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<blockquote data-quote="noblehead" data-source="post: 122636" data-attributes="member: 11028"><p>Sunflower,</p><p></p><p>The recommendation is that you don't do corrections between mealtimes. So say you had your breakfast at 08.00, then 2 hours later were a little high at 9.5 say, what you should do is ignore this and test again before lunch, should you still have a high reading then have your food and include a correction dose with your normal insulin.</p><p></p><p>A correction dose of 1 unit of quick acting insulin such as Novorapid is suppose to lower blood glucose by 2-3mmol/L, so I would include a correction dose here of 1 unit. Do bear in mind though, that this is a rough guide, as you are recently diagnosed, and may still be in the honeymoon period, you may only need 1/2 unit to have the same effect.</p><p></p><p>The only way of knowing how to do correction doses is by trial and error. It is important that you start at the lowest dose possible and test accordingly, only by testing your bg will you know that you have it right. In the event that you are experiencing frequent high on the 2-3 hour mark, it means that you have not got your insulin to carb ratio correct, so you need to look at your previous meal and work out where you went wrong.</p><p></p><p>I wouldn't worry to much about the occasional high whilst you are trying to overcome this difficulty,I am sure it won't take long before you are on top of things again.</p><p></p><p>Nigel</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="noblehead, post: 122636, member: 11028"] Sunflower, The recommendation is that you don't do corrections between mealtimes. So say you had your breakfast at 08.00, then 2 hours later were a little high at 9.5 say, what you should do is ignore this and test again before lunch, should you still have a high reading then have your food and include a correction dose with your normal insulin. A correction dose of 1 unit of quick acting insulin such as Novorapid is suppose to lower blood glucose by 2-3mmol/L, so I would include a correction dose here of 1 unit. Do bear in mind though, that this is a rough guide, as you are recently diagnosed, and may still be in the honeymoon period, you may only need 1/2 unit to have the same effect. The only way of knowing how to do correction doses is by trial and error. It is important that you start at the lowest dose possible and test accordingly, only by testing your bg will you know that you have it right. In the event that you are experiencing frequent high on the 2-3 hour mark, it means that you have not got your insulin to carb ratio correct, so you need to look at your previous meal and work out where you went wrong. I wouldn't worry to much about the occasional high whilst you are trying to overcome this difficulty,I am sure it won't take long before you are on top of things again. Nigel [/QUOTE]
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