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Originally Posted by grace girl  I just wondered if there's really a hard and fast rule, or what you guys do. Thanks! |
I usually wait 2 hours for corrections after meal boluses and 1 to 1 1/2 for 2nd corrections.
When I do the 2hr BG check, I have an idea where the reading should be. If it's a normal meal, you should be catching your BG on the way back down to your target - not there yet, but heading the right way. This varies with what you ate, and you'll start remembering how the common stuff you eat will react.
If it's a straight correction, it should be *about* 65-75% of the way between your start point and target
If the reading is way off (40-50 or more) then I stop to think about what might have caused it to not work as expected. Most of the time it's a miscount on the carbs or a food that has a difficult absorption schedule, or any one of a million other factors. If I'm really suspect, I check BG after washing hands etc.
When things are way off, and I can't rationally explain them, I try to avoid big insulin changes until I get some more BG data points. I've overcorrected incorrect BG's and crashed before, so I've learned that lesson! Of course if you're getting into BG's that you know are dangerous, you need to take other actions.
-The point being that your best tool at this point is your brain. Use it the most. Think about where you came from, where you're going and where you should be now. I've seen people act before they think and get bad results. Of course sometimes you just get slapped by the D fairy for no good reason.
Hopefully those days are few and far between.
Later-
