Changing Injection Schedule

[tcmeowmixtc]

Hi everyone,

I'm starting school soon, and with T.C.'s current injection times (noon and midnight) I wouldn't be able to do a preshot test for them. I'd like to move it to around 8 or 8:30 AM and PM. Is this possible?

Thanks!

 

[Caitlin M]

Yes absolutely! How long do you have until the new schedule needs to start? From what I remember, we usually adjust by no more than 30 minutes a day. I'm not 100% certain how to safely tell you do adjust, but I know it can be done! Hopefully someone with more adjustment experience can chime in! I myself need to adjust by 3 hours soon for a complete time zone change. Good luck- with the new schedule and also school

 

[Dyana]

Using Lantus, since it is a depot insulin, it is safest to move the shot time in either 15 minute increments per cycle or 30 minutes per day.
You can do something like:
Thursday
11:45am
11:30pm
Friday
11:15am
11:00pm
Saturday
10:45am
10:30pm
Sunday
10:15am
10:00pm
Monday
9:45am
9:30pm
Tuesday
9:15am
9:00pm
Wednesday
8:45am
8:30pm
Would that work for you?

 

[tcmeowmixtc]

Using Lantus, since it is a depot insulin, it is safest to move the shot time in either 15 minute increments per cycle or 30 minutes per day.
You can do something like:
Thursday
11:45am
11:30pm
Friday
11:15am
11:00pm
Saturday
10:45am
10:30pm
Sunday
10:15am
10:00pm
Monday
9:45am
9:30pm
Tuesday
9:15am
9:00pm
Wednesday
8:45am
8:30pm
Would that work for you?

Thank you both!
That schedule works out great. The only day I wouldn't be able to do a preshot would be Monday and Wednesday morning.

 

[Dyana]

Do you have anyone that can help you on Monday morning, or does that mean you would have to skip his shot on Monday morning?

 

[tcmeowmixtc]

Do you have anyone that can help you on Monday morning, or does that mean you would have to skip his shot on Monday morning?

I have someone to give his shot on Monday. I wouldn't be able to do a preshot blood test though. The latest I can leave the house would be 8:30 AM, so I can do a test about 1 hr and 15 minutes before the shot.

 

[Dyana]

Can you teach that someone to test before Monday?
If you can update your spreadsheet with the latest data, I would post over in the Lantus / Levemir forum. The folks there know your insulin best and can maybe help you more on a daily basis. There are times, when you can shoot more than 15 minutes per cycle or 30 minutes per day, earlier, but only if the numbers are high enough, and I think the data would need to be seen to advise on that. Shooting early with a depot insulin can act like a dose increase. Anyway, I encourage you to post in that insulin specific forum, when you are ready.

 

[tcmeowmixtc]

Can you teach that someone to test before Monday?
If you can update your spreadsheet with the latest data, I would post over in the Lantus / Levemir forum. The folks there know your insulin best and can maybe help you more on a daily basis. There are times, when you can shoot more than 15 minutes per cycle or 30 minutes per day, earlier, but only if the numbers are high enough, and I think the data would need to be seen to advise on that. Shooting early with a depot insulin can act like a dose increase. Anyway, I encourage you to post in that insulin specific forum, when you are ready.

Thank you! I will update my spreadsheet and post over there!