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Message: <blockquote data-quote="iHs" data-source="post: 151129" data-attributes="member: 8799">HiOn the day I started on my pump I was told by my dsn to give myself my usual bedtime dose of Levemir but to leave the morning Levemir off and just use my bolus.  So I just gave myself my morning bolus but added 2 extra units onto it to make up for the lack of Levemir.  I wasn't too bad bg wise and when finally  hooked up at 11am, my bg level was on about 9 so everyone was happy and I just left the pump on the beginner settings - 500 and 100 rule and came home and then looked in the manual to find out how to alter the insulin to carb ratios.Regarding basal testing; I haven't done any yet <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!    :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /> Reason being that I got my pump at the beginning of the heatwave and hot weather usually makes my bg go lower so I wanted to wait until the weather temperature remained even before I started fasting and setting basal rates, otherwise I would be forever going into the basal settings and adjusting them according to the weather temperature.Looks like hot weather is now over so I will start to fine tune the basal a bit more.   I think I've more or less got my carb ratios okish now and decided to use my bolus/basal carb ratios and just deduct 30% off my 1 unit and add 1gm carb.  So instead of using 1:4 at bkfast, I now use 0.7:5 and that appears to be fine.  Appear to be able to stay on a steady bg reading of 6 or 7 every 3hrs.</blockquote>

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