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adjusting doses
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Exercise and basal
I have just started going to the gym and obviously know that I need to reducing bonus and basal as a result, but how do I know by how much? I am going to the gym and working out intensely for 1 hr-1hr 1/2 ... I changed my basal today from 17 to 15u and have only had a tiny bit of bolus and...- Lauren8443
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Reducing basal
Hi, After being type 1 for nearly 3 years, I have never really had stable bloods throughout the night and either had high or low blood sugars. After going on a diabetes self management site which offers the calculation to work out your basal rate, I have reduced my basal injection from 18 to...- Lauren8443
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Adjusting basal for exercise
The instructions that came with my pump said that I should only adjust my basal for exercise of more than 45 minutes' duration. Since I never exercise for that length of time, the only exercise for which I adjust my basal is swimming, because I have to take the pump off. Over the past few...- Radders
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- Forum: Pumping and Technology