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<blockquote data-quote="Scott-C" data-source="post: 2038812" data-attributes="member: 374531"><p>A useful thing to try every now and then is to wait until bg is fairly stable, then take 10g of glucose, and wait and watch to see how much bg rises until it settles out again.</p><p></p><p>And on the other side of the coin, wait till stable at about 8 or so to give a bit of hypo leeway, then take 1u of insulin without food to see how much it drops you before it levels out again.</p><p></p><p>DAFNE says it should be about 2 to 3 in either direction but that's a very general rule with broad margins based on observations of lots of people, so it can be useful to do those routines to figure out your personal numbers.</p><p></p><p>You can then apply them to multiples of 10g and 1u to get a clearer idea of how much insulin for a particular meal. That's more or less one of the main pillars of carb counting, but, as always with T1, there are other factors involved which influence things, but it's a good starting point.</p><p></p><p>It's easier doing it with cgm but still do-able with strips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Scott-C, post: 2038812, member: 374531"] A useful thing to try every now and then is to wait until bg is fairly stable, then take 10g of glucose, and wait and watch to see how much bg rises until it settles out again. And on the other side of the coin, wait till stable at about 8 or so to give a bit of hypo leeway, then take 1u of insulin without food to see how much it drops you before it levels out again. DAFNE says it should be about 2 to 3 in either direction but that's a very general rule with broad margins based on observations of lots of people, so it can be useful to do those routines to figure out your personal numbers. You can then apply them to multiples of 10g and 1u to get a clearer idea of how much insulin for a particular meal. That's more or less one of the main pillars of carb counting, but, as always with T1, there are other factors involved which influence things, but it's a good starting point. It's easier doing it with cgm but still do-able with strips. [/QUOTE]
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