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Message: <blockquote data-quote="plantae" data-source="post: 2584074" data-attributes="member: 565464">Yes, once too few might be, well, once too fewI think they did it better this time by taking me off all food and getting my basal "right" first. This is just my opinion, though. Last time they kept me on hospital food, which doesn't resemble what I eat at home at all really, and worked out my bolus doses and then on the last night started me on the basal which I assume they calculated somehow rather than measured. This time by taking me off food and measuring the basal after two days of clear fluids only I think the basal is better; only after that did they put me back on food and adjusted the boluses. I'm running higher than normal but this way seems more intuitive to me but I'm not a doctor <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Also when I went back on food I got the doctor to put me on the "normal menu" rather than the "diabetic menu" so I could choose meals which were closer to what I eat at home. The "diabetic menu" at the hospital restricted food choices so much I was choosing meals that I'd either never eat at home or only eat at home once a year. The normal diet made more sense (to me, and obviously to the Dr as well because he allowed me to have it)</blockquote>

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