daily average of QA

What is everyones dailt average of Quick Acting Insulin ????
I was asked this question on Tue by a medical person and when i said i couldnt really answr as i havnt countd but did say roughly between 10 + 16 just depends on what i eat He was very confused and said to me that seems a bit high Compared to what you would normally do especially if your having Hypos !!!!!! Im not really sure where he was going with the Question or what it was all about So can anyone inlighten me
Marie

Obviously this "medical person" doesn't know much about diabetes, Marie. My daily average is around 33 units, but everyone is different and, as you say, it will depend on what you eat. Different people have different metabolisms, requiring different dosages of insulin.

I'm averaging around 20 QA units.
Impossible to make a comparison as it all depends on carbohydrate intake and ratios...we are all different....
Suggest your consultant reads the Dafne handbook!

Thanks Guys --------------- I did find it very strange but mayb Medical Person was just tryn to test me b ut i honestly couldnt answer it and he baffled me even more when he made the comment of it just seems quite high

Well I'm an IT person but if you put certain types of computer in front on me I wouldn't know where to start. The same goes for medical people, just becasue they have studied medicine doesn't mean they understand Diabetes. The good ones will openly admit this, the bad ones will make bland comments like 'that seems a bit high' without explination or justification. I would just ignore it, if they didn't provide a sound and clear explination as to why it is high then they shouldn't have said it in the first place. My daily dose varies all over the place and I see no reason to work out an average since I don't see what benefit knowing it would provide.

25 years ago I was asked to say how much QA I used by my car insurance company. They actually set a ceiling amount! I remember the forms. Thank goodness we don't do that anymore. Oo, I now have 1-30 units a day.

Hi - I use the DAFNE app on my iPhone and in the Diary Section - View Diary Summary there are some averages on how much insulin you are taking on a daily basis (it includes both BI+QA) - thought that might help

Nicky

I average about 21-22 CPs ans then my ratios on top of that, which are 1.5:1 apart from breakfast which is 3:1, so a lot of insulin.......

In your online DAFNE diary beneath the title
Blood Glucose Diary for _____
click the link Show Summary View

and you can get your totals for QA (plus corrections) in any week or period you select, divide by days and you have your QA average.

Regards
Garry