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Thread: Bolus Corrections....

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10-19-2006, 06:17 PM

Cyborg

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I am a: Type 1.5

Join Date: Feb 2006

Location: Orlando, FL

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BlueSky

Bear in mind that you become more insulin resistant as your BG rises. Something to do with insulin receptors shutting down to protect cells from excess glucose. Which means that you have to load your correction bolus. And the higher your BG is, the bigger the loading needs to be.

One of the features that I look forward to in some of the up and coming pumps is the ability to have a correction factor based on current bg...