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<blockquote data-quote="UK T1" data-source="post: 2279695" data-attributes="member: 503751"><p>As others have said this is a very basic/vague/rough guide. Your total daily basal should be close to/roughly/almost the same dose as your total daily bolus.</p><p></p><p>In reality it will fluctuate and depend on lots of things, but if you find you're regularly having eg. twice the total daily dose of bolus to basal, it might be worth chatting to your diabetes team who might suggest helping you increase your total daily basal and decrease your total daily bolus. </p><p>Eg I have 4+9 u basal at the moment = total daily basal of 13u</p><p>I carb count 1:15 ratio so what I bolus varies but as I don't have much appetite and just happen to naturally prefer lowish carb (was never a conscious decision was my usual diet long before I was diagnosed) my total daily bolus varies between 5-15u.</p><p>So it does vary but generally works out fairly even split between total dose basal and bolus per day.</p><p></p><p>I hope I've made it very clear it is only a rough guide and doesn't take into account other health conditions or 'extreme' lifestyle choices (meant loosely!) Like incredibly low carb or incredibly high exercise. Very much the rough guide they start you on when calculating doses for multiple daily injections.</p><p></p><p>I do find it useful to do the sums every now and then if I find I'm having to start changing my carb counting ratios or correcting. Usually I see my basal isn't right and that is having the knock on effect with how much bolus I need. Hope that helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UK T1, post: 2279695, member: 503751"] As others have said this is a very basic/vague/rough guide. Your total daily basal should be close to/roughly/almost the same dose as your total daily bolus. In reality it will fluctuate and depend on lots of things, but if you find you're regularly having eg. twice the total daily dose of bolus to basal, it might be worth chatting to your diabetes team who might suggest helping you increase your total daily basal and decrease your total daily bolus. Eg I have 4+9 u basal at the moment = total daily basal of 13u I carb count 1:15 ratio so what I bolus varies but as I don't have much appetite and just happen to naturally prefer lowish carb (was never a conscious decision was my usual diet long before I was diagnosed) my total daily bolus varies between 5-15u. So it does vary but generally works out fairly even split between total dose basal and bolus per day. I hope I've made it very clear it is only a rough guide and doesn't take into account other health conditions or 'extreme' lifestyle choices (meant loosely!) Like incredibly low carb or incredibly high exercise. Very much the rough guide they start you on when calculating doses for multiple daily injections. I do find it useful to do the sums every now and then if I find I'm having to start changing my carb counting ratios or correcting. Usually I see my basal isn't right and that is having the knock on effect with how much bolus I need. Hope that helps! [/QUOTE]
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