Daily schedule (MDCF)

Taking insulin and monitoring your blood sugar

 

Morning:

  • Take your blood sugar & write down the results
  • Take mealtime insulin of NOVOLOG or HUMALOG  PER scale below.
  • Eat breakfast within 15 minutes

 

Lunch:

  • Take your blood sugar & write down the results
  • Take mealtime insulin of NOVOLOG or HUMALOG PER scale below.
  • Eat lunch within 15 minutes

 

Supper/Dinner:

  • Take your blood sugar & write down the results
  • Take mealtime insulin of NOVOLOG or HUMALOG PER scale below.
  • Eat supper within 15 minutes

 

Novolog is the blue and orange insulin pen.

If  your pre meal Blood sugar is:

Give this # of units of Novolog

Greater than 70, Less than 180

                              0

181 to 220

2

221 to 260

4

261 to 300

6

301 to 350

8

351 to 400

10

400 or higher

12

Bedtime:

Take your blood sugar & write down the results

 

Call your doctor if blood sugar is below 70 after 2 treatments or

above 250 twice in 1 day