Basal Testing

[Lorraine1973]

Good afternoon all. I emailed my DSN a week and a half ago about tweaking my basal, as i'm waking to a hypo too often, not had a reply from her yet. She must be taking a well earned holiday.

So tonight i'm going to do a basal test which i haven't done in a long long time.

I will post my readings in the morning So any advice would be much appreciated from all you nice folks around the globe on how to adjust my basal (not sure whether i should be increasing or decreasing).

A great big thank you.

 

[noblehead]

The following article covers all the basics of doing a basal test:

http://integrateddiabetes.com/basal-testing/

Good luck and hope it all goes well.

 

[Lorraine1973]

Cheers noblehead already read it x

 

[novorapidboi26]

Will you be doing regular test through the night?

It can reveal some interesting information....

 

[Daibell]

As a generalisation if you hypo during or at the end of the night then you need to reduce the Basal but only by one unit at a time with 2-3 days between.

 

[Lorraine1973]

Will you be doing regular test through the night?

It can reveal some interesting information....

Yes will be testing every 2 hours x

 

[Lorraine1973]

Yes will be testing every 2 hours x

Well i have done my basal test:

6th 22.32pm 11.8 mmol
22.32pm 2.00 units Novorapid
7th 00.00am 0.65 Basal
00.05am 8.5 mmol
04.17am 9.6 mmol
05.00am 0.70 Basal
07.20am 3.2 mmol
10.00am 0.60 Basal

Hope someone can advise me as having a hypo every morning is starting to scare me a little x

 

[Lorraine1973]

Well i have done my basal test:

6th 22.32pm 11.8 mmol
22.32pm 2.00 units Novorapid
7th 00.00am 0.65 Basal
00.05am 8.5 mmol
04.17am 9.6 mmol
05.00am 0.70 Basal
07.20am 3.2 mmol
10.00am 0.60 Basal

Hope someone can advise me as having a hypo every morning is starting to scare me a little x

Will perserver trying to get my DSN x