Insulin, fat and my 8year old

[noel44]

My brother is a Diabetic taking humalog and humatin (NPH), he started injecting in his stomache and got what looked like fat lumps forming on each side of his belly (slightly below the belly botton on each side) well he went to the docters and they told him that it is insulin that is int he fat, not being absorbed by the body, i guess if you dont rotate the insulin to arms legs and stomeache it accumulates and if you kepp shooting in the lump ur not gettign allt he insulin, hope i explaind it right

[destroying angle]

Insulin when injected is like injecting HCG of b-12. You can feel the lump under the skin but it goes a way in a couple of days. Also if your brother is not in his honeymoon period he should ask his doctor about lantis. Lantis last 24hr instead of 8hr and controlling blood sugar levels are alot easier. It also brings him one step closer to using a pump.

[noel44]

Insulin when injected is like injecting HCG of b-12. You can feel the lump under the skin but it goes a way in a couple of days. Also if your brother is not in his honeymoon period he should ask his doctor about lantis. Lantis last 24hr instead of 8hr and controlling blood sugar levels are alot easier. It also brings him one step closer to using a pump.

my brother has been on the pump, but didnt like being attachedto it because he played college level football and it was a hassle. Im not pos. but nph is a 12 hour insulin with a peak of 6 to 8, does your son count carbs?

[destroying angle]

Yes he does. I was wondering what the difference would be if a non diabetic was consume 100grams of complex carbs or 100grams of simple carbs after injecting 10iu of humalog? I know that there is a big difference in my sons glucose levels when he consumes different types of carbs. If he consumes simlple carbs, his glucose levels will raise faster than the humalog can compensate. I would think that if you consume alot of simple carbs your body could convert some of the blood sugar to fat? What do you guys think?

[noel44]

friends that i know that have used slin would take it 15-20 min. after a work out when the effects kick in, they would consume 50 simple sugars and 50 complex, then immediatley drink a protien shake, 30-40 grams pro., usually, depending on the person, around 10 cc