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Originally Posted by morrisma  Never heard of diluting insulin but I suppose with kids it might be needed. With my pump's ability to supply small increments, it just never occurred to me. What sort of granularity are you looking for? |
I'd like reliable 0.15U doses. Even if a pump were affordable (no insurance), I'd rather stick with MDI.
Background:
The hospital told me 1U:20mg/dL when I was DXed. Perhaps small errors were hidden by Lantus fluctuation. I also had an infection at the time, which could have made things honkerwonky. Or maybe the hospital numbers were correct at the time.
However, I've recently determined that I'm approximately 1U:35mg/dL... it just happens slooowly when I'm hyperglycemic, making the effect appear smaller. This makes sense, considering that 1U of CHO raises me about 35mg/dL; the apparent inconsistency between insulin:CHO, insulin:BG, and CHO:BG had annoyed me for some time.
The methods behind my madness:
When I eat imprecise portions, normal "0.{thatlooksaboutright}U" granularity is good enough. When I eat precise portions, or would like to correct from (e.g.) 115 to 95 before bed, I'd like the ability to measure reliably 5mg/dL coverage.
My TDD is low enough that I virtually never use a complete vial of rapid, R, or N. I end up discarding after 8-10 weeks of use, when effectiveness gets dicey and my BG gets screwy. However, I draw from the well 2-6 times per day, depending on insulin type and how the day goes; I imagine that frequent punctures reduce the vials' useful lives. Perhaps I could mix a month's worth in each mixing vial, then stretch the "master" vials out longer... particularly for N, for which my need is small and inconsistent -- but non-negligible.
Feel free to tell me that I'm nuts. I'll not argue that...
but I still would like to try diluting.
