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I am a T2 that seemingly cannot produce any insulin anymore. Been aware of diabetes since diagnosed in 1994. Probably had high BSL's for a decade before that. Had gestational diabetes years ago.
I have been reading "Think Like a Pancreas" and "Using Insulin". Great books! Scared me at first as even though I have a uni degree, there is a lot of math required to get dosages right for both basal (I use Lantus) and bolus( I use NovoRapid) dosages.
Using their methods of calculation, I reduced the basal by 4 units last night, and I am upping the bolus dosages. I feel victorious because this was the first night in the five weeks since I started on Lantus, that I have had a good deep sleep and no hypo during the night! Yet my morning fasting BSL was perfect!
The two books have not clarified for me though -
With correction bolus dosages, do you do that correction when you are next taking insulin at a meal, or do you do the correction when you find your BSL is sky-high two hours after a meal?
I have been reading "Think Like a Pancreas" and "Using Insulin". Great books! Scared me at first as even though I have a uni degree, there is a lot of math required to get dosages right for both basal (I use Lantus) and bolus( I use NovoRapid) dosages.
Using their methods of calculation, I reduced the basal by 4 units last night, and I am upping the bolus dosages. I feel victorious because this was the first night in the five weeks since I started on Lantus, that I have had a good deep sleep and no hypo during the night! Yet my morning fasting BSL was perfect!
The two books have not clarified for me though -
With correction bolus dosages, do you do that correction when you are next taking insulin at a meal, or do you do the correction when you find your BSL is sky-high two hours after a meal?