Kazzabon said:
My pump has been behaving itself pretty well lately then it's all gone Pete Tong........
My Basal rates were working well and the only hiccups were when I miscalculated bolus but for the past few days my blood sugars have been quite high for no reason at all. I am suffering a bit of hay fever (I think) and the weather is very warm but that's it.
I am able to adjust my own Basals but what I wanted to know was is this something that happens alot? My high readings are also taking quite a while to come down when I give myself an adjustment bolus.
Any ideas/advice peeps?? :?
I think it's normal to need to adjust your basal rates everynow and then. Your body will always be changing as you get older so it will never require the same amount of insulin. When it gets warmer your more sensitive to insulin so you may find you need to adjust.
If you are more active on maybe working days than say weekends you may need less insulin for busier days, and less insulin for less active days.
I'm not sure as i don't suffer from hayfever myself, but illness (if you can class hayfever as one imm not too sure?) can affect your insulin needs.
Also make sure your insulin is in date, if you don't use much insulin and your cartridge lasts a while then it may be a good idea to only half fill your cartridge in the summer, as with warmth it can lose its potency making it less effective.
Also make sure you check your infusion sites, and your tubing and pump for bubbles too.
Alot to think about i know but it could be something really simple in the end, or you may just need a slight tweak of your basal to get your BG's down.
Have you done a basal test? in your pump handbook it will probably tell you how to do this if you dont know, (it does in mine) you basically either don't eat or only eat carb free foods, for a certain time block, and you test your BG every hour, this will show you if your basal is good as it shouldnt flunctuate too much, if it raises significantly then it will show you need more insulin, if it drops then you need less. you usually would do this a couple of days in a row to get an overall look.
The only problem is that if you go hypo or need a correction you will have to abandon the basal test until the next day.
Good luck!
