I am totally struggling at staying on top of all this. I have one infusion site left, have been trying to get my insurance to get a new prescription from my doctor for 2 weeks. It always involves multiple lengthly phone calls, and I seem to always be in this position where I have one left amd I am reusing as much as I can. I went to fill my site using the same tubing and my novolog only to realize I left my last bottle at work, so I had to use Humulog from a pen that a doctor gave me the last time I was almost out of insulin and my insurance wouldn’t cover it. She said Humulog was practically the same as Novolog, but it does make me drop more. So now I am low and freaking out because I just noticed a warning label on my insulin pen saying “DO NOT transfer to a syringe. Coulr result in massive overdose.” It brings back so much anxiety from my college years over the thought of overdosing.
Hi Emily,
You have “found friends” who are living life with TypeOne. By the way, Welcome to TypeOne Nation; I noticed that you just registered here as a member.
Filling a pump reservoir from a pen is tricky but can be a safe move in an emergency; just be careful about air bubbles and that you allow the reservoir to breath normally during priming. Humalog and Novolog, although quite different [one made from yeast and the other from bacteria, I think] but act in almost identical fashion in our bodies - initially I needed less Novolog when I switched to that after using Humalog for nine years - then six years later when I switched back to Humalog I needed less of that than the Novolog - a lot has to do with what our bodies get accustomed to. The word of caution here is always be careful when changing medications - with insulin, I deliberately take less than I estimate I need.
A tip for when a new or renewal prescription is needed - call your doctor and have her send it to the provider, insurance company or supply house. Your doctor KNOWS you, those others do not.
