- Messages
- 69
- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Non-insulin injectable medication (incretin mimetics)
After going on the pump last Monday and working all week getting the settings tweaked, I'm now getting control unimaginable on my old MDI regime.
I have a review with the hospital tomorrow to see how things are going and as I seem to have a reasonable understanding of a normal day to day regime and adjusting the basal rates to suit, I thought it would be useful to get back onto the bike and get some data on how things are going on my bike when commuting the hilly 30KM into and back from work.
My BG rose a little over night which has got me scratching my head a little as I've had good basal control the last couple of nights going to bed with a BG of 6.6 and waking with a BG of 6.2, this morning I woke with a BG of 11.2 going to bed with a BG of 6.7? As I was cycling I wasn't really bothered as I knew it was better to be a little higher, but still a little puzzled why I got the rise?
I woke at 5:30am and after taking the 11.2 BG reading, then entered the Exercise 1 setting on the Accu-check Insight handset that reduces my Bolus by 40%. I've been watching a few You Tube videos and from what people on pumps were saying was to also reduce the Basal by 20%, which I also did at the same time. As my cycle ride wasn't going to start until 6:30am I wanted everything reduced in advance to see how I get on.
I had porridge for breakfast and after about 30 minutes I was then leaving the house at 6:30am with a BG of 11.5.
15Km into the ride, after all the hills, I use to get a massive drop on the MDI regime, nearly severly hypo, but today after the 15km I did the test and my BG read 7.2, over the moon. I then proceeded to do my remaining 15km and got to work and tested to get a reading of 6.7.
This is control I have never experienced before. Once at work I then changed the Basal Rate back from -20% to normal and have managed so far to flatline at around 7.0.
Totally made up and feel so much better for getting this pump settings tweaked to the level I'm now at.
Looking forward to seeing the nurse tomorrow as I'm delighted with how this is going.
I have a review with the hospital tomorrow to see how things are going and as I seem to have a reasonable understanding of a normal day to day regime and adjusting the basal rates to suit, I thought it would be useful to get back onto the bike and get some data on how things are going on my bike when commuting the hilly 30KM into and back from work.
My BG rose a little over night which has got me scratching my head a little as I've had good basal control the last couple of nights going to bed with a BG of 6.6 and waking with a BG of 6.2, this morning I woke with a BG of 11.2 going to bed with a BG of 6.7? As I was cycling I wasn't really bothered as I knew it was better to be a little higher, but still a little puzzled why I got the rise?
I woke at 5:30am and after taking the 11.2 BG reading, then entered the Exercise 1 setting on the Accu-check Insight handset that reduces my Bolus by 40%. I've been watching a few You Tube videos and from what people on pumps were saying was to also reduce the Basal by 20%, which I also did at the same time. As my cycle ride wasn't going to start until 6:30am I wanted everything reduced in advance to see how I get on.
I had porridge for breakfast and after about 30 minutes I was then leaving the house at 6:30am with a BG of 11.5.
15Km into the ride, after all the hills, I use to get a massive drop on the MDI regime, nearly severly hypo, but today after the 15km I did the test and my BG read 7.2, over the moon. I then proceeded to do my remaining 15km and got to work and tested to get a reading of 6.7.
This is control I have never experienced before. Once at work I then changed the Basal Rate back from -20% to normal and have managed so far to flatline at around 7.0.
Totally made up and feel so much better for getting this pump settings tweaked to the level I'm now at.
Looking forward to seeing the nurse tomorrow as I'm delighted with how this is going.