BG Monitoring on Slin

[MeanMachine2000]

What are the recommended times to you check your BG post injection when using insulin (humalog)? Also at what level is too high and risk of putting on body fat? 120 mg/dl?

[M302_Imola]

For starters you should be testing your fasted BG levels first thing in the morn. If your levels are over 100mg/dL then you should not be using slin as your body is pre-diabetic and more than likely has built up some insulin resistance. Fasted BG levels of 80-100 mg/dL insures insulin sensitivity and that insulin resistance isn't taking place. As far as testing BG levels around your slin injection...you can test right before injecting the slin and then test again 15 and 30 mins later after you eaten (assuming you've eaten right after your slin shot). You might find the reading is a bit high at the 15 min post injection time as your BG should be spiking after your meal (depending on what carbs you ingested) and the slin probably hasn't peaked yet. At the 30 min mark the slin should be peaking and driving your BG levels down...You could test again 45-60 mins after injection to see how low the slin has taken your BG. I also recommend you testing your BG if you ever feel signs of going hypo. I did this and my BG read 57 mg/dL when I had signs of hypo so I took a few glucose tabs and it quickly rose back up.

[MeanMachine2000]

Thanks. Ya I have been testing my Fasted BG every morning for the past few days it's around 85, so all good. Did my first shot of insulin today with 5iu and 50g of Dextrose. 20 min post I checked it it was at 122.6 and 60 mins post I checked again it was 82.8. Seems good so I will stick with the 10g carbs to 1iu slin for now as I ramp up and continue monitoring.

[M302_Imola]

Thanks. Ya I have been testing my Fasted BG every morning for the past few days it's around 85, so all good. Did my first shot of insulin today with 5iu and 50g of Dextrose. 20 min post I checked it it was at 122.6 and 60 mins post I checked again it was 82.8. Seems good so I will stick with the 10g carbs to 1iu slin for now as I ramp up and continue monitoring.

Good deal, I'm glad you're testing your levels with a meter. Your numbers look good but things can change when you use slin make sure you test periodically.

[calstate23]

Humalog is NOT what pros use...It's humulin r....100's of iu's a day......Stop using insulin ...

WHY??? Because if you need to ask a question about insulin then that means you don't know what you're doing........

[OnTheSauce]

Humalog is NOT what pros use...It's humulin r....100's of iu's a day......Stop using insulin ...

WHY??? Because if you need to ask a question about insulin then that means you don't know what you're doing........

I know 2 pros. Both use humalog. And a few guys will be pro within a couple years. They use both.

[M302_Imola]

Humalog is NOT what pros use...It's humulin r....100's of iu's a day......Stop using insulin...

Dude! Quit cluttering this forum with bullshit! You're obviously not the God of slin! Not sure why anyone would use a longer acting slin like Humulin R if they could get there hands on a shorter acting slin like Humalog.

[OnTheSauce]

My buddy likes Slin pre workout, uses humalin r for that so its peaking after his workout. But that's only reason I could see

[M302_Imola]

My buddy likes Slin pre workout, uses humalin r for that so its peaking after his workout. But that's only reason I could see

true true...now that makes since!