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Thread: Is There a Minimum Safe Basal Amount?

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12-25-2006, 09:17 AM

belyro

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I am a: Type 1

Join Date: Oct 2006

Location: Manitoba, Canada

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Quote:

Originally Posted by seacomp

Your bolus ratio (carbs to insulin units) is about 6 to 1 from your description. That's about the ratio I use, and I'm an insulin resistant type 2. It would seem likely that you are just bolusing too much for what you eat.

But if I bolus less I'll go well above 10 after each meal. Trust me.

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Type 1 since I was 3 (1981) - 27 years now
Pumping as of Sept. 13, 2007 - Paradigm 522 with NovoRapid (Novolog)
(Previously on Levemir and Humalog)
CGMS as of Apr. 2008
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