Reply to Thread

Guest, we'd love to know what you think about the forum! Take the Diabetes Forum Survey 2025 »

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Antje77" data-source="post: 2363873" data-attributes="member: 372207">Hi [USER=537818]@Harry2001[/USER] , and welcome to the forum!As far as I understand, height and weight don't really have a 1 to 1 relation with ratio's, it's only used as a starting point in newly diagnosed to safely start insulin treatment. Personal ratio's are always found by trial and error. They vary massively between people, but even depend on time of day or time of month within the same person.Personally, my ratio is much higher than yours in the morning and only a little higher in the evening (depending on time of month) but I'm a fat 43 year old, so not a clear comparison.But I've read from parents with diabetic children their insulin needs can go up and fluctuate by a lot during puberty. Which is normal.Being 19 years old and only 3 years diagnosed you may be seeing puberty hormones, the end of the honeymoon period, or both.Is there a specific reason you want your ratio to be 1:8?To my thinking, the best ratio is the one which keeps your blood glucose at healthy levels, 1:8 is not better to me than 1:3, as long as it works.</blockquote>

Top Bottom