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<blockquote data-quote="smidge" data-source="post: 515924" data-attributes="member: 29301"><p>Picklebean,</p><p></p><p>Your BG is dangerously high. You need to bring it down now. You need to take corrective doses of rapid acting insulin every 2 hours or so until your BG is at worst under 14mmol. Obviously test frequently. Whatever you are attempting to do with your basal insulin, this is not the time for experimenting. I would be taking about 6 units rapid acting immediately - obviously assuming you haven't recently taken any. As a rough guide, 1 unit rapid acting will drop you by about 3mmol. If you do not know how much 1mmol drops you by, then go with that.</p><p></p><p>When we are ill or stressed our bodies often need vastly more insulin than normal. Your operation will have stressed your body an that might be why this is happening. Personally, I would go back to the hospital tomorrow to make sure your wound isn't infected as that would certainly push your BG up.</p><p></p><p>Your priority at the moment is to get your BG down to safer levels. Drink plenty of water.</p><p></p><p>Smidge</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="smidge, post: 515924, member: 29301"] Picklebean, Your BG is dangerously high. You need to bring it down now. You need to take corrective doses of rapid acting insulin every 2 hours or so until your BG is at worst under 14mmol. Obviously test frequently. Whatever you are attempting to do with your basal insulin, this is not the time for experimenting. I would be taking about 6 units rapid acting immediately - obviously assuming you haven't recently taken any. As a rough guide, 1 unit rapid acting will drop you by about 3mmol. If you do not know how much 1mmol drops you by, then go with that. When we are ill or stressed our bodies often need vastly more insulin than normal. Your operation will have stressed your body an that might be why this is happening. Personally, I would go back to the hospital tomorrow to make sure your wound isn't infected as that would certainly push your BG up. Your priority at the moment is to get your BG down to safer levels. Drink plenty of water. Smidge [/QUOTE]
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