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Message: <blockquote data-quote="himtoo" data-source="post: 1625832" data-attributes="member: 142835">Hi [USER=389117]@Carron29[/USER] as your daughter is on a pump -- a crucial step in getting basal rates sorted is to do a lot of basal rate testinghere is a link <a href="https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/" target="_blank">https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/</a>When I first started on my pump it took 8 weeks of testing and making small adjustments to rates to finally get to the point I was happy with all my settings.I also can understand that as your daughter has special needs it might make not eating for periods of time more difficult.in addition perhaps blood testing is an issue due to the pain from the finger pricking.Have you looked into a freestyle libre -- which would give you a clear picture of what your daughter's bloods are doing 24 hours a day  -- and with the additional information could assist in making adjustments ??I know that many hospital DSN's are able to offer a free trial of the libre -- might be worth asking ?</blockquote>

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