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<blockquote data-quote="EllieM" data-source="post: 2507664" data-attributes="member: 372717"><p>Normally you only increase the basal dose if the morning level is higher than the evening one. The last thing you want is for her to get hypos at night.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately it will take time to get the doses right and I suspect that the nurses are very unwilling to let your wife go hypo because of her age. A hypo induced fall for instance could put her in hospital if she broke a bone. High readings are damaging in the long term. (With the proviso that she doesn't get a DKA, but I assume you have testing strips for ketones.)</p><p></p><p>Please don't give up, things will get better, but you need to be careful to increase the doses gradually. (Disclaimer, that is not a medical instruction, just trying to explain why I think your team are being slow to change up the doses).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EllieM, post: 2507664, member: 372717"] Normally you only increase the basal dose if the morning level is higher than the evening one. The last thing you want is for her to get hypos at night. Unfortunately it will take time to get the doses right and I suspect that the nurses are very unwilling to let your wife go hypo because of her age. A hypo induced fall for instance could put her in hospital if she broke a bone. High readings are damaging in the long term. (With the proviso that she doesn't get a DKA, but I assume you have testing strips for ketones.) Please don't give up, things will get better, but you need to be careful to increase the doses gradually. (Disclaimer, that is not a medical instruction, just trying to explain why I think your team are being slow to change up the doses). [/QUOTE]
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