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Did you get to choose your own insulin pump?
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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 328432" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Sometimes, getting control of bg levels using a pump can seem at times as though you are going around in circles.... trying to achieve perfection but not always able to get it. A pump makes people test their bg levels a lot more than using bolus/basal regime. </p><p></p><p>A good bit of advice that my friend was given by her consultant was if bg levels are high or low 2hrs after bolusing for food - change the carb ratio. and if bg levels are high or low 1hr after eating, then change the basal rate 1 or 2hrs before eating. If bg levels are high or low 3hrs after eating.... change the basal rate. This won't always give correct basal rates for every hour but will get people somewhere near being ok....</p><p></p><p>Another thing to think about is that wherever an infusion set is placed on the body, if basal testing is done for that area, if another area is chosen on the body, then basal rates will more like need to change as insulin is absorbed differently. It is all very mind boggling at times as pumps make people very sensitive to insulin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 328432, member: 8799"] Sometimes, getting control of bg levels using a pump can seem at times as though you are going around in circles.... trying to achieve perfection but not always able to get it. A pump makes people test their bg levels a lot more than using bolus/basal regime. A good bit of advice that my friend was given by her consultant was if bg levels are high or low 2hrs after bolusing for food - change the carb ratio. and if bg levels are high or low 1hr after eating, then change the basal rate 1 or 2hrs before eating. If bg levels are high or low 3hrs after eating.... change the basal rate. This won't always give correct basal rates for every hour but will get people somewhere near being ok.... Another thing to think about is that wherever an infusion set is placed on the body, if basal testing is done for that area, if another area is chosen on the body, then basal rates will more like need to change as insulin is absorbed differently. It is all very mind boggling at times as pumps make people very sensitive to insulin. [/QUOTE]
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