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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2298998" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>1u per 10g is the standard starting amount for insulin mealtime ratios, so it seems likely that your team have never bothered to calculate your specific ratio. Nobody bothered for me either, until a New Zealand clinic after more than 40 years of T1. I think it's easy for clinics to assume that adult diabetics who were diagnosed as children know all this stuff, when in fact they may have missed it out....</p><p></p><p>So</p><p>1) check your basal amount (the toujeo)</p><p>2) once that is right start investigating your bolus (short acting, novorapid) ratio.</p><p></p><p>And be aware that insulin needs and ratios can vary with the time of the month, as well as exercise, illness etc.</p><p></p><p>It sounds like a DAFNE course would be very helpful to you (presumably they are currently on hold due to covid???).</p><p></p><p>There is also bertieonline, which might be worth looking at.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/admLogin.asp" target="_blank">https://www.bertieonline.org.uk</a></p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2298998, member: 372717"] 1u per 10g is the standard starting amount for insulin mealtime ratios, so it seems likely that your team have never bothered to calculate your specific ratio. Nobody bothered for me either, until a New Zealand clinic after more than 40 years of T1. I think it's easy for clinics to assume that adult diabetics who were diagnosed as children know all this stuff, when in fact they may have missed it out.... So 1) check your basal amount (the toujeo) 2) once that is right start investigating your bolus (short acting, novorapid) ratio. And be aware that insulin needs and ratios can vary with the time of the month, as well as exercise, illness etc. It sounds like a DAFNE course would be very helpful to you (presumably they are currently on hold due to covid???). There is also bertieonline, which might be worth looking at. [URL='https://www.bertieonline.org.uk/admLogin.asp']https://www.bertieonline.org.uk[/URL] Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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