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Group 7-day waking average?

Stupid stupid pump eventually got it down to 14 this morning after it staying between 16-21 all night. Did a set change at 3am after it warned that insulin was low. Have ketones and feel exhausted and sick. Rant over but I'm very upset
 
AJLang said:
Stupid stupid pump eventually got it down to 14 this morning after it staying between 16-21 all night. Did a set change at 3am after it warned that insulin was low. Have ketones and feel exhausted and sick. Rant over but I'm very upset
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Very sorry to hear this Amanda :( Hope you can get things back on track very soon, deep breaths {{{Amanda}}} Keep an eye on those ketones.
 
Thanks Alan just really upset that this is the second lot of problems in just under a week
 
5.6 for me 🙂
 
AJLang said:
Thanks Alan just really upset that this is the second lot of problems in just under a week
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Know how you feel, as a door opens another one shuts! keep persevering it's a journey that you will sort out in the end. Wonder why so high during the night? did you test before bed? cannula problem? (usually my problem)....hope you get it down soon.
 
Thanks Phil it started going up at 6.30 and just wouldn't go down however much
I bolused. I was nervous about doing an injection as well in case it went too low. Not sure if it was the cannula because it was straight when I took it out and we primed the tubing at 7pm. Wish I did know the reason for the problems. I am seeing the pump nurse on Monday so will talk everything through with her.
 
AJLang said:
Thanks Phil it started going up at 6.30 and just wouldn't go down however much
I bolused. I was nervous about doing an injection as well in case it went too low. Not sure if it was the cannula because it was straight when I took it out and we primed the tubing at 7pm. Wish I did know the reason for the problems. I am seeing the pump nurse on Monday so will talk everything through with her.
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What sort of cannulas are you using? If you are using steel, mine tend to be less effective after 24-36 hours and you should change them after 48 hours regardless. Or maybe hit a lyperhydrophy site? You may also need wildly different basal rates for certain times of the day, everyone is different and only your investigative testing will give you the answers. For example my basal rates from 4am-8am is 3.5 units per hour 😱 It took me a while to figure that out! During the afternoon I am on 1 unit per hour.
 
Thanks Phil they are the plastic.cannulas so should be ok for three days but if the problem happens again I will try them every two days. My night basal had been ok but I will check them tonight - how often do you suggest testing during the night? I guess it may also be the gastroparesis causing these blips but it's difficult to tell. Thank you for all of your suggestions
 
AJLang said:
Thanks Phil they are the plastic.cannulas so should be ok for three days but if the problem happens again I will try them every two days. My night basal had been ok but I will check them tonight - how often do you suggest testing during the night? I guess it may also be the gastroparesis causing these blips but it's difficult to tell. Thank you for all of your suggestions
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This is a good link for basal testing:

http://www.diatribe.us/issues/13/learning-curve

Personally I would eat Dinner at 7pm and bolus as normal (try eating a low carb, low GI meal) then test every 2 hours....tiring... but worth it, also try this basal test twice (not consecutive nights!) before changing any basals.

You also might not be suited to the teflon cannulas or the length, I wasn't and changed to steel cannulas...thery are not perfect and I still have problems with them sometimes :(
 
Thank you Phil🙂 Sorry to hear that you still have problems with the cannulas
 
AJLang said:
Thank you Phil🙂 Sorry to hear that you still have problems with the cannulas
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Good luck with the basal testing Amanda! ....we seemed to have threadnapped....sorry Alan! 😉
 
Sorry Alan!😱
 
Went to bed at an 8.5 and woke up at 12.6 :( so frustrating
 
Thank you Alan🙂
 
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