A friend told me that he injects his insulin through his shirt into his abdomen. Is this practice safe? Is this practice common? I would think that a danger exists in pushing cloth fibers into the skin from the shirt. At the very least he might develop a hole or small embarrassing blood spot on his shirt.
Would you explain the term "insulin cocktail" where regular and Humalog® are mixed to handle unusual BG patterns?
How do you prevent insulin leakage in a 3-year-old child with diabetes? I am afraid he is not getting the correct dose.
I was wondering what the pros / cons were of using a pump. I currently take 5-6 shots per day, and my doctor suggested I switch to the pump, but I'm having some misgivings about being "plugged in" all the time.
I read that insulin does not have to be refrigerated. Is that true? I thought insulin always had to be refrigerated.
What is the proper way to dispose of lancets and syringes?
I was told to rotate my insulin injection sites, so I alternate the left and right sides of my abdomen. I've noticed a large bump at both of these sites. Am I doing something wrong?
I was taking regular insulin before each meal and NPH at bed. My doctor recently switched my NPH to Lantus®, and kept the regular insulin the same. I met someone in a diabetes class who is on a similar routine but uses Humalog® instead of the regular insulin before each meal, and her doctor said the Humalog is better. What’s the difference between regular insulin and Humalog?
My 8 year-old granddaughter carries her Insulin in a small backpack- NPH and Humalog®. She lives in a desert area where the temperatures reach over 100 degrees. Do you know of a product for her back pack to keep her Insulin "stable" and "fresh" and cool? Her glucose levels are so hard to control and we think maybe the insulin is not kept cool enough and is submitted to such variations in temperatures on a daily basis.
When I have a high post meal glucose, should I take more insulin to bring it down? I have been taking insulin for 2 ½ months, having been diagnosed a year ago, and I am having trouble keeping my blood sugars down.
