Insulin users will you take a survey?!
Question: 01. What kind of insulin do you use?
02. If you do shots, how often do you take shots?
03. How many units do you use each time?
04. Do you feel it is working for you?
05. If you don't use shots, what do you do?
06. How long have you been diabetic?
07. How long have you been using insulin?
08. Do you use the standard needles and vial or a pen?
Thank you for your time!
Answers: 01. What kind of insulin do you use?
02. If you do shots, how often do you take shots?
03. How many units do you use each time?
04. Do you feel it is working for you?
05. If you don't use shots, what do you do?
06. How long have you been diabetic?
07. How long have you been using insulin?
08. Do you use the standard needles and vial or a pen?
Thank you for your time!
I am not diabetic, but my 2 year old daughter is a type 1 ... so these answers are for her :o)
1. Humalog & Lantus
2. One Lantus in the morning, and Humalog 3x per day, each time before meals
3. 4 units Lantus, 1 unit Humalog in the am, 1 1/2 units of Humalog for lunch and dinner.
4. She's a type 1 diabetic, she would die without it.
5. She has to have the shots.
6. She was diagnosed last November
7. She's had to use insulin since she was diagnosed. Her blood sugars were in the 400 to 600+ range at that time.
8. She gets her insulin with a very fine 31 gauge, short, insulin needle. I'm hoping in the future she will be able to go on an insulin pump.
01. What kind of insulin do you use? Humalog and Lantus
02. If you do shots, how often do you take shots? 4-5 times a day
03. How many units do you use each time? Usually 50-60 at meal times, 50u Lantus at bedtime.
04. Do you feel it is working for you? It depends on how well I stick to my meal and exercise plans.
05. If you don't use shots, what do you do? I used to take Avandia, Metformin, and another drug, but they didn't work because my body doesn't produce insulin.
06. How long have you been diabetic? I was diagnosed at 19. I am 32 now.
07. How long have you been using insulin? Since I was 21.
08. Do you use the standard needles and vial or a pen? Pens
1. No insulin, 500 mg. daily Glucophage (Type II diabetic)
2. skip
3. skip
4. I like to think it is
5. Glucophage
6. two years when it was diagnosed
7. two years
8. skip
You're welcome !
01. Novolog
02. No shots, I'm on a pump
03. As many as needed, I program in my carbs and let it calculate how much I need
04. Shots didn't work well for me, I have dawn phenomenon
05. Pump
06. 24 years
07. 24 years
08. n/a
1. Humalog
2. I'm on the pump but I take shots every 3 days to put it in.
3. About 200 to get me through 3 days
4. Yes.
5. Pump.
6. 1 and a half years.
7. 1 and a half years.
8. Pen.
1.) Humolog and Lantus
2.) At least 4
3.) When I eat I usually do about 7-10 units...I divide by 7.5 ....so usually 50-80 carbs. And I do 19 units of lantus
4.) Yes...But I want to lose weight I've gained 30 lbs since diagnosed! (I admit I was underweight to start with)
5.) a month or two :'(
6.) Since I was diagnosed
8.) Both. One for lantus and the other for humolog
1. Novolog/Lantus
2.6-8 times a day.
3.20 novolog/60 Lantus at night
4.No
5.Had a pump before.
6.6-7 years
7.6-7 years
8.Standard syringes
I Use Novorapid and Levemir
I Take 5 Shots a Day
I Take...
Breakfast -32Units (Levemir) & 10Units (Novorapid)
Lunch- 14Units (Novorapid)
Dinner- 20Units (Novorapid)
Bed- 40Units (Levemir)
4. I Dont Feel Its Working For Me At The Moment, But It Will Eventually
5. N/A
6. 5 Years
7. 5 Years
8. Standard 8mm Needles.
1- Novolog
2- Use a pump
3-depends on the time of day (I get a few different basal rates) and my bolus varies per meal
4-fine
5-pump
6-too long, since my 20s
7-one year, I am a beleived to be a slow onset Type 1
8-pump
01. What kind of insulin do you use? Humalog
02. If you do shots, how often do you take shots? I don't take shots, I use a pump.
03. How many units do you use each time? I use 30-40 units per day.
04. Do you feel it is working for you? I have never had anything work better,
05. If you don't use shots, what do you do? I have a Minimed Paradigm pump.
06. How long have you been diabetic? 22+ years.
07. How long have you been using insulin? 22+ years.
08. Do you use the standard needles and vial or a pen? Vial and pump!.
1. humalog
2. no shots
3.depends on what i eat
4.yes
5. i use an insulin pump
6. 6 years
7. 6 years
8. i use an insulin pump
i must say these questions seem a bit redundant for insulin pump users
1. Humalog
2. no shots, I use the pump
3. Depends on how much I eat. I use 18.95 units a day for my basal rate and have a 1:12 ratio for the carbs I eat.
4. Yes
5. Insulin pump
6. Almost 23 years
7 Since initial diagnosis
8. Neither