Did you hear there is a new FAST acting insulin on the market? When I first heard about Fiasp insulin I was very intrigued! I immediately called my doctor and asked for a sample. All I knew about it was that it starts working almost instantly instead of the 20 minutes that Humalog/Novolog take to work. When I say work I mean “enter the bloodstream.” I always pre-bolus 20 minutes before a meal and still
I have a huge issue with spiking! My doctor was in agreeance that Fiasp would be a great option for me, so he gave me a sample. I will be documenting my experience along the way! Please remember that I am just a girl living with Type 1. I am not a professional and this is just my own experience. Please do not take any of this as medical advice.
5/23
I was so excited to finally finish my bottle of Humalog so that I could open up my bottle of Fiasp! I do want to specify that Fiasp isn’t actually approved to be used in a pump but that is what I am doing. I filled my pump with Fiasp and was ready to test it out! I ate fried rice for lunch. Go big or go home right?! I do enjoy fried rice very much, but I hardly ever eat it because I always spike to 300. I usually eat about 45 carbs worth but bolus for 70 carbs because of the spike! (Still doesn’t prevent the spike) Anyway, I ate the fried rice and bloused as usual. I checked 2 hours later, and I was 104!!!!!!!!! 104 after fried rice!!!!!! Can you believe that?!? I was over the moon happy. I couldn’t believe it! I was jumping around, I shared with Instagram and everyone was just as excited. I thought I found the next miracle worker. Even 3 hours later I went low! First time I was actually happy to go low. I knew I had overdone it on the insulin but going low is basically unheard of after eating fried rice. I thought I would just find a happy medium and be fine. Later that night I went low for a second time and ended up having to eat a bunch of gummy bears before bed. I even lowered my basal by 50% throughout the night and woke up fine. One thing I did notice was that even though I was in range all night, my graph was a little more jagged. I am lucky that I am always in range and have a flat line on my Libre every night. It didn’t bother me that my line was a little jagged instead of flat since I was still in range but it’s still something I mentally noted.
5/24-5/25
I stayed in range most of these 48 hours with a few lows. Again, I wasn’t concerned because I just thought I would make some adjustments. I did overtreat and before bed I corrected and went low AGAIN. Nothing crazy though. I was still thinking Fiasp was a crazy miracle worker that stops spikes.
5/26
Here is where things start to get crazy. I was in range most of the morning but at 4pm I just kept climbing and climbing. I was over 350 which has only happened a handful of times in my 5 years of having diabetes. I corrected 11 times from 4pm-midnight! I still wasn’t coming down! I hate to admit this, but I am just being honest, I went to sleep but was waking up periodically to correct. During this time of half sleep and corrections I corrected 9 times!!! Finally, I got out of bed at 7am thinking I must have a pump failure. I changed my site and gave myself a manual shot of Fiasp and thought the problem might be solved. I still only came down to 200 so I officially gave up. I went back to Humalog and I will contact my Dr once this holiday weekend is over and see what he has to say.
I do want to give Fiasp another try with adjustments from my doctor. The thought of eating without having to wait 20 minutes plus minimizing extreme spikes intrigues me so much! I will update you guys once I hear back from my endo and try it again. Let me know if you have had a similar or better experience with Fiasp!
I have a huge issue with spiking! My doctor was in agreeance that Fiasp would be a great option for me, so he gave me a sample. I will be documenting my experience along the way! Please remember that I am just a girl living with Type 1. I am not a professional and this is just my own experience. Please do not take any of this as medical advice.
5/23
I was so excited to finally finish my bottle of Humalog so that I could open up my bottle of Fiasp! I do want to specify that Fiasp isn’t actually approved to be used in a pump but that is what I am doing. I filled my pump with Fiasp and was ready to test it out! I ate fried rice for lunch. Go big or go home right?! I do enjoy fried rice very much, but I hardly ever eat it because I always spike to 300. I usually eat about 45 carbs worth but bolus for 70 carbs because of the spike! (Still doesn’t prevent the spike) Anyway, I ate the fried rice and bloused as usual. I checked 2 hours later, and I was 104!!!!!!!!! 104 after fried rice!!!!!! Can you believe that?!? I was over the moon happy. I couldn’t believe it! I was jumping around, I shared with Instagram and everyone was just as excited. I thought I found the next miracle worker. Even 3 hours later I went low! First time I was actually happy to go low. I knew I had overdone it on the insulin but going low is basically unheard of after eating fried rice. I thought I would just find a happy medium and be fine. Later that night I went low for a second time and ended up having to eat a bunch of gummy bears before bed. I even lowered my basal by 50% throughout the night and woke up fine. One thing I did notice was that even though I was in range all night, my graph was a little more jagged. I am lucky that I am always in range and have a flat line on my Libre every night. It didn’t bother me that my line was a little jagged instead of flat since I was still in range but it’s still something I mentally noted.
5/24-5/25
I stayed in range most of these 48 hours with a few lows. Again, I wasn’t concerned because I just thought I would make some adjustments. I did overtreat and before bed I corrected and went low AGAIN. Nothing crazy though. I was still thinking Fiasp was a crazy miracle worker that stops spikes.
5/26
Here is where things start to get crazy. I was in range most of the morning but at 4pm I just kept climbing and climbing. I was over 350 which has only happened a handful of times in my 5 years of having diabetes. I corrected 11 times from 4pm-midnight! I still wasn’t coming down! I hate to admit this, but I am just being honest, I went to sleep but was waking up periodically to correct. During this time of half sleep and corrections I corrected 9 times!!! Finally, I got out of bed at 7am thinking I must have a pump failure. I changed my site and gave myself a manual shot of Fiasp and thought the problem might be solved. I still only came down to 200 so I officially gave up. I went back to Humalog and I will contact my Dr once this holiday weekend is over and see what he has to say.
I do want to give Fiasp another try with adjustments from my doctor. The thought of eating without having to wait 20 minutes plus minimizing extreme spikes intrigues me so much! I will update you guys once I hear back from my endo and try it again. Let me know if you have had a similar or better experience with Fiasp!