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I've got a friend whose had diabetes 34 years (since age 12) and she is on multiple injections (MDI) using 3 types of insulin to maintain an A1C of .... 4.7% (I've never gone below 5.7%). She injects (with needle - not pen needle - ouch) about every 1/2 hour to maintain "perfect " BG's...

HI IM 8 and I take 15.85u when im in school. and on weekends I take 17.85u I use to seperate rates cuz im home I eat more.

Our son is taking about 16-18 units a day total. He's seven years old, somewhere around three and half feet tall and weighs about 45lbs. His daily intake is about 175-200g of CHO. His CHO has crept up from about 150-175 over the last year and he's gone from the 14-16 total units to 16-18, which...

Hey Elizabeth, I don't blame you for not wanting to turn to forums to ask for help -- but if there's anything I've learned about diabetes in the past 9 years, it's that there is always SO MUCH more to learn about this disease! All the time! Anyhoo, I'm Ginger, I write for www.diabeteens...