Hey guys all my rates were a bit over the place so today at hospital i'm 71% in range the rest are lows or a little high, they have set me up with a new profile that if it was added to the old one it be -30% >.<
anyway they told me if i go high to go to the +10% profile
I also dropped in hospital and forgot my strips and run out of lancest in my click pen
im new to the pump this is my first ever pump, i've got confidence in changing rates myself but the nurses advised me not to as of yet until we get some picture :]If you can go 5 hours inbetween meals..and you are going low2-3 hours after meals then this would actually indicate the bolus giving a bit much.
Have you been advised to try and keep 5 hours between meals and to test 2 hours after?
Also... If say you are 7.1 at 4pm (no food) and 3.7 at 5.20pm what basals would you be changing?
I personally don't think you are altering the basals yourself and relying upon the nurses etc to look at basal rates etc....switching a tbr on is not going to give a good clue as to anything... And won't give you readings to go by...
Far better to treat hypo's, analyse nd have confidence to change rates. You can easily set the insight to 1/4ly rates if needed but to me changing a whole profile over by 30%???? is odd.... I suppose in one way at least you will be out of hypo land...
If you can go 5 hours inbetween meals..and you are going low2-3 hours after meals then this would actually indicate the bolus giving a bit much.
Have you been advised to try and keep 5 hours between meals and to test 2 hours after?
Also... If say you are 7.1 at 4pm (no food) and 3.7 at 5.20pm what basals would you be changing?
I personally don't think you are altering the basals yourself and relying upon the nurses etc to look at basal rates etc....switching a tbr on is not going to give a good clue as to anything... And won't give you readings to go by...
Far better to treat hypo's, analyse nd have confidence to change rates. You can easily set the insight to 1/4ly rates if needed but to me changing a whole profile over by 30%???? is odd.... I suppose in one way at least you will be out of hypo land...
its not 50/50 now it was be4 but it's not now. may have to change my time block 1:8 to 1:9 as i had a hypo an hour and a half after eating, i didn't have a hypo throughout the night and woke up on 5.3, i'm feeling much better nowOk.. My consultant recommended to keep meals 5 hours apart... Ie 8pm, 1pm, 6pm..... (For me this didn't suit-but that's me).. It is actually a good idea. Try to keep food 5 hours apart.... Then in that scenario it would be easier to think that bolus affect would be most active between 3-4pm....initially to just try and have 3 meals, no snacks unless hypo....
Using the above scenario it would be the basals to look at, just as you say...
How have your levels been since the new rate was started?
Hopefully you will be out of low levels?
Incidentally are your bolus totals for a day and your basal totals for a day generally working out at the same quantity?? Ie 50/50 ratio?
I was happy to read this @donnellysdogs. I've just had 2 days of hypos and I have now come to the conclusion that it's my bolus that is wrong. I wonder if you could be a little more help and tell me, in theory if my ISF is set wrong too will this affect the pumps bolus calculation against carb ratio or does the pump only take this into account for bolus taken with BG entry. I hope I explained that correct!If you can go 5 hours inbetween meals..and you are going low2-3 hours after meals then this would actually indicate the bolus giving a bit much.
Have you been advised to try and keep 5 hours between meals and to test 2 hours after?
Also... If say you are 7.1 at 4pm (no food) and 3.7 at 5.20pm what basals would you be changing?
I personally don't think you are altering the basals yourself and relying upon the nurses etc to look at basal rates etc....switching a tbr on is not going to give a good clue as to anything... And won't give you readings to go by...
Far better to treat hypo's, analyse nd have confidence to change rates. You can easily set the insight to 1/4ly rates if needed but to me changing a whole profile over by 30%???? is odd.... I suppose in one way at least you will be out of hypo land...
I was happy to read this @donnellysdogs. I've just had 2 days of hypos and I have now come to the conclusion that it's my bolus that is wrong. I wonder if you could be a little more help and tell me, in theory if my ISF is set wrong too will this affect the pumps bolus calculation against carb ratio or does the pump only take this into account for bolus taken with BG entry. I hope I explained that correct!
To be clear you have gone -80% not just 80% coz that would be more.
Not necessarily - some pumps (mine included - Omnipod) tell you what you're getting, not the reduction, so when yours would say -20%, mine would say 80%...
No the Omnipod does show +/- @misswhiplash, it shows on the home-screen if you were using a -80% or +80% TBR.