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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 684384" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Good luck with all this....</p><p></p><p>Tonight just in case you are not sure what to adjust, I would say eat yr evening meal no later than 5pm (low carb might be a good idea) and then that will enable the bolus to expire for 10pm. Next bit is adjust the 10pm basal rate upwards so that yr midnight bg will be lower but dont adijust the basal for the midnight, just test again at 3am and then use the midnight bg and the 3am one to adjust the basal so that on Sunday night when you do a basal test again, you'll get better bg levels from midnight to 3am and then, leave the 3am one alone and test bg again at 6am and adjust the 3am basal upwards so that the 6am bg will be lower. Do the basal test again on Monday night and with any luck your bg levels will be more in line</p><p></p><p>How much do you adjust?..... this depends on what you want yr overnight bg levels to be. My target is 6-7mmol but you can decide on yours through your DSN input. A word of warning.....bg levels do change even with a pump and basal rate testing so dont adjust your target to be too low as bg can change and go down as it can up. Look at Gary Scheiners basal rate adjustment guide and print it out and look at the table listing the adjustments</p><p></p><p>All the best</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 684384, member: 8799"] Good luck with all this.... Tonight just in case you are not sure what to adjust, I would say eat yr evening meal no later than 5pm (low carb might be a good idea) and then that will enable the bolus to expire for 10pm. Next bit is adjust the 10pm basal rate upwards so that yr midnight bg will be lower but dont adijust the basal for the midnight, just test again at 3am and then use the midnight bg and the 3am one to adjust the basal so that on Sunday night when you do a basal test again, you'll get better bg levels from midnight to 3am and then, leave the 3am one alone and test bg again at 6am and adjust the 3am basal upwards so that the 6am bg will be lower. Do the basal test again on Monday night and with any luck your bg levels will be more in line How much do you adjust?..... this depends on what you want yr overnight bg levels to be. My target is 6-7mmol but you can decide on yours through your DSN input. A word of warning.....bg levels do change even with a pump and basal rate testing so dont adjust your target to be too low as bg can change and go down as it can up. Look at Gary Scheiners basal rate adjustment guide and print it out and look at the table listing the adjustments All the best [/QUOTE]
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