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<blockquote data-quote="himtoo" data-source="post: 1468652" data-attributes="member: 142835"><p>not sure if this will help-- when I started on a pump 20 months ago my evening ( 6:30pm ) basal dose of lantus was 32 units.</p><p></p><p>my DSN started me on my pump on a flat 12u per day ( o.5u per hour )</p><p>needless to say after the first week I was ready to throw it in the bin because my BG's were always above 10 ( more around 15 - 18 )</p><p></p><p>but over the next 3-4 weeks between us we made many adjustments along with loads of basal testing and my basal is currently about 24u per day with a low period in the afternoon of 0.6u per hour peaking at 3am when it hits 1.65u per hour</p><p>I do not have many hourly periods where my basal stays the same( 10 different rates in 24 hour period ) -- but this was only gleaned by really rigorous testing. I know we are all different and perhaps yours do stay fairly flat .</p><p></p><p>it does not seem that every DSN in the country follows this sort of startup from what I have gained in speaking to a fair few people on the forum</p><p></p><p>so ----- perhaps maybe start from scratch at around 40% of your previous basal insulin dose and work through it all over again and build your individual pattern -- sorry -- I know this is not a user friendly answer and a pain in the ****</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="himtoo, post: 1468652, member: 142835"] not sure if this will help-- when I started on a pump 20 months ago my evening ( 6:30pm ) basal dose of lantus was 32 units. my DSN started me on my pump on a flat 12u per day ( o.5u per hour ) needless to say after the first week I was ready to throw it in the bin because my BG's were always above 10 ( more around 15 - 18 ) but over the next 3-4 weeks between us we made many adjustments along with loads of basal testing and my basal is currently about 24u per day with a low period in the afternoon of 0.6u per hour peaking at 3am when it hits 1.65u per hour I do not have many hourly periods where my basal stays the same( 10 different rates in 24 hour period ) -- but this was only gleaned by really rigorous testing. I know we are all different and perhaps yours do stay fairly flat . it does not seem that every DSN in the country follows this sort of startup from what I have gained in speaking to a fair few people on the forum so ----- perhaps maybe start from scratch at around 40% of your previous basal insulin dose and work through it all over again and build your individual pattern -- sorry -- I know this is not a user friendly answer and a pain in the **** [/QUOTE]
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