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<blockquote data-quote="caitycakes1" data-source="post: 83261" data-attributes="member: 12809"><p>Some of us are on pre-mix, not basal/bolus. I test when I get up to ensure no DP. I then take my insulin and have to wait a couple of hours to see if I am at an appropriate level to eat breakfast. My morning dose of insulin only covers the inevitable rise after getting up. This dose covers that and then starts to lower so that I can eat. I am up at 7 am. I then usually can eat around 9.30am. I usually am low enough to eat lunch between 12.30pm and 1.30pm (just depends on how active I have been). I leave for work at 2.30pm (work part time) so I will test before I drive. I then test around 5pm to see if I need to snack. I test before driving home (7pm). If I have had to snack before driving home I will then test a bit later to see If I am low enough to eat dinner. I will then test before bed (around 11pm). So you see it's not always that simple. Some days I am out shopping all morning and have to test more often as I will go lower quicker.</p><p></p><p>I don't believe anyone should be told that there is an upper limit for testing. It's what you are comfortable with and what allows you to live your life without fear of hypo. Nobody knows my body better than I do, but with the best will in the world being on pre-mix, having an hba1c in the low fives and not having a hypo or hyper at all in the last 8 months depends upon testing frequently.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Caitycakes x</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="caitycakes1, post: 83261, member: 12809"] Some of us are on pre-mix, not basal/bolus. I test when I get up to ensure no DP. I then take my insulin and have to wait a couple of hours to see if I am at an appropriate level to eat breakfast. My morning dose of insulin only covers the inevitable rise after getting up. This dose covers that and then starts to lower so that I can eat. I am up at 7 am. I then usually can eat around 9.30am. I usually am low enough to eat lunch between 12.30pm and 1.30pm (just depends on how active I have been). I leave for work at 2.30pm (work part time) so I will test before I drive. I then test around 5pm to see if I need to snack. I test before driving home (7pm). If I have had to snack before driving home I will then test a bit later to see If I am low enough to eat dinner. I will then test before bed (around 11pm). So you see it's not always that simple. Some days I am out shopping all morning and have to test more often as I will go lower quicker. I don't believe anyone should be told that there is an upper limit for testing. It's what you are comfortable with and what allows you to live your life without fear of hypo. Nobody knows my body better than I do, but with the best will in the world being on pre-mix, having an hba1c in the low fives and not having a hypo or hyper at all in the last 8 months depends upon testing frequently. Caitycakes x [/QUOTE]
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