of Lantus, and
the next day I was normal again.
I wish I had had lantus for the first 17 years, since I could never balance
my sugar levels.
RS
Ozgirl - 26 Mar 2006 01:44 GMT
> I wish I had had lantus for the first 17 years, since I could never
> balance my sugar levels.
Good to hear. Glad you are ok today.