Correction advice

[MeganN]

Hi

I've caught the dreaded virus that's going around. Feeling a bit rubbish.

My question is that as I am stil basal testing and new to MDI I won't be upping my basal to deal with the effects of being ill as I am still slowly upping it every few days until I get it right anyway.

I just had a higher blood reading than I would like (12) and I have taken a 1.5u bolts correction to bring me down a bit before lunch. I usually work on a 3.5:1 ratio for my meal boluses.

D you think my correction estimation is okay?

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

Roughly how much insulin do you take on an average day Megan? (all your meals/snacks plus your basal)

 

[MeganN]

34 total of bolus
24 units of basal

I seem to need quite a lot of insulin for very few carbs

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

John Walsh (Pumping Insulin) suggests 1u might lower BG by 1.8mmol/L

I'm not 100% what your 3.5:1 means, but Walsh bases estimates of carb value on % of basal to bolus and TDD (total daily dose).

Of course those charts are only suggestions - you need to (cautiously!) test for yourself.

 

[MeganN]

I gave myself 1.5u if novorapid and went down from 12 to 7 which woul suggest that 1u takes me down 3.3??

 

[MeganN]

My ratio meant that I take 3.5u of rapid per 10g of carb

 

[everydayupsanddowns]

I gave myself 1.5u if novorapid and went down from 12 to 7 which woul suggest that 1u takes me down 3.3??

There's your answer then! Alsays best to go by what your meter tells you about what *actually* happens ratehr than any of these 'rules of thumb' 🙂

With your TDD and 40% basal split I think the tables in the books assume a degree of insulin resistance. 1u:3mmol/L is often the starting point on DAFNE courses I think.

 

[MeganN]

Okey dokey. Thanks very much! 🙂