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I am trying to figure out what 1 unit of Humalog does to my blood sugar. I've tried several times, and it seems to do absolutely nothing?? It seems I have to give at least 2 in order to move blood sugar down at all.

I generally take two shots in the morning - one to stop the DP around 6:00 or 6:30. Then a second about an hour later - I wait about 15 or 20 min after the second shot for breakfast. If I was more organized, I'd be able to combine them. I eat boiled eggs and a small carb (about 10g), and...

Becca, I find the same thing. Although I've been having some trouble going too low before the meal kicks in - looks like sometimes I wait too long. I take my Humalog, and wait until I see a downtrend in the arrow. I mostly have to wait 20ish minutes. I don't wait if I'm in target and the...

I will try doing two doses at lunch today, but.... chinese food = BAD!!! I ended up using twice the insulin as normal for supper and STILL had trouble bringing sugars down!

Yeah, and it should for me too, but it does seem I have a delay. I've read thyroid can have an effect with absorption. I am hypothyroid on desiccated thyroid. Possibly that's a confounding issue?

I find the trend arrows very valuable, and find they're very accurate in predicting where blood sugar is going. The only confusing one is the straight across, which means you're not rising or dropping very fast. My ratio is probably still not right either. Things have changed a lot over the...

I think if the arrow is down trending I should eat earlier than 15 minutes after my shot. If it's going up, I should wait 15 minutes. If straight across, who knows lol? If I have a delay in the digestion/glucose absorption, should I split my shot, eg. if I would be taking 6u, take 4u before I...

Cool. I will keep on with the CGM, and could verify with blood once I feel I'm really close. This particular sensor is pretty close, within 1mmol/L to blood. I usually check two or three times a day.

I have an issue with my bolus that I could use some help with. I am using 1:8 ratio for lunch and 1:11 for supper. I am waiting 15 minutes before eating. So, typically what's happening is I start to drop between my shot and eating, and continue to drop after eating by about 2mmol/L over...

I will use whatever I need to, but would like to see what happens if I do. I haven't yet tested 12 | 6 of Lantus during the day, and can't today. Will do that tomorrow. I am using CGM data for the basal tests. Do I need to use blood?

Hmmm novorapid. I had also read 1.7 was the cutoff, but didn't realize that was for pumping and not necessarily injections. I will stay at 12 | 6 for a few days and see what happens with that. I stopped the test at 2mmol/L difference, but the arrow had recently changed from straight across to...

Yeah Alison, I read that as well. Have been changing things up every 2 days instead of every day.

Tested 13 | 6 units of Lantus yesterday at lunch. I dropped 2mmol/L in about 2 hours, so will try 12 | 6 today. I did increase during the night last night though by about 2mmol/L, starting at about 4am. Does this mean I should change my ratio to 11 | 7??

Thanks! I did take 13u Lantus again this morning. Am going to try to test that over lunch. What's a normal peak after eating?

First day EVER with no blood sugar above 13.3, which means no yellow on the chart. Woohoo!!! Question: I took 6u Humalog for 36 carbs at 11:45, and ate lunch at noon. The Humalog should be wearing off between 4 and 5pm. At 3:30 I had to eat 14g of carbs, and at 5pm I had to eat another 12g...