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Okay so at 14:40 I was 15.1 injected 6U of rapid 15:20 my blood is 5.1 had a biscuit with no bolus and a tea with 2 sugars 30 mins later 4.5, had another choc biscuit as I know its not a hypo yet....I am now 2.7 and well *** :(
 
You were high at 2.40pm - was that a post-prandial high? and if so, had you already bolused for what you had eaten?
Guesswork here, but it sounds as though you might have over-corrected and some of the earlier 'high' had already been accounted for.
Don't panic! Chocolate biscuits aren't the best for a speedy release of glucose. Have a couple of jelly babies or something fast acting just to raise your BGs back up and then try to figure out what's happened. (It's probably already on it's way up as I write this!)
 
Bebo321 said:
You were high at 2.40pm - was that a post-prandial high? and if so, had you already bolused for what you had eaten?
Guesswork here, but it sounds as though you might have over-corrected and some of the earlier 'high' had already been accounted for.
Don't panic! Chocolate biscuits aren't the best for a speedy release of glucose. Have a couple of jelly babies or something fast acting just to raise your BGs back up and then try to figure out what's happened. (It's probably already on it's way up as I write this!)
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Don't mean to sound stupid but post-prandial??? ha! I wasn't going to test when I did as it hadn't been tooo long after lunch but I did and then got annoyed so corrected and obviously over corrected....one day I will master this disease lol.....one day!! I'm a 7.0 now!
 
There you go - sounds to me as though you've pretty well got things figured out. We can't be perfect all the time. ;)
 
Bebo321 said:
There you go - sounds to me as though you've pretty well got things figured out. We can't be perfect all the time. ;)
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Kind of, I am back on injections so it's just finding whats right and whats wrong at the moment
 
ohitsnicola said:
Don't mean to sound stupid but post-prandial??? ha! I wasn't going to test when I did as it hadn't been tooo long after lunch but I did and then got annoyed so corrected and obviously over corrected....one day I will master this disease lol.....one day!! I'm a 7.0 now!
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Postprandial means after a meal. Ideally you should leave it at least two hours after a meal before testing...and if taking correction doses take into account any active insulin that you still have on board.
 
Natalie1974 said:
Postprandial means after a meal. Ideally you should leave it at least two hours after a meal before testing...and if taking correction doses take into account any active insulin that you still have on board.
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Oh lol! And i know but im currently going through a phase of testing alot....
 
6 units is a lot with active insulin on board Nicola.

To find out how much 1 unit of insulin drops your bg levels by use the Rule of 100, what you do is divide 100 by your TDD (TDD is your average daily basal & bolus doses added together) to get your correction factor, so if your TDD was 38 units this would mean that 1 units of insulin will roughly drop your bg levels by around 2.6mmol/l.

The Rule of 100 is only a rough guide so do keep that in mind.
 
Nicola

If you have lost some bodyweight since using the pump, then the correction settings that you used are probably not correct anymore. Look at the 100 rule to get an idea of what 1u will now make your bg drop by and use that and tweak it if necessary. Also, use before meal targets and after meal targets to correct to and then your bg shouldnt drop too drastically.
To get an idea of Insulin On Board, google Accounting For Unused Insulin and click on the top weblink which opens up a pdf file
 
noblehead said:
6 units is a lot with active insulin on board Nicola.

To find out how much 1 unit of insulin drops your bg levels by use the Rule of 100, what you do is divide 100 by your TDD (TDD is your average daily basal & bolus doses added together) to get your correction factor, so if your TDD was 38 units this would mean that 1 units of insulin will roughly drop your bg levels by around 2.6mmol/l.

The Rule of 100 is only a rough guide so do keep that in mind.
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Nicola has quite high doses of insulin.. Her total daily dose is far larger than the 38 units suggested. Her correction doses on pump used to be far different to what say mine were.

When I helped Nicola in her early days of pumping I would actually double up in my head what I would do for myself... If I adjusted up to .1 an hour for myself.. Nicola because of her higher doses could cope with .3 an hour change... Etc... It will be intereting to see what her TDD comes back as...

Perhaps Nicola can add her basal and bolus up for 24 hours and she can get some further help...

It also Depends whether she is using pump handset for insulin on board until we've sorted out an expert meter for her (hopefully tomorrow). Or whether her background isn't quite right as well..

Nicola... Great time to do some basal testing girlie!! Xx

(Ps... Sorry for interfering!!- ha ha.. Got your best interests at heart..)
 
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donnellysdogs said:
Nicola has quite high doses of insulin.. Her total daily dose is far larger than the 38 units suggested. Her correction doses on pump used to be far different to what say mine were.

When I helped Nicola in her early days of pumping I would actually double up in my head what I would do for myself... If I adjusted up to .1 an hour for myself.. Nicola because of her higher doses could cope with .3 an hour change... Etc... It will be intereting to see what her TDD comes back as...

Perhaps Nicola can add her basal and bolus up for 24 hours and she can get some further help...

It also Depends whether she is using pump handset for insulin on board until we've sorted out an expert meter for her (hopefully tomorrow). Or whether her background isn't quite right as well..

Nicola... Great time to do some basal testing girlie!! Xx

(Ps... Sorry for interfering!!- ha ha.. Got your best interests at heart..)
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This doesnt have my insulin on it but this is my bloods for a week or so....xxImageUploadedByDCUK Forum1442341099.067204.jpg
 
On the photos.. Are the top readings to each day the 1st post meal reading and the other times afterwards that you have tested and before your next pre meal test?
 
Are these readings on guestimated corrections or ones calculated in your old pump tester?

Are foods being precise
Or guestimated? Ie are you having say toast and butter and putting in exactly? Or are they guestimated say pizza?

Are you sticking to 3 meals a day and no snacks? Or are you having snacks mid morning or mid afternnon or in the evenings?
 
Have you only done one reading pre breakfast? Are you rarely testing before breakfast? - you need to test before breakfast ideally...
 
donnellysdogs said:
Have you only done one reading pre breakfast? Are you rarely testing before breakfast? - you need to test before breakfast ideally...
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No i am testing before breakfast, always do its just i dont scroll and change it hang on let me do it all again!! X
 
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