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<blockquote data-quote="catapillar" data-source="post: 1176691" data-attributes="member: 32394"><p>Essentially, if your basal test shows you staying flat (within 2mmol/l) your basal is right. If it shows you rising, this suggests you need more basal. If you are dropping, it suggests you need less.</p><p></p><p>Is solostar lantus? Lantus isn't very responsive to changes, so if you make a change, give it a few days to settle in before repeating a basal test to see if it's working (OK, basal testing is awful, but if you are already fasting 99% of the day hopefully it will be a walk in the park for you). What's your current basal dose? If you end up changing it as a result of the basal test, don't change more than 10% at a time.</p><p></p><p>In terms of being able to manage carbs, have you looked into the timing of your bolus - again, it would be good to look at this while you have the CGM. We all get told inject with your meal, but if you do that, you might have digested the carbs before the insulin starts working & then it is much harder for the insulin to work in high blood sugar environment. With the CGM, you can inject, wait until you can see the insulin working and then eat - obviously you have to be ready to eat pretty sharpish, so you could just experiment with moving your bolus back 5, 10, 15 minutes until you hit a time that works for you. My pre bolus is different at different times of day and for different meals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catapillar, post: 1176691, member: 32394"] Essentially, if your basal test shows you staying flat (within 2mmol/l) your basal is right. If it shows you rising, this suggests you need more basal. If you are dropping, it suggests you need less. Is solostar lantus? Lantus isn't very responsive to changes, so if you make a change, give it a few days to settle in before repeating a basal test to see if it's working (OK, basal testing is awful, but if you are already fasting 99% of the day hopefully it will be a walk in the park for you). What's your current basal dose? If you end up changing it as a result of the basal test, don't change more than 10% at a time. In terms of being able to manage carbs, have you looked into the timing of your bolus - again, it would be good to look at this while you have the CGM. We all get told inject with your meal, but if you do that, you might have digested the carbs before the insulin starts working & then it is much harder for the insulin to work in high blood sugar environment. With the CGM, you can inject, wait until you can see the insulin working and then eat - obviously you have to be ready to eat pretty sharpish, so you could just experiment with moving your bolus back 5, 10, 15 minutes until you hit a time that works for you. My pre bolus is different at different times of day and for different meals. [/QUOTE]
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