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  1. MarkbUK

    GYM & BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS

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  2. MarkbUK

    Temp Basals

    I would support what Brett has said, and would add, it might be useful to check for ketones as well, and, if you have it, look at the information they provided about corrective doses, as whilst you can use a Temp basal for correction it's more common to use a correctly calculated bolus as a...
  3. MarkbUK

    How often to test?

    I'm on a pump, so apart from on waking up, and at bed time, I test before eating anything, and then add post meal checks as req, so between 6 & 9, if I'm testing basal rates then its rather different
  4. MarkbUK

    Pre work out snacks??

    I use a combination of reduced basal rate and additional carbs depending on what I'm doing, 15gm of carbs, without a insulin, in the meal before (normally breakfast) for the gym basal rate 75%, for cycling basal 50% and 30-45 gms carbs per hour whilst on the bike, reduced basal rate applied for...
  5. MarkbUK

    Travel help!

    Just returned from 7 weeks in New Zealand, I'm using a Medtronic pump and took all the kit with me I took enough for 9 weeks as a contingency, a decent amount of hand luggage! All the cannulas etc in the packets you can't risk opened packets, Medtronic provided a loan pump and I took pens and...
  6. MarkbUK

    DAFNE android app

    I have done a DAFNE course and use Ontrack android app, which I like, easy to customise, I've downloaded the DAFNE app, and I,m not sure it does anything better however I currently doing a detailed food diary for this week and don't want to re enter any data, Mark
  7. MarkbUK

    Pump arrives on 18th June, advice needed please

    I get mine on the 26th as well, I'm a bit nervous too, but expect it will be fine Mark