No smart guard yet
Clinic wasn't able to get the funding for it
Been dying for the closed loop system for years
Yea
That's the setting that I keep coming back to just wish the settings weren't so trial and error
Thanks for the help
now this is where it gets a little more complicated.. some of your basal your are taking, may not actually be basal as such, it may be compensation for bad boluses.. I think on a pump its more important to see what the total daily dose isYea it can be frustrating with the trial and error
It feels strange when you have to take so much basal during the day
I keep thinking I should be taking less not more
True enoughnow this is where it gets a little more complicated.. some of your basal your are taking, may not actually be basal as such, it may be compensation for bad boluses.. I think on a pump its more important to see what the total daily dose is
even on smart guard, some of the correction doses are done by increased basal and some with micro boluses, so total daily dose is the only real way to monitor things.. either way its a little irrelevant.. if you need more insulin at a time of day for better control.. this you just need it
Thanks MelgarYou have had some great replies @Thomasriggins86 I’m not on insulin so I am no help at all on your question, but I can offer a reason for your raised sugars around 3am, albeit a simplified one. Our bodies run on a circadian rhythm system, the master clock in our hypothalamus and all the periphery clocks in our pancreas, liver and skeletal muscle cells. These clocks orchestrate the gearing up for daytime activity, moving, eating etc by releasing cortisol and growth hormones. Both are associated with an increase in blood sugar. It is a natural bodily phenomenon. Obviously you being on a pump it’s a thing you need to deal with.
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