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<blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 1229594" data-attributes="member: 8799"><p>Hi [USER=138436]@carak1987[/USER] </p><p></p><p>A good way to get the basal need for insulin adjusted correctly is to do some basal testing. ....This can be done for 5hrs at a time and some dsns will recommend no eating of carb at all but ok to eat small amount of protein. Other dsns will recommend no eating of carb or protein but protein is usually lost in the presence of carb so people only count carb in their food and not protein as well. Once you get yr basal need adjusted a bit more ok, then apart from</p><p>adjusting yr carb ratio and correction factor to also be ok, then bg levels will start to behave a bit better.</p><p>Another tip from me is while you are learning the ropes......eat just basic carb of no more than 30g per meal.</p><p>Reason .........the higher the carb value of the meal, the higher bg levels will go and unless the basal rates and correction factor is right......then its sky high bg levels you go.</p><p></p><p>Pumps can take a while to get used to and lots of bg testing needs to be done and unfortunately some bg testing in the night too and matchsticks needed. Have a read of the online basal rate adjustment guide by Gary Scheiner. It's easy to understand.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="iHs, post: 1229594, member: 8799"] Hi [USER=138436]@carak1987[/USER] A good way to get the basal need for insulin adjusted correctly is to do some basal testing. ....This can be done for 5hrs at a time and some dsns will recommend no eating of carb at all but ok to eat small amount of protein. Other dsns will recommend no eating of carb or protein but protein is usually lost in the presence of carb so people only count carb in their food and not protein as well. Once you get yr basal need adjusted a bit more ok, then apart from adjusting yr carb ratio and correction factor to also be ok, then bg levels will start to behave a bit better. Another tip from me is while you are learning the ropes......eat just basic carb of no more than 30g per meal. Reason .........the higher the carb value of the meal, the higher bg levels will go and unless the basal rates and correction factor is right......then its sky high bg levels you go. Pumps can take a while to get used to and lots of bg testing needs to be done and unfortunately some bg testing in the night too and matchsticks needed. Have a read of the online basal rate adjustment guide by Gary Scheiner. It's easy to understand. [/QUOTE]
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