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<blockquote data-quote="Fairygodmother" data-source="post: 2435843" data-attributes="member: 68789"><p>Hi [USER=548086]@SamFlood[/USER], it might be a good idea to get in touch with your DSN and ask for a guide to basal testing. It’s a method to show whether or not your doses are right. It involves splitting the 24 hours of the day into four six hour periods during which you don’t eat anything and just watch what your blood sugars get up to. There are quite a few other factors involved such as the timing of the last bolus, the blood sugar level before you start, so it would be best to get it from your DSN.</p><p>I did try to google for a guide before I wrote this but was only able to find basal tests for pump users. Grrrrr! There are still a great number of us without pumps.</p><p>You may well need to change the bolus to carb ratio for eating too.</p><p>While you’ve got their attention, it might also be a good idea to discuss the insulin you’re using, and the ways correction doses are calculated.</p><p>If you keep a record of your blood sugars that also notes times of eating and doses of insulin taken, plus doses of basal, it would give your DSN information to work with.</p><p>You’ll probably find some of this in Bertie online.</p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fairygodmother, post: 2435843, member: 68789"] Hi [USER=548086]@SamFlood[/USER], it might be a good idea to get in touch with your DSN and ask for a guide to basal testing. It’s a method to show whether or not your doses are right. It involves splitting the 24 hours of the day into four six hour periods during which you don’t eat anything and just watch what your blood sugars get up to. There are quite a few other factors involved such as the timing of the last bolus, the blood sugar level before you start, so it would be best to get it from your DSN. I did try to google for a guide before I wrote this but was only able to find basal tests for pump users. Grrrrr! There are still a great number of us without pumps. You may well need to change the bolus to carb ratio for eating too. While you’ve got their attention, it might also be a good idea to discuss the insulin you’re using, and the ways correction doses are calculated. If you keep a record of your blood sugars that also notes times of eating and doses of insulin taken, plus doses of basal, it would give your DSN information to work with. You’ll probably find some of this in Bertie online. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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