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Thread: Is There a Minimum Safe Basal Amount?

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12-25-2006, 05:55 AM

xMenace

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Jun 2006

Location: New Brunswick Canada, eh

Posts: 7,345

The "THEORY" is your basals should keep you steady with no food intake. On an MDI it's often impossible to stay in range for a 24hr period, hence split dosing and possible extra bolusing to fill in the gaps.

The only way to tell is to pick a typical day with a decent BG and skip a meal. Test hourly. You should stay in range -- say 6-8. Skip only one meal a day. Repeat as necessary. Everything else is guesswork IMHO.

"We're all different"

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T1 1975, MM 722 pump

10/08
A1C 7/08 6.1%
HDL - 1.74 (67)
LDL - 1.89 (73)
Triglicerides - 0.52 (47.0)

7/08
A1C 7/08 5.9%
HDL - 1.55 (59.9)
LDL - 1.76 (68.1)
Triglicerides - 0.44 (40.0)

John