Rookie Question (2nd part)

Hi @Maguina!

Thank you for sharing your doubts, it is totally normal for a thousand questions to arise at first, and nobody is "heavy" here, on the contrary, we have all gone through the same thing and we know how important it is to have support at this time.I tell you point by point:

• Pen and cleaning: It is not necessary to clean it with each use.Just keep the pen closed and in good condition.If you want, from time to time you can pass a wipe with alcohol through the area where the needle is screwed, but it is not mandatory on a day -to -day basis.
• Plumas replacement: The most practical is usually asking for replacement when you start the last pen.Thus you have margin in case it takes a few days to give it to you, but neither do you accumulate an arsenal at home.Insulin does not usually have as many shortages as other medications, but sometimes it happens, so you better not hurry at all.
• Bleeding and Moratones: It is quite common for a droplet of blood or even some insulin.That happens because you have punctured just where a capillary passes.It doesn't mean you're doing it wrong.You can try to vary the angle or the injection zone to minimize it.That a small amount of insulin comes out does not usually have an important impact, the essential thing is that in general the doses enter well.
• Changes in glycemia: what you tell is also normal.At the beginning, the body sometimes responds differently and the need for insulin can vary, even without apparent changes in your routine.Do not have repair to call again, for that they are.It is not a nuisance, it is part of the adjustment process.It is better to consult and avoid weeks with high values, than to wait until October.Surely your team understands.

Be patient with yourself, you are in full phase of adaptation, and little by little you will gain security.

And remember: Here you have a place to support you whenever you need it 💙.

Courage and a strong hug!

@Fer said:

Hello@Maguina!

Thank you for sharing your doubts, it is totally normal for a thousand questions to arise at first, and nobody is "heavy" here, on the contrary, we have all gone through the same thing and we know how important it is to have support at this time.I tell you point by point:

• Pen and cleaning: It is not necessary to clean it with each use.Just keep the pen closed and in good condition.If you want, from time to time you can pass a wipe with alcohol through the area where the needle is screwed, but it is not mandatory on a day -to -day basis.
• Plumas replacement: The most practical is usually asking for replacement when you start the last pen.Thus you have margin in case it takes a few days to give it to you, but neither do you accumulate an arsenal at home.Insulin does not usually have as many shortages as other medications, but sometimes it happens, so you better not hurry at all.
• Bleeding and Moratones: It is quite common for a droplet of blood or even some insulin.That happens because you have punctured just where a capillary passes.It doesn't mean you're doing it wrong.You can try to vary the angle or the injection zone to minimize it.That a small amount of insulin comes out does not usually have an important impact, the essential thing is that in general the doses enter well.
• Changes in glycemia: what you tell is also normal.At the beginning, the body sometimes responds differently and the need for insulin can vary, even without apparent changes in your routine.Do not have repair to call again, for that they are.It is not a nuisance, it is part of the adjustment process.It is better to consult and avoid weeks with high values, than to wait until October.Surely your team understands.

Be patient with yourself, you are in full phase of adaptation, and little by little you will gain security.

And remember: Here you have a place to support you whenever you need it 💙.

Courage and a strong hug!

Thanks for the answer, it is a luxury to have this support, thanks.

Greetings!

@Maguina I reiterate everything that explained to you @fer, I use Novorapid and Toujeo, 5 feathers come from one and 3 of the other.When I have a single vital in the fridge of each, I buy the following boxes.They can break, get stuck or whatever, you have to be cautious.

If you go high, get an appointment with the endocrinology nurse, they will tell you.The normal thing is that in the next meal you eat the same hydrates, you put 1 more, if you go down and you have hypos, because vice versa, the units are lowered.His thing is to always eat the same carbohydrates to calculate how much insulin is necessary for every 10g of hydrates.

@Ruthbia said:

@MaguinaI reiterate everything that has explained you@fer, I use Novorapid and Toujeo, 5 feathers come from one and 3 of the other.When I have a single vital in the fridge of each, I buy the following boxes.They can break, get stuck or whatever, you have to be cautious.

If you go high, get an appointment with the endocrinology nurse, they will tell you.The normal thing is that in the next meal you eat the same hydrates, you put 1 more, if you go down and you have hypos, because vice versa, the units are lowered.His thing is to always eat the same carbohydrates to calculate how much insulin is necessary for every 10g of hydrates.

I had an appointment for yesterday and they were supposed to explain to me to calculate doses/hydrates.But on Monday they called me to tell me that it was not, that the doctor already saw me in October, on 27. I had a stack of doubts and ... well ... Well, I will have to call me ... I don't like anything but it's what there is ...

I take advantage to ask something else 🫣, noI know if it will be a ghost ... My partner is worried about giving me hypoglycemia when I walk around.The truth that we were quite afraid of that, they always told us that diabetes by pancreatectomy was very difficult to control and that it tended severe hypoglycemia.And as they gave me hypoglycemia before the diagnosis of diabetes .... because with insulin is worried (although I really get much better).He says that he should carry identification ... but it sounds a bit ... exaggerated ... Does anyone wear it?

@Ruthbia said:

@MaguinaI reiterate everything that has explained you@fer, I use Novorapid and Toujeo, 5 feathers come from one and 3 of the other.When I have a single vital in the fridge of each, I buy the following boxes.They can break, get stuck or whatever, you have to be cautious.

If you go high, get an appointment with the endocrinology nurse, they will tell you.The normal thing is that in the next meal you eat the same hydrates, you put 1 more, if you go down and you have hypos, because vice versa, the units are lowered.His thing is to always eat the same carbohydrates to calculate how much insulin is necessary for every 10g of hydrates.

I had an appointment for yesterday and they were supposed to explain to me to calculate doses/hydrates.But on Monday they called me to tell me that it was not, that the doctor already saw me in October, on 27. I had a stack of doubts and ... well ... Well, I will have to call me ... I don't like anything but it's what there is ...

I take advantage to ask something else 🫣, noI know if it will be a ghost ... My partner is worried about giving me hypoglycemia when I walk around.The truth that we were quite afraid of that, they always told us that diabetes by pancreatectomy was very difficult to control and that it tended severe hypoglycemia.And as they gave me hypoglycemia before the diagnosis of diabetes .... because with insulin is worried (although I really get much better).He says that he should carry identification ... but it sounds a bit ... exaggerated ... Does anyone wear it?

It is not exaggerated, if you should take it.

A very simple way is to bring your medical data on the mobile.

@Anaisabel said:

It is not exaggerated, if you should take it.

A very simple way is to bring your medical data on the mobile.

How is it done?In a note, for example, and anchor it on the screen?And carry the mobile without password?The truth was that it had not occurred to me.I tell my compi that I am already identified with the sensor (they told me they were going to give me) and the medication that I carry in my backpack, but does not reassure him 😅.The mobile seems to me a good idea.

In his day I bought a Codilife.It is a bracelet that carries a IDBI code that can read the toilets.In the Bidi code you have your data on a website that is associated.

My nurse told me to take the typical gold spoil with my diabetes ... I reminded me of those who carry the grandmothers with the blood group.

Counting hydrates is easy.There are many tables where it puts how many hydrates are 100g of the product.Then you make the proportion of what you eat.

For example, I want to eat 250 g of lettuce, the lettuce has 10g of HC per 100g of weight, then I would eat 25 HC, which are 2.5 portions, with which, with my current ratio, I would need 2 novorapid units.

The insulin units for 10 g of HC, that is, by ration, you will have to find out, test and error, and well, change throughout the day, with viruses, stress, etc.