Starting Your Insulin Treatment Plan
Why You Need to Take Insulin
Your body needs insulin to change food into energy. With diabetes, your body gradually loses its ability to make insulin. At some point, you need to replace the insulin your body can no longer make. This is just part of having diabetes.
The good news is that new insulins make controlling your diabetes better and easier than ever before. Your health care provider has prescribed an insulin treatment program that matches your needs and lifestyle.
You Can't Manage What You Don't Measure
Checking your blood is very important. …
