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Permalink Reply by Gerry on November 6, 2012 at 11:41am

Hi, Nicole, and welcome to the pump! As you've already stated, everyone's basal rates will be different. As one guideline, your total daily basal dose would typically be 40-50 percent of your total daily dose (basal plus bolus).

I recommend highly John Walsh's recently updated book Pumping Insulin (fifth edition). he details how to test and set virtually every parameter in your pump -- including basal rates.

When I expect to exercise for an extended period, I set a temporary basal rate of some percentage of my normal rate an hour before exercising. Or I will simply suspend my pump altogether. YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary)

Permalink Reply by Mike S. on November 6, 2012 at 2:00pm

I agree with Gerry. Basal rates are customised to the individual. Until you have a few weeks of data, sooner or later you will be able to fine tune your therapy. Just test a lot.

Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on November 6, 2012 at 12:11pm

Hi, Nicole,
Of course everyone is different! But since you're curious, mine are 0.45 at midnight, 0.65 at 2:30 AM and back to 0.45 at 7:30 AM. Yours have a similar pattern -- an increase to account for the dawn effect, and then back down for the rest of the day. The 9 PM and 12 AM levels are not appreciably different, and the fact that they are lower than your daytime levels mean that your doc is trying to prevent lows during the night. So it sounds like h
is doing a good job, and you just need to hang in there! :-)

Permalink Reply by Angelica Koder on November 6, 2012 at 12:37pm

I am in the middle of adjusting my basal's cause I have been put on birth control and it has started screwing up my blood sugars, but this is what I got at this point...

12:00 am .725u/h
8:00 am 0975u/h
10:30 am 1.7u/h
3:00 pm 1.25u/h
6:00 pm 1.15u/h

Permalink Reply by Jason1974IL on November 6, 2012 at 2:10pm

my basal rate is the same all hours of the day and night at 1.9 u/h

Permalink Reply by Marypat on November 6, 2012 at 5:21pm

Yes, we are all very different. I am on the low end. 0.25 U/h except from 5 am - 8 am is a whopping 0.275 U/h.

Permalink Reply by Leotha Fleming III on November 19, 2012 at 7:20pm

I have 3 basal rates... When I was on the Animas Ping, I had 5 rates.

1) 12AM - 0.650 U/H
2) 12PM - 0.575 U/H
3) 3PM - 0.550 U/H

Permalink Reply by shoshana27 on November 21, 2012 at 1:49am

we sure are different
my basals are:
12 am 0.15
4am 0.4
7am 0.45
10am 0.4
9pm 0.15
but with stomach problems my bs,' are irregular
that works for me

Permalink Reply by Judy on December 14, 2012 at 2:52pm

I have 2 basal rates. Day is 3.0 and night is 3.5
They are much higher than any listed but they work for me!