If you're having too many peaks and valleys in your blood sugar, do a Sherlock Holmes. Here are some clues to solve the mystery. Only intensive insulin therapy can mimic the body's natural ebb and flow of insulin.
Intensive therapy requires an insulin pump or a number of carefully timed daily insulin injections.
And close monitoring. If timing injections with meals is difficult, consider a new, rapid-acting insulin analogue called lispro. Scar tissue or fatty buildup may interfere with absorption of insulin, so rotate the injection site a bit to prevent the problem. Yet be consistent about where on your body you inject. Insulin gets into the blood more rapidly from the belly than from the arms or legs.