Why such a radical change in I:C?

[donnellysdogs]

First thing... if you arehavi g lows whilst basal testing that is indicating your basal is too high!
Alter your basal and try again... and keep basal testing, adjysting until you get rid of the lows.
If you are going high after hypo's, yes your luver does kick in, but it sounds lime you are over treating the hypo's.
For me when basal testing and (at anytime) it is finding what to eat/drink that does not send you high.
For me, if I go high after a low I would do the correction but thismay not be the absolute rules.. jyst what has worked for me. I am a bit particular on highs and lows...

 

[catapillar]

Thank you for replying, only managed the one basal so far as we've had lows during the day.
I wonder could you clarify the 24 hour rule for me? I thinks it's after a low don't correct a high for 24 hours. So next meal whatever the BG only inject for the food with no correction. Does the BG just come down on its own with no help?

I'm not sure who the "you" on your question is directed towards? I've not heard of a "24 hour" rule before, so I'm not really sure what you're talking about. Certainly it's advised against correcting for highs you get from hypo treatment immediately after a hypo. Not because BG will come down on its own with no help, but more because having had one hypo, your more vulnerable to another and a correction dose with no meal is liable just to send you blood sugars straight back down again.

The advice I've recieved is wait until you are bolusing for a meal to give a correction - because if you are eating a meal with moderate complex carbs that should level you out with the correction dose.

A better alternative is to try and figure out the right hypo treatment for you - the right stuff in the right amount to bring you up without going too high. Try not to have hypos that go so low for so long that you get counter regulatory hormone responses happening - cos that will just make controlling BG after a hypo harder

 

[iHs]

My insulin needs change a LOT when seasons change. When a teen at school it would take me out for weeks at a time but thankfully more balanced now.

Snap.....me too

 

[ChrisM28]

First thing... if you arehavi g lows whilst basal testing that is indicating your basal is too high!
Alter your basal and try again... and keep basal testing, adjysting until you get rid of the lows.
If you are going high after hypo's, yes your luver does kick in, but it sounds lime you are over treating the hypo's.
For me when basal testing and (at anytime) it is finding what to eat/drink that does not send you high.
For me, if I go high after a low I would do the correction but thismay not be the absolute rules.. jyst what has worked for me. I am a bit particular on highs and lows...

Thanks very much, we're battling on!