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<blockquote data-quote="Rokaab" data-source="post: 2267358" data-attributes="member: 450212"><p>The whole basal/bolus ratio has never made any sense to me anyways, the whole point of MDI is so that you're not stuck to the same amount of carbs each day so the bolus amount will differ if you vary your carbs.</p><p></p><p>For myself the ratio goes anywhere between 40 basal:60 bolus (lower carb days) to 30:70 (higher carb days) to 25:75 (ok maybe those are pigging out days <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />). Obviously these numbers are personal to me, everyone is different.</p><p>At the moment my basal is up slightly form normal as well due to lockdown and having a cold for the last few weeks that I cant shift (great time for a cold that involves a cough - I'll get the evil eye if I step outside!)</p><p></p><p>One time (about 15 years ago ago where I didn't know nearly so much) the DN at the hospital was insisting that it should be closer to 50:50, so said I should try increasing my basal by 2 units every other night until i got to that 50/50 mark, well after the first two nights I was waking up in a monster hypo each morning so then went and ignored that 50/50 advice and went back to what I was on before (I think it was 30/70 given what I was eating at the time)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rokaab, post: 2267358, member: 450212"] The whole basal/bolus ratio has never made any sense to me anyways, the whole point of MDI is so that you're not stuck to the same amount of carbs each day so the bolus amount will differ if you vary your carbs. For myself the ratio goes anywhere between 40 basal:60 bolus (lower carb days) to 30:70 (higher carb days) to 25:75 (ok maybe those are pigging out days :)). Obviously these numbers are personal to me, everyone is different. At the moment my basal is up slightly form normal as well due to lockdown and having a cold for the last few weeks that I cant shift (great time for a cold that involves a cough - I'll get the evil eye if I step outside!) One time (about 15 years ago ago where I didn't know nearly so much) the DN at the hospital was insisting that it should be closer to 50:50, so said I should try increasing my basal by 2 units every other night until i got to that 50/50 mark, well after the first two nights I was waking up in a monster hypo each morning so then went and ignored that 50/50 advice and went back to what I was on before (I think it was 30/70 given what I was eating at the time) [/QUOTE]
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