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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fletchweb" data-source="post: 1345726" data-attributes="member: 318202">There's been times where my BGs have shot up to the 20s - I usually know before hand because of the way one feels but test just to make sure. Over Christmas I hit a 22 because I started munching on something that I should not have been munching on. When this happens I usually do two things - give an extra shot of insulin - when I hit the 20s I find for me personally 10 additional units of humalog gets me right down to normal again within 2 - 3 hours - the other thing - I will fast after giving the shot until my BGs are at a better level. Only problem you got to test yourself often in the event that you over compensated. I found about 90% of the time it's because I ate something that had more calories than I anticipated (restaurant food is really bad for that). The irony - because of this kind of experience - I have an easier time getting my BGs to a normal level than I do keeping them there - As well, I'd suggest you do the Basal fasting thing - Many type 1s take this approach and it's assisted me in giving the correct dosage of Basil Insulin. When I first switched to Lantus my Doctor told me to take the same dosage as my previous Basil insulin - fortunately for me after fasting etc I realized I was taking way too much Basil and after a week of fine tuning ended up giving myself 12 units less - quite significant.I'm relating this information because it helped me but we're all different - I'd recommend doing the Basil Fasting method -it's so important to give the correct dosage of Basil.</blockquote>

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