How many basal rates do you have?
My old Endo always wanted me on a strict regiment of 4 basal rates.
12AM-6AM
6AM-12PM
12PM-6PM
6PM - 12AM
Since having left her care I added in an additional basal rate from 3AM to 6AM. That gives me a grand total of 5 basal rates right now. Things are good for a lot of my basals, but I know I need a change from 10am-3pm as I go low then often. Oddly though, the timing is smack dab in the middle of two of my basal rate times.
So, my question is how many basal rates do you have in a 24 hour period and what are their time ranges? Also, how these rate quantities and timing are working out for you. Feel free to post what the rates are as well, but as Im sure you all know that changes from person to person like taste in foods. Also, any thoughts on managements relation to the basal timing is appreciated (e.g., sleep for only 4 hours on average, so shorter basal timings at night).
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
12AM-6AM
6AM-12PM
12PM-6PM
6PM - 12AM
Since having left her care I added in an additional basal rate from 3AM to 6AM. That gives me a grand total of 5 basal rates right now. Things are good for a lot of my basals, but I know I need a change from 10am-3pm as I go low then often. Oddly though, the timing is smack dab in the middle of two of my basal rate times.
So, my question is how many basal rates do you have in a 24 hour period and what are their time ranges? Also, how these rate quantities and timing are working out for you. Feel free to post what the rates are as well, but as Im sure you all know that changes from person to person like taste in foods. Also, any thoughts on managements relation to the basal timing is appreciated (e.g., sleep for only 4 hours on average, so shorter basal timings at night).
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on -
Yeah, I don't fast for 24 hours. About the most I'll fast is like 18 hours, the night before races but I get sort of bouncing off the walls and don't bother using that data for much of anything. I used to have some challenges @ lunch but these days I eat about 20G of carbs for lunch, mostly b/c I'm busy @ work and just cruise through lunch.
How does your daily bolus/ basal %age work out?
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Permalink Reply by Karen on -
Endo said my bolus rate was on the high side, but he said whatever works, but I just don't think I have enough good days. I feel like starting over with everything sometimes.
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Permalink Reply by Zoe on -
Can't you just do the fasting in chunks, Karen, like John Walsh suggests? Personally I just ignored the fasting and just kept tweaking my numbers by seeing how each time zone and dose worked until they just slid into place.
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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on
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Hmmm, that's a rough day of the week to do test piloting for me! I would be intrigued to hear if your zero basal continues to work in the absence of boluszilla@ lunch? Good luck though!
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Permalink Reply by Karen on
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Well today I held steady with my crazy I:C ratio over lunch and my no basal all afternoon, no lows, what is a D to do??
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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on
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I'm gonna eat some tacos, drink "low carb" margaritas and watch the basketball game! I did ok today too, maybe the crappy weather helped me concentrate or something.
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Permalink Reply by Karen on
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Did my over lunch fast today.
Ate my second breakfast at 9:30 then tested at 12:00 bgs was 95, I always worry when I am below 100 so I had 2 pb crackers and no bolus (mistake) well anyway bgs was 166 at 2:30 (did not correct) and 160 every until 5:30.
Not sure what to fix -
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Permalink Reply by onesaint on -
Id like to do things that way Zoe, but then I start thinking about variables and dump the data.
For example, I suspect my morning basal (5am-9am) to be too high. This morning I slept in till 10 and was woken by the Dex stating I was at 55 (metered 59). Ok, thats in line with my theory and other findings although... Last night I made LC white chocolate PB cups and ate a few, so there was a good amount of fat in my system, which could carry till 7:30ish when I started to drift down. Also, I was asleep, which means no DP of any kind (Im a DP when up, not by time kind of guy). So is this something I should base a basal change on? Who knows. LOL. Leads me to think basal testing is the way to go.
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Permalink Reply by kestrel on -
Karen, by "2 pb crackers" do you mean 4 saltines and maybe a TBS of peanut butter? That's more carbs than you might think.... and get USED to 95! 95 rocks!
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Permalink Reply by Zoe on
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If I understand what you are saying, that you are a bit high at 2-3 hours after lunch and then you go low after that, I definitely agree it sounds like the basal, not the bolus. If your endo says the bolus "sounds high but whatever works" I don't quite get what "sounds high" means. What works is what keeps you in target and if you are high after lunch consistenly than it might be a bit too little not too much....imho of course..lol
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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on
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but she indicated she turns her basal off entirely after lunch? I would think that means that a big bolus is "covering" for the missing basal. I would think that maybe evening it out and replacing the extra bolusing, by turning the C/I ratio down a shade and replacing the "missing" insulin w/ some basal, even only a little bit, might run a bit more smoothly? Karen is a lot more experienced than I am though so I am leery to make a ton of crazy suggestions.
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