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<blockquote data-quote="Deleted member 99312" data-source="post: 2361645"><p>Are you suggesting it could be too low? Please see my last post, when I tried a higher basal it was too high to prevent me having lows overnight and/or first thing in the morning. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Indeed, but what can you do, what would you do? What would you do if taking less insulin results in even higher blood sugars, and if you've already established that your basal is correct? And if physical activity makes no difference? ie. the numbers can be wildly different even with ALL the exact same everything from one day to the next. </p><p></p><p></p><p>That's easy, the bread is pre-sliced and the slices are uniformly sized, 15g carbs according to the packaging. The yogurts are 100g single pot portions, 5.5g carbs (Tesco greek yogurt). 21.5g total and zero carb for the eggs. </p><p></p><p></p><p>They put me on 0.5:10 initially to see if it was sufficient (in case I was still producing my own insulin presumably), it wasn't so we went to 1:10 and it is usually there or thereabouts. I already take insulin 15-20 mins before eating. </p><p></p><p>So after the 8.9 at around 12pm, I took 10 units. I then waited until around 12.50pm before eating 50g carbs. The 10 units should have covered the 50g and got me well under the 8.9 as well.</p><p></p><p>3pm I tested again, now it's gone up to 10.3.</p><p></p><p>So as you can see, I have a problem. Insulin resistance?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deleted member 99312, post: 2361645"] Are you suggesting it could be too low? Please see my last post, when I tried a higher basal it was too high to prevent me having lows overnight and/or first thing in the morning. Indeed, but what can you do, what would you do? What would you do if taking less insulin results in even higher blood sugars, and if you've already established that your basal is correct? And if physical activity makes no difference? ie. the numbers can be wildly different even with ALL the exact same everything from one day to the next. That's easy, the bread is pre-sliced and the slices are uniformly sized, 15g carbs according to the packaging. The yogurts are 100g single pot portions, 5.5g carbs (Tesco greek yogurt). 21.5g total and zero carb for the eggs. They put me on 0.5:10 initially to see if it was sufficient (in case I was still producing my own insulin presumably), it wasn't so we went to 1:10 and it is usually there or thereabouts. I already take insulin 15-20 mins before eating. So after the 8.9 at around 12pm, I took 10 units. I then waited until around 12.50pm before eating 50g carbs. The 10 units should have covered the 50g and got me well under the 8.9 as well. 3pm I tested again, now it's gone up to 10.3. So as you can see, I have a problem. Insulin resistance? [/QUOTE]
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