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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1217812" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>So the job of your basal insulin is to to keep you flat (ish) without the need for carbs to bring you up, or fast acting insulin to bring you down, so you test it by seeing if you stay vaguely in the same place without carbs or active fast acting insulin.</p><p></p><p>Here's some information on basal rate testing - <a href="https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/" target="_blank">https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/</a></p><p></p><p>It's quite difficult (for me anyway) to interpret whether the information you posted above tells you anything much about your basal rate, because you are taking in carbs and novorapid so it's hard to tell what's doing what - it's good to split it out and focus on one thing at a time.</p><p></p><p>So overnight, when presumably you had no carbs or fast acting on board, you went up be 3mmol/L. That's actually pretty much within range for a basal rate. Really you want to vary by not too much more than 2mmol/l (with no carbs or fast acting for about 6 hours). </p><p></p><p>The other thing to consider with basal, as well as the dose itself, is when to take it and whether that covers the whole day - levemir lasts approx 12 hours, so most people take some at night and some in the morning. Lantus lasts approx 18 hours, so might run out in the afternoon if you take one shot at night.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest doing a basal test as a starting point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1217812, member: 32394"] So the job of your basal insulin is to to keep you flat (ish) without the need for carbs to bring you up, or fast acting insulin to bring you down, so you test it by seeing if you stay vaguely in the same place without carbs or active fast acting insulin. Here's some information on basal rate testing - [URL]https://mysugr.com/basal-rate-testing/[/URL] It's quite difficult (for me anyway) to interpret whether the information you posted above tells you anything much about your basal rate, because you are taking in carbs and novorapid so it's hard to tell what's doing what - it's good to split it out and focus on one thing at a time. So overnight, when presumably you had no carbs or fast acting on board, you went up be 3mmol/L. That's actually pretty much within range for a basal rate. Really you want to vary by not too much more than 2mmol/l (with no carbs or fast acting for about 6 hours). The other thing to consider with basal, as well as the dose itself, is when to take it and whether that covers the whole day - levemir lasts approx 12 hours, so most people take some at night and some in the morning. Lantus lasts approx 18 hours, so might run out in the afternoon if you take one shot at night. I would suggest doing a basal test as a starting point. [/QUOTE]
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