Insulin

All people with type 1 diabetes and some people with type 2 diabetes need to use insulin.

                                   

              

Your doctor will tell you if you need insulin and the dosage and when you have to have it.

                                  

 

     Insulin can only be given by injection

  A Diabetes Educator can teach you how to give yourself insulin injections.

 

DO YOU HAVE INSULIN INJECTIONS?

Tick one of the boxes to let us know if you have insulin injections

                                    

          Yes                                     No

                                

 

 

               If you have insulin injections, tick when you have them.

 

     Monday  

     Tuesday     

     Wednesday 

     Thursday   

     Friday            

     Saturday            

      Sunday   

                                      

                                                     

 Before the meal          During the meal         After the meal

 

You need to eat straight away after having insulin.

Insulin needs foods like:

 

                                              

Pasta                       Cereal                    Beans                     Bread                       Rice

 

If you are not at home when it is time for your insulin, you will have to take your insulin out with you.

 

 

   Tick which part of the insulin injection you can do yourself

  Getting the insulin

 

    Dialing up the insuling dosage

 

     Giving yourself the insulin injection

 

   Asking someone else to give me the insulin injection

 

Showing the person where I prefer the insulin injection

 

     Disposing of the needle myself into a sharps container.

 

 

     Writing up insulin dosage

 

    Draw a circle on the body to show you prefer your insulin injection