basal

Hello all, First time poster here and was hoping to get some advice on my basal dose. I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes around 2 months ago and have been following a low carb diet (eating between 30 and 50 grams of carbs a day). After some trial and error in the initial few days/weeks, I...

Hi! So I was started on 17u levemir at 9pm and 5-6 units of Novorapid with every meal. However the 17u of levemir drop me too much at night. Especially from 12am to 3am and dont give me coverage in the afternoon. It only keeps my sugars stable from 9pm to 3pm, after which i start rising. Also...

Hello everyone. Here is my situation. I was diagnosed with type 1 about 2 years ago and after using insulin for a while I went into the honeymoon period and stopped using insulin altogether. My bg was pretty good but now a few years later my sugar began to be sort of out of control and because...

Hi everyone, I was just wondering what Insulin Absorption was like for folks in different injection sites. I’ve noticed some trends with my different injection sites which go beyond a faster slower absorption. Stomach; Basal: I would never use Fiasp here on the evidence of my Limited Trials...

Hello all, I have been hovering in the background since last year when our son was diagnosed with T1 but would really appreciate some advice from all of you with the years of experience I don't have. Since diagnosis our sons basal insulin has reduced from 14 units down to 6 units and bolus is...

Hi everyone, so a bit of a back story, Switched from lantus to tresiba a few months ago (6 units every morning) and love it along with a a lowish carb diet i dont take much fast acting at all and have smooth readings usually. Havnt had a low in months This morning i went to take my Tresiba at...

Hi all, Since a few weeks I have the Freestyle Libre 1 sensor and notice more highs after meals than I was aware of with blood glucose testing. I am searching now to find the best balance in my insulin dosing to avoid that without getting too much hypo's. I have been told and have read many...

Dear all, I am dealing with a type 1 diabetes since I am 15 and I have been under bolus/basal treatment for 3 years now. Fonctionnal insulino therapy was really giving me a hard time (highs or lows after meals) until I stumbled upon BolusControl. This simple to use Android app let you know...

Hi All, I'm going to be doing a one week walk along the path of the river Thames next week with mates and am wondering about basal rates. I'm on a pump and use a Libre sensor connected to my phone via xDrip and also to my Sony Smartwatch when my Blucon dongle works (its not very reliable in my...

Hi I am type 1 for 21 years and a pumper for 5 years. I also have Gastroparesis, Autonomic & Peripheral Neuropathy and CFS. I was diagnosed with Gastroenteritis 10 days ago. Received treatment at hospital for rehydration and to bring bloods back up (could not keep anything down so was...

Hi everyone, I'm going to do some basal rate testing to start the new year off right. I know how to do it, only problem is, last time I did it I was 17 and not addicted to caffeine like I am now! I've read in some places that you can't have caffeine for 24 hours before your test. Can someone...

Hello guys, I've been searching about basal dose testing and I have some questions. How should one in a low carb diet test if his basal is correct? I'm using Lantus and Humalog, both with a pen, and the problem is that in meals I need to split my bolus dose, and apply them after some time...

Hi guys, T1 here. I have a question about your basal rates - would anyone of you insulin pumpers would be able to share with me your sample basal rate per 24h so I can compare it with mine? I've heard that it's better off to have even basal throughout the day (i.e. 8am 1u 9am 0.9u 10am 0.8...

I have been struggling to keep my bg below 12 for the past few days. Today for example... I wake and test 14.1, so I take a correction of 10units of Novo. About an hour later I have a cup of tea with 2 sugars and do a test 8.4 Another hour another test 4.8 (yay) Another hour 6.1 (I haven't had...

Morning lovelies. As some of you are no doubt aware, I’ve been whining a lot recently about having to wake up at 3-6am to soma correction dose for the raging dawn phenomenon I’ve been getting, and having to eat when I don’t want to in order to avoid a slump late afternoon/early evening. I...

I read in passing a post by @donnellysdogs where she said she was taking two basals, but can’t find it anywhere to refer to, so thought I’d ask the hive mind rather them PM her in case it’s useful to anyone else. You may recall I’ve mentioned before that I seem to be quite insulin resistant in...

Hi all, should my dose of tresiba hd my blood sugar flat or slowly drop it over the cause of the day or night? At 11pm my sugars were 10. Woke up at 7 and they where 5. I am seeing through and inbetween meals that my sugars drop slowly. Should I be aiming for flat, and if so should I continue...

Hello, are any of you in possesion of tables for basal testing on insulin pumps from NHS? My diabetes team supposed to send me some but I didn't get any yet and I want to start my tests asap. Thanks for all the responses.

Hi all, Since starting on the Libre, I have noticed that my BG spikes pretty steeply JUST after I go to sleep (any time between 23:00 and 01:00 - I'm a nightowl!) and was wondering if anyone else had found this? I've posted a picture below to illustrate, but these are only a few examples...

Hi all, I'll be starting on Tresiba today or tomorrow. It's the first time in years I've had a basal that I only take once a day (I'm currently on 2x Levemir) and I was just wondering for those who are using it as well - does it matter whether I take it in the morning or at night in your...