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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 644297" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>Accuchek currently have 24 one hourly settings. Each and everyone of mine is set different for each hour as I have huge DP if not and only being able to set up a 2 hour rate would not combat it so efficiently.. For me.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes if I finish my gardening work and test say at 3.30 and do a test my level will be 5.0. By the time I have had a chat with customer, pre drive home say at 3.45pm I will do another test. My levels change up in 15 mins of talking.... It will allow me to fine tune more to stop the raising in those 15 mins...this is just an example of how I hope I will be able to fine tune my levels. If you eat at the same time each day you would also be able to increase the basal for the 30 mins which your levels go up prior to the bolus kicking in.. Again fine tuning, but for me it will be wonderful.</p><p></p><p>The artificial pancreas systems that are being trialled do not work on 2 hourly or one hourly basal rates being set..as the current pumps do they are effectively fine tuning the insulin delivery to more efficiency which is what the new pump from Accuchek will give.</p><p></p><p>I think personally that Accuchek fine tuning capacity will make a difference to me. Previously for DP because my insulin requirements were for more than 1 unit an hour you could only increment by 0.05 now it will be 0.02 increments which again for me will allow even better fine tuning.</p><p></p><p>It's all up to individuals, some won't get jumps from 0.45 an hour to 1.05 for when they get up in mornings and then currently I progress hourly upward until my physical work clicks in.. Then I drop hugely....</p><p></p><p>People are all individual. Some people have over 2 units an hour going in.. Some have 0.2 to 0.7 for example.</p><p></p><p>You won't know how much you will be needing now or what your peaks and troughs will be. There are ways to guestimate what levels you will be set up on.. Mine was a dead flate rate for 24 hours initially and every hour needed tweaking, which is why I am glad I had the roche pump and why I will wait for their new one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 644297, member: 17713"] Accuchek currently have 24 one hourly settings. Each and everyone of mine is set different for each hour as I have huge DP if not and only being able to set up a 2 hour rate would not combat it so efficiently.. For me. Sometimes if I finish my gardening work and test say at 3.30 and do a test my level will be 5.0. By the time I have had a chat with customer, pre drive home say at 3.45pm I will do another test. My levels change up in 15 mins of talking.... It will allow me to fine tune more to stop the raising in those 15 mins...this is just an example of how I hope I will be able to fine tune my levels. If you eat at the same time each day you would also be able to increase the basal for the 30 mins which your levels go up prior to the bolus kicking in.. Again fine tuning, but for me it will be wonderful. The artificial pancreas systems that are being trialled do not work on 2 hourly or one hourly basal rates being set..as the current pumps do they are effectively fine tuning the insulin delivery to more efficiency which is what the new pump from Accuchek will give. I think personally that Accuchek fine tuning capacity will make a difference to me. Previously for DP because my insulin requirements were for more than 1 unit an hour you could only increment by 0.05 now it will be 0.02 increments which again for me will allow even better fine tuning. It's all up to individuals, some won't get jumps from 0.45 an hour to 1.05 for when they get up in mornings and then currently I progress hourly upward until my physical work clicks in.. Then I drop hugely.... People are all individual. Some people have over 2 units an hour going in.. Some have 0.2 to 0.7 for example. You won't know how much you will be needing now or what your peaks and troughs will be. There are ways to guestimate what levels you will be set up on.. Mine was a dead flate rate for 24 hours initially and every hour needed tweaking, which is why I am glad I had the roche pump and why I will wait for their new one. [/QUOTE]
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