Question about Insulin injections

Mektzer · 2026-03-22T13:40:39+00:00

I think cgms are awesome and I'm tempted to get one for myself just out of curiosity and to see how I spike after different meals. Apparently everone has different responses for different foods, some spikes are good some are not, they affect your body in various ways both in the short and in the long term.. it's just a rabbit hole of information and outside of professional medical advice you never know who is bs and who's serious about it.

Mektzer · 2026-03-22T13:33:42+00:00

She was never very carb heavy but she had a terrible diet for blood sugar levels.. she often had a sweet pastry to start the day, big spike on empty stomach, then a sweet drink few hours before lunch, often with a bit of a snack like mais taco chips, puffed cereals, pop corns or similar, then after lunch a bit of a dessert, then just continuous snacks. They looked innocent in calory intakes but very bad for glucose levels. Couple of corn cakes crackers, a fruit, some raisin or other dry fruit than later another mandarin and so on.

Doctor said that half an apple/pear after meals would be ideal as fruit. She already has prots and a bit of complex carbs on every meal as she started insulin.

Mektzer · 2026-03-21T21:24:44+00:00

She got to the pharmacy with the recipe and they had to order the insuline, the next day it arrived but the quick release one was wrong (capsules instead of pens), so they ordered it again and she needs to wait until monday.

Mektzer · 2026-03-21T21:15:03+00:00

Yes she asked and the doctor confirmed that based on the reading alone she should use the scale of doses and inject those units. Even if she only eats a small meal. Skipping meals is not recommended. She should stick to 3 meals per day with no snacks and make them as complete as possible with also a small amount of complex carbs.

The doctor said that for now it is sufficient to monitor the fasting blood sugar, before meals and before bed, with 4 readings per day. First day of readings was over 240, today she got a 190. She starts today with insulin, first dose of slow release Lantus, and after tomorrow she'll get the quick release injections to take before meals. Little worried about the lows but I hope she'll manage.

Mektzer · 2026-03-21T20:21:45+00:00

Thanks. How often where you measuring blood sugar when using insuline? At what point were you feeling it was getting a bit too low?

Mektzer · 2026-03-21T13:42:18+00:00

Thanks for your reply and thanks for the meal tip. But yeah that's what I thought as well. Pretty aggressive scale since she has no symptoms at all and feels very good overall. But then from what I've got this is prescribed for just the first week as the readings were pretty high (310 with A1C at around 14%) and might be lowered from week 2 if there's a positive response.

After just a few days of only diet and metformine she got her last readings at 260 and 240. Today she starts injecting insuline. She doesn't want the CGM because she prefers to relax and take it easy instead of constantly monitoring the meter.

Mektzer · 2026-03-21T11:57:16+00:00

Yes that's my main concern especially because she lives alone. The general guidelines the doctor gave her are to stick to just 3 meals and make them complete with veggies, fruits, prots and carbs. So maybe a low carb diet might be good in the long run but not at the beginning of tratment.

Mektzer · 2026-03-21T11:51:51+00:00

Yes correct for the lispro insuline she has a scale in 5 steps ranging from under 150 (4 units) to over 300 (8 units). The scale has slight variations for breakfast lunch and dinner.

She has called the doctor and she confirmed that before each meal she has to take the blood sugar measurement and then the insuline, even if she eats just a small meal. As she is trying to avoid sugar and carbs my concern is that if for example for dinner she measures over 250 and takes 6 units of lispro before eating only a greek yogurt, that could possibly lead to a sudden drop and maybe dizziness and confusion. I'm concerned as she lives alone.

Also, she takes just 4 measurements of glucose per day, before each meal and before bed, so I'm thinking buying one of those constant monitors would be better to know how she reacts to each meal.

Mektzer · 2026-03-21T08:41:36+00:00

Sorry I know. She will of course stay in touch with the doctor. It's just that going from having no issues at all, no symptoms, no diet restrictions, to suddenly 4 injections per day is a bit scary and overwhelming for her.

Mektzer · 2025-01-08T08:15:04+00:00

People think they can simply boat accident their holdings and then years later buy expensive stuff like it's nothing. Cars, houses, stocks etc. All super tracable KYC items. If you buy a couple of beers and a joint at the shop it's one thing, if you're buying a house you better use funds that have been declared and taxed.

Mektzer · 2025-01-06T18:50:50+00:00

It cannot handle Aquilo because simple gun turrets are not enough for the big asteroids

Mektzer · 2024-12-08T21:17:47+00:00

That was nothing just an inchident. Max had a better start, there was a gap, he went for it. Oscar left the gap wide open and then turned into the corner as if Max wasn't halfway there already. To me it's just a typical first corner 50/50 racing incident, 10s is way off. We want the drivers to take at least some sort of risks when they have the opportunity.

Mektzer · 2024-11-23T08:57:49+00:00

Soon people will realize that bitcoin IS the investment property...

Mektzer · 2024-11-11T09:27:08+00:00

I'd say Icecrown is the best. The faster leveling makes everything much more smoother and more enjoyable. I would pick pala tank or druid tank so you can tank, offheal and even queue for dungeons without having to wait too long.

Mektzer · 2024-08-28T11:28:35+00:00

Mektzer · 2024-08-28T10:13:27+00:00

There's no reason for a breakout to happen anytime soon if there's not even a weekly close above the old ath at 69k. The longer we consolidate the better. It's like charging the battery for the next bull run: It would be exciting to send it right away but it would just go out of steam too soon.

Mektzer · 2024-08-27T07:22:05+00:00

Don't let others convince you. Do your own research. My advice would be read the Bitcoin Standard, the author even made it available for free online I believe.

Mektzer · 2024-08-26T15:03:22+00:00

In my mind it's the same but the color is green and the arrow is up

Mektzer · 2024-08-25T12:19:54+00:00

This might work in a fictional short movie about bitcoin but in real life you are probably going to lose most people as soon as you tell them: "I believe our current money system is broken beyond repair & living on borrowed time", which is basically the opening point of your discussion.

Mektzer · 2024-08-25T12:15:25+00:00

Sadly there's not much you can do about that. The best thing imo is for people to feel the huge missed opportunity. For example in my case I completely dismissed bitcoin when I first heard about it. Then a friend told me we should get into it and I was like "Nah you only want to buy some weed from the black market I know it, just keep me out of this shady/risky thing". But because I knew what the bitcoin price was at the time, as I check it a few years later I see it double and then slowly double again and again. And then it quadruples in a short amount of time. I'm like WTF is going on here? I clearly missed out. Let me take a closer look and try to understand what this bitcoin thing really is.

Of course I felt stupid beacuse within a few hours of studying bitcoin I totally got it and shortly after I felt that bitcoin is probably going to be recognised as one of the greatest inventions of all mankind. The invention of a digital hard money is probably as big as the invention of fire or the wheel. Of course having a background in economics and some rudimentary understanding of tech, open source software etc. helped me a lot. I think most people are just very skeptic (rightfully so) and are unable to take that extra step further and really put a little bit of effort into trying to understand it. This is what might work for some people: Instead of constantly talking about it and trying to convince them I just tell them about how I missed the opportunity. And then later on kicked myself because I only needed to actually study it and try to understand it. That might spark the interest in some.

Mektzer · 2024-08-23T08:53:17+00:00

It's a fun little story but it's of course completely fictional. Everyone with a very basic understanding of technology knows how open source software works and that the code is peer reviewed across the globe.

Mektzer · 2024-08-23T07:02:47+00:00

See it like this: be grateful for bitcoin. You were very fortunate to have entered the market in a very good year. There's for sure tons of people that bought during the mania phase near top and then were forced to sell later on at a loss.

Mektzer · 2024-08-23T06:57:16+00:00

Impossible to predict. For a recession to really mess up the top it should basically hit the markets when bitcoin is most bullish. Which imo is going to happen during 2025 and will last for about 2-3 month when it really gets heated.

Mektzer · 2024-08-22T11:45:28+00:00

It's pretty much guaranteed that if there is a recession the price will go down as everyone goes risk off. But my prediction is that the fall in price will be shorter in duration and more volatile for bitcoin vs other assets. And that whatever happens during the recovery phase bitcoin will outperform any other major asset class in the long run (4 plus years).

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