Morning Lantus

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Marty started with adding a morning Lantus shot this week. He has been riding really high for the last couple of weeks. We changed his ratio from 1:15 to 1:10 (1 per 10gr. of carbs). We also added in a morning shot of Lantus. He takes 2 units now in the morning to go with the 17 he takes at night. I know most people only take Lantus once a day, but as soon as we moved Kelsey to a split shot it helped her numbers tremendously. I think the same will be true for Marty. He is starting to come down quite a bit and he is staying even. He’s on the right path. I took some pictures of him this morning testing and taking his morning Lantus. I caught him leaving his needle uncovered. A big no no and as I teased him about it, he just gave me a look, proceeded to take his shot and went back off to bed. How dare I speak to him so early in the morning. It was 9am. He has settled into the summer “sleep in” very well.

Pictures are at The DiabeticDuo

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yeah, it seems like Lantus wears off way before 24 hours.

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I had to split my Lantus dose and when I switched to Levemir I split the dose. More in the morning and less at bedtime. Works very well…no matter what they say they are not a 24 hr. duration for most people. I am glad his numbers are coming down. Best wishes.

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Add me to the list of split basal users (first Lantus & now Levemir), something I learned here. I take more at night because of whacko dawn phenonmenon.

Good to hear Marty’s doing better.