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Old 05-15-2008, 12:25 PM
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changing basals

How often do you change the basal setings on your pump, to keep bg's level?
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Old 05-16-2008, 06:05 AM
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In the 2.5 years I've been pumping (and after the initial "tweaking" period), I have only had to change my basal rates twice.

Have you done any basal testing?

Karen
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Old 05-17-2008, 12:55 PM
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By 'changing basals', do you mean how many times does my rate change in a 24 hour period or how often do I have to change them overall?

I'll answer both. In a 24 hour period, I have 11 changes in my basal rate.

I've been pumping less than a month, but several periods of the day have changed already.... I wouldn't like to put a number on it.

The great thing about pumping is that if one bit of your day changes you just fiddle the basals to fix that bit rather than fouling up the whole 24 hour period.

Gary
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13 years of MDI
And then a little pump floats by
And now my pants are filled with tubes
That tangle all around my.... er .... knees

The hours I'm hooked up? All twenty four
And that's it for now until evermore
But I disconnect for up to an hour
For wonderful fun (and sometimes a shower)

And when I 'suspend' it, it plays Barry White
And my wife knows she's in for one heck of a night
But only an hour of that night is with me
As an hour is all I'm allowed now, you see...
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