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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 179967" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>Hi Becki</p><p></p><p>Glad you are starting to see some levels that are okay. When highs at 20, then it maybe that you may wish to put yourelf on a positive temporary basal rate for approx 2 hours to help bring yourself down quicker. I try not to do it for longer than this, as if you are doing an extra correction bolus as well, it could make you crash beyond the 2 hours. Saying this, it is only what works for me. I get frustrated when I go above 11 and I get impatient not wanting to wait for 5 hours to bring down my levels.</p><p></p><p>When you changed your set, did you look at it so see if it had a kink or blood on it? I generally find now, that if my set is painful on trying to put in, then it won't be in a good position and will cause me high's. Now I am on a steel needle I can actually pull it out and resite it to a better site because it will just be that I have hit a blood vessel or muscle on it's way in. Again, i have only had it happen twice , but two times I have experienced stinging when do the first bolus after a set change, and levels afterwards have gone up, so now I know if the bolus stings then I have also got a bad site.</p><p></p><p>You are doing all right, and seems that you have confidence, which is great to have when managing the pump. Well done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 179967, member: 17713"] Hi Becki Glad you are starting to see some levels that are okay. When highs at 20, then it maybe that you may wish to put yourelf on a positive temporary basal rate for approx 2 hours to help bring yourself down quicker. I try not to do it for longer than this, as if you are doing an extra correction bolus as well, it could make you crash beyond the 2 hours. Saying this, it is only what works for me. I get frustrated when I go above 11 and I get impatient not wanting to wait for 5 hours to bring down my levels. When you changed your set, did you look at it so see if it had a kink or blood on it? I generally find now, that if my set is painful on trying to put in, then it won't be in a good position and will cause me high's. Now I am on a steel needle I can actually pull it out and resite it to a better site because it will just be that I have hit a blood vessel or muscle on it's way in. Again, i have only had it happen twice , but two times I have experienced stinging when do the first bolus after a set change, and levels afterwards have gone up, so now I know if the bolus stings then I have also got a bad site. You are doing all right, and seems that you have confidence, which is great to have when managing the pump. Well done. [/QUOTE]
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