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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2390128" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>Hi ert, you make such a good point. So much is made of this 2 hour target (which is important of course for many) but as you say injected insulin does not work as efficiently as your own. My Consultants & team stress that you should not rush to do a correction immediately after the 2 hour mark as the insulin will still be working for up to 5 hours. If you do a correction too soon then you are taking a risk for hypos which then require carbs so up you go again. They also said too many corrections throughout the day can have the opposite effect, ie, your body thinks it's going low too fast so it compensates by releasing yet more glucose and yep, up go the readings, the yo yo effect if you like. Obviously there will be times when your levels might be so high or for a prolonged time, when you do need a correction but that is different to using corrections constantly between meals.</p></blockquote><p></p>

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