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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2396658" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>The thing is though, NOTHING is guaranteed, and EVERYTHING depends on many variables. Assumptions have to be made sometimes as it is definitely not mathematical as in 2 plus 2 is 4. Of course you don't know whether a spike is gone after 5 hours, that's why you test. You can take an educated guess that any bolus injected 5 hours ago is pretty much gone, but you don't know when exactly your basal might kick in. I was told the same as ert and it has worked out for me, in fact they said on this type 1 course that if you correct a 'high' reading around hour 2, then this may take you low quickly (as it meets the bolus you've already taken), your body panics and thinks it's going too low too fast, so drops out glucose and sends you higher! I think we'd all agree that it's all a right pain!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2396658, member: 451727"] The thing is though, NOTHING is guaranteed, and EVERYTHING depends on many variables. Assumptions have to be made sometimes as it is definitely not mathematical as in 2 plus 2 is 4. Of course you don't know whether a spike is gone after 5 hours, that's why you test. You can take an educated guess that any bolus injected 5 hours ago is pretty much gone, but you don't know when exactly your basal might kick in. I was told the same as ert and it has worked out for me, in fact they said on this type 1 course that if you correct a 'high' reading around hour 2, then this may take you low quickly (as it meets the bolus you've already taken), your body panics and thinks it's going too low too fast, so drops out glucose and sends you higher! I think we'd all agree that it's all a right pain! [/QUOTE]
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