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- Type of diabetes
- Type 1
- Treatment type
- Pump
Has anyone had a problem with their pump when the basal doesn't seem to work but the bolus does?
I started with a basal dose of 0.4 units per hour last Monday and have increased it to 0.5 per hour but it's as if I'm not taking any at all and my fasting blood sugar rose from 8.8 going to bed last night with no carbohydrate after 7pm to 7.8 at 3am and then 19.7 at 8.30am. The pattern has been similar over the last few days, I can correct with a bolus dose so I don't think it's the insulin or the infusion site/set but can't understand why this is happening ( I corrected with a bolus of 8 units and it's down to 6.8 now 3 1/2 hours later).
Thanks
Gill
I started with a basal dose of 0.4 units per hour last Monday and have increased it to 0.5 per hour but it's as if I'm not taking any at all and my fasting blood sugar rose from 8.8 going to bed last night with no carbohydrate after 7pm to 7.8 at 3am and then 19.7 at 8.30am. The pattern has been similar over the last few days, I can correct with a bolus dose so I don't think it's the insulin or the infusion site/set but can't understand why this is happening ( I corrected with a bolus of 8 units and it's down to 6.8 now 3 1/2 hours later).
Thanks
Gill